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Mark A. Brennan
Mark Brennan (born 1968) is a Canadian landscape painter known for his work depicting Canadian National parks and wilderness areas.[1]
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Biography
Brennan was born in Swindon, England in 1968.[2] He grew up on the West Coast of Scotland, where he spent much of his time exploring the Scottish Highlands.[1] At 16 he joined the Royal Navy, where he worked as a shipborne photographer and learnt to express himself creatively.[3] At the age of 19 he emigrated to Pictou County in Nova Scotia, Canada,[3] took up painting and painted his first landscape in the early 1990s at Perch Lake in Trafalgar, Nova Scotia.[3]
Brennan’s main artistic focus has been to record Canada's wilderness areas and National Parks, where he paints on location in oil.[3] His work can be found in the Nova Scotia Government Public Art Bank Collection.[3][4] A documentary film exploring his work and life as an artist is being filmed for the Canadian and British markets.[1]
In October 2009 he was included in the book From Land & Sea, Nova Scotia's Contemporary Landscape Artists, published by Nimbus Publishing.
Gallery
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View From The Rock Pile, Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta
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Nearing Devils Eddy, Liscomb River, Nova Scotia
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The Caribou Land, Jasper National Park, Alberta
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Morning Light, Gros Morne, Newfoundland
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Gros Morne, Newfoundland
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Moon Over Lac Cascapedia, Gaspe, Quebec
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Low Tide, Northumberland Shore, Prince Edward Island
References
- ^ a b c "Local painter taking his art to the silver screen". News, The (Nova Scotia). July 1, 2008. http://www.ngnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=99573&sc=49. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Biography". Mark Brennan. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20080501183434/http://www.markbrennanfineart.ca/prof.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ a b c d e McIntyre, Cait (January 18, 2008). "Isolating creativity". News, The (Nova Scotia). http://www.ngnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=99573&sc=49. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Nova Scotia Artwork Purchased for Art Bank Collection". Tourism, Culture and Heritage (Nova Scotia). April 16, 2008. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20080417001. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
External links
- Mark Brennan
- Federation Of Canadian Artists
- CBC Canada Votes Election Coverage 2006
- Canadian Heritage Information Network, Artists in Canada
Categories:- Canadian painters
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Newfoundland and Labrador candidates for Member of Parliament
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Canadian painter stubs
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