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Born 1950 Fort McLeod, Alberta, Canada. Known for: Mural and easel painting, museum professional, teaching.
Derek Michael Besant was born in Fort McLeod, Alberta, in 1950. Growing up with parents who worked in the oil patch, he moved around a lot, and lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,... Read full biography
Derek Michael Besant was born in Fort McLeod, Alberta, in 1950. Growing up with parents who worked in the oil patch, he moved around a lot, and lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Manitoba and various cities in Alberta. “I attended 13 different schools before university,”... Read full biography
Derek Michael Besant was born in Fort McLeod, Alberta, in 1950. Growing up with parents who worked in the oil patch, he moved around a lot, and lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Manitoba and various cities in Alberta. “I attended 13 different schools before university,” Besant writes. “I can always remember painting a fence in a new yard that backed onto the wild prairie, a woodland, or mountainous valley. I tend to be good at research, so education was a positive... Read full biography
Derek Michael Besant was born in Fort McLeod, Alberta, in 1950. Growing up with parents who worked in the oil patch, he moved around a lot, and lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Manitoba and various cities in Alberta. “I attended 13 different schools before university,” Besant writes. “I can always remember painting a fence in a new yard that backed onto the wild prairie, a woodland, or mountainous valley. I tend to be good at research, so education was a positive experience for me, even with all the moving between provinces.” (Besant, correspondence with the author, March 13, 2008). After high school Besant was headed for studies in Geophysics at university, but followed his “inner instincts” and studied Fine... Read full biography
Derek Michael Besant was born in Fort McLeod, Alberta, in 1950. Growing up with parents who worked in the oil patch, he moved around a lot, and lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Manitoba and various cities in Alberta. “I attended 13 different schools before university,” Besant writes. “I can always remember painting a fence in a new yard that backed onto the wild prairie, a woodland, or mountainous valley. I tend to be good at research, so education was a positive experience for me, even with all the moving between provinces.” (Besant, correspondence with the author, March 13, 2008). After high school Besant was headed for studies in Geophysics at university, but followed his “inner instincts” and studied Fine Arts instead. He graduated from the University of Calgary in Alberta with a Bachelor of Fine Arts honours degree in 1973, followed by gradua... Read full biography
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