Brent Land was born in Hastings, Nebraska in 1963. Having a love for the arts at an early age, he began working with clay. Atthe age of 12 he won the States highest ceramics award for his age group. After completing school, he began working in Custom Art Framing and GalleryManagement. Continuing to feed his passion for art in many mediums includingglass, photography, painting, and collage, he has an extended knowledge in artsupplies and techniques and is certified by NAMTA. This led to an opportunity towork in many facets of art. He eventually transferred to Las Vegas, Nevada in1992 and became a founding member of the Las Vegas Artists Guild whilemanaging a large national art supply company. He developed a passion forphotography and served on the board of the Nevada Camera Club where hebecame 1 st runner up in the 2002 Photographer of the Year competition.In 2004 he had the opportunity to move to Tubac, Arizona and partner with theRoy Purcell Gallery and studied painting with both Roy Purcell and Virginia Hall. In2010 he became a member of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center which hasinspired his latest collection of paintings titled “FINDING CENTER – A JOUNEYWITHIN. He currently lives in Green Valley, AZ and is represented by K. NewbyGallery and Sculpture Garden in Tubac.