Catherine Brennand (RI)
11.10.1961 - 01.05.2006
Catherine Brennand sadly died on Monday 1st May 2006, following a four year battle with breast cancer.
In 1992 she was elected as a full member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, the UK's foremost society for watercolour painters. From 1996 to the time of her death she worked as a full time artist and during her career completed over 900 paintings, most of which were sold to private collectors.
Catherine was a talented pianist and you can hear a recording of one of her songs at: www.dearp.vox.com together with additional photographs of her work and a blog detailing the Sixteen Days that elapsed from her death to her funeral.
Now available by mailorder from www.ebay.co.uk . Price inc. P&P £7.99 (UK) Three Blokes in a Dodge; A clockwise journey around the American South West by Mark Brennand Summer 2008. A man and his two boys set off in a Dodge to tour the American South West. So far so what? But this was a trip that had been planned for two and a half years previously, when this three had been a four. That was before Catherine, wife to Mark, mother to Jack and Tom, and an acclaimed watercolour artist, finally succumbed after a four-year battle with breast cancer. Part travelogue, part love letter to Catherine, Three blokes in a Dodge is a moving, yet witty and uplifting story of the remains of a family reshaping itself. Here, laid bare, is the pain of watching a loved one suffer, the emotional aftermath of loss and the slow progress to a new kind of normality. Like an archetypal road movie, this book is about a metaphorical as well as a literal journey, offering en route a wry perspective on America and a real sense of hope for the future. Published by: Newbridge Press ISBN: 978-0-9563499-0-3 Follow developments at: www.twitter.com/3blokesinadodge
Piazza Salimberi, Siena, Tuscany
74cm x 26cm Watercolour, tissue collage & acrylic gesso
Catherine derived all her income from her art. Therefore all the images this web remain the property of the artist. No reproductions of any images contained herein is allowed in any format, digital, electronic or otherwise, without the express permission of the artist.