Harbour Drive in George Town.

The public is being urged to attend an exhibition called “George Town revisited” at the Marriott Beach Resort’s lobby on Thursday, 22 May. The exhibition will feature the work of well-known Caymanian artist Charles Long.

Charles Long was born in West Africa and moved to England at age five. At 12 years old Charles returned to Africa, this time to Swaziland, Southern Africa. In Swaziland he achieved an A level in Art. After attending the Farnham school of Art in England, he moved with his parents to the Cayman Islands.

Mr Long has been a pioneer of Cayman Art since his arrival in 1969. He was a founding member and the first secretary of the Visual Arts Society of the Cayman Islands.

In 1974 he created artwork for the cover of the Nor’wester magazine and two years later he painted a mural on an interior wall for Radio Cayman. In the same year he produced a set of four prints which are now collector’s items.

Internationally, Mr Long has exhibited at Carifesta and the Biennial of Painting in Santo Domingo. A lot of his work has been taken abroad. In 2002 he had a retrospective at the National Gallery.

Now he is painting full time in his studio in Savannah. His current work is on view at the Kennedy Gallery, Pure Art at the National Museum Shop as well as his studio.