Eileen
McGann (British Columbia)
West
Coast visual artist Eileen McGann has lived and painted across
Canada and Great Britain. While completing
four degrees in different disciplines, McGann began her career
as a Celtic traditional singer and performing songwriter. She
has since released five solo CDs, and garnered grants and awards
from Canada Council, FACTOR, External Affairs Canada, the AFA,
and a 2002 Juno Award nomination for her fifth solo CD.
As a painter, she is always drawn to the wild places of her homeland,
especially the boreal and coastal forests and the rugged mountains
of western Canada. Her mediums include watercolour, acrylic, graphite
and pastel. McGann has studied at the Victoria College of Art,
as well as with painters Gregg Johnson and Tom Lynch. Her paintings
are notable for their intense and beautiful colour, and not-quite
realist representations of the trees, mountains, lakes and oceans
of this country. McGann's paintings appear in collections in B.C.,
Ontario, Alberta, Oregon and Scotland.
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view her landscape paintings
Eileen
has been designing and painting Celtic knots for many years, often
incorporating Celtic designs into her paintings in various ways
as well as producing artwork that features knotwork as the main
event.
Click
here for Celtic Knotwork Program description.
