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Mark Brennan (born 1968) is a Canadian landscape artist. Brennan is known for his work depicting Canadian national parks and wilderness areas using painting, sound and fine art photography.[1]
Early life
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 the age of 19 he emigrated to Pictou County in Nova Scotia, Canada,[3] and painted his first landscape in the early 1990s at Perch Lake near Trafalgar, Nova Scotia.[3]
Career
Brennan’s main focus has been to record Canada's wilderness areas and National Parks through landscape painting.[3]
In 2006 he ran for the federal Green Party as a parachute candidate in the riding of Random, Burin, St George's, Newfoundland.
His work can be found in the Nova Scotia Government Public Art Bank Collection.[3][4]
In October 2009 he was included in the book From Land & Sea, Nova Scotia's Contemporary Landscape Artists, published by Nimbus Publishing.
References
- ^ a b "Local painter taking his art to the silver screen". News, The (Nova Scotia). July 1, 2008. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Biography". Mark Brennan. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ a b c d McIntyre, Cait (January 18, 2008). "Isolating creativity". News, The (Nova Scotia). Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Nova Scotia Artwork Purchased for Art Bank Collection". Tourism, Culture and Heritage (Nova Scotia). April 16, 2008. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-02.