Bert Long Jr.: Looking for the Right Time 

Author: Peter Gershon
Publisher: Deborah Colton Gallery 
Year: 2016

This text accompanies Looking for the Right Time, a solo exhibition of the works of Bert L. Long, Jr. (1940-2013), one of the most talented, versatile, and prolific artists ever to hail from the state of Texas. With his paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and photographs, he sought above all else to communicate with the viewer. As Bert once put it, “I paint in order to help people understand their ills so that they might cure them.”