Cora Brittan Canadian

"So many things to celebrate; so many things to mourn. I lean toward celebration. My work always comes back to the magic and beauty of the natural world; the mysteries of existence; the power of imagination; the joy of creativity."

Brittan is a mixed media artist and calligrapher whose techniques and materials inclue light fast inks, gold and silver leafing and lino (softoleum) printing. She is known for creating intricatly enchanting narrative illustrations which embrace magic realism and fantasy. Her work has been exhibited in a number of galleries internationally, and can be found in collections in Seneca College,  Queen’s College, Cambridge, UK, and Japan. She has taught at Sheridan and Mohawk College, the Art Gallery of Burlington, and at  the National Institude of Design in India.