Born in Derry in 1940, Brian became an art teacher and taught for three years. A graduate of the Courtauld Institue, London and of the Brera Academy, Milan, he is a former chief executive of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Since 1963, he has undertaken public and private art commissions and has exhibited paintings regularly in Europe and North America. His work is included in numerous public collections. At Oireachtas Exhibitions, in 1965 and 1976, he won the Douglas Hyde Gold Medal for Irish Historical Painting. In 1970 he was a Leverhulme Scholar. He is an honorary member of the RHA and the RUA, and exhibits annually at the exhibitions of both institutions. He now lives in Malin, Co. Donegal.
