Home     GORDON J. LANGSTON                                                                                                            

BORN IN VANCOUVER IN 1952 GORD HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN ART AND FROM AN EARLY AGE ON HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY HIS MOTHER , ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST.    GORD DID NOT DECIDE TO PURSUE HIS ART ON A FULL TIME BASIS UNTIL 1983 WHEN HE TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN METCHOSIN ,VANCOUVER ISLAND.  HIS MEDIUM OF CHOICE WAS WOOD TO START , AND STONE WAS ALSO ADDED TO THE LIST WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY IN ENGLAND WITH A MASTER STONE SCULPTOR " A. P. SMITHERMAN ".  SHORTLY AFTER HIS RETURN FROM ENGLAND WORD HAD SPREAD OF HIS TALENTS AND SKILLS AND HE WAS ASKED TO WORK AS A SCULPTOR IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY ( WHICH HE STILL DOES ).  GORD DESCRIBES IT AS BEING GIVEN 12 YEARS OF ART SCHOOL AND GETTING PAID FOR IT.  HE NOW INCORPORATES WHAT HE HAS LEARNED,  MOULD MAKING,  USE OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES FROM A MELTING POT OF DIFFERENT ARTISTS.  PIECES OF GORD'S ART HAS BEEN BOUGHT AND COMMISSIONED FROM ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE.  HE NOW WORKS FROM HIS HOME AND ART STUDIO IN SIDNEY B.C.  FOR AN INSIGHT INTO JUST SOME OF HIS PAST, PRESENT, AND WORKS IN PROGRESS PLEASE VISIT HIS WEB SITE AT  www.pleasantstreetstudio.com