While continuing his work as a painter and constructivist, Robert Brennan shares his observations of the world through the language of poetry. Beginning with simple word sketches from his deck in rural Connecticut and sail-aways along coastal New England, he has turned his eye in many directions, from the sights and sounds of the landscape and the sea, to observations of the inner life of souls trying to navigate a world full of wonder, mystery, tragedy, and joy. His words make note of a world he sees and imagines, often in the rich imagery that binds his love of the visual and the written form. Brennan found that with words, he could expand his range of personal expression, at times in combination with his artwork. For more than twenty years, Brennan, a prolific, award-winning freelance painter, served as a professor of art at the University of Bridgeport and art department chair for ten years. He also taught drawing at the Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT and served as the K-12 art coordinator for the Darien School System. He received his BS at Southern Connecticut State University and his MA at Columbia University, where he also pursued doctoral level studies at Columbia Teachers College, majoring in Painting and Printmaking.Brennan maintains his studio in Easton, Connecticut, where he lives with his wife Patricia. Brennan's artwork can be viewed on his website, therestlesseye.com. Google him at artist Robert Brennan. To preview an exhibition of his abstract paintings and constructions, search on youtube Abstract Art Variations by Robert Brennan.
