Brechin Morgan

Brechin was born in New London and summered on the Strand in Waterford. At sixteen, he left school to live in Greenwich Village. He hitch-hiked across the US and Mexico riding 1,000 miles in railroad boxcars. After crewing in the Virgin Islands, he studied painting at Silvermine College of Art. To support a growing family, he opened a sign company in S. Norwalk and painted outdoor murals and billboards. In 1998 Brechin fulfilled a dream, sailing alone from Block Island around the world, spending 4 1/2 years on his 27-foot cutter “Otter.” On his return to Block Island in 2003 he became the 232nd person to solo circumnavigate since Joshua Slocum and received the Golden Circle Award from the Joshua Slocum Society.

Brechin has a studio in Bridgeport where much of his work is drawn from the sketchbooks kept during the voyage. He continues to cruise the New England coast in summer, sampling lobster rolls with his wife Sandy in every port. His numerous one-person shows include the Greene Gallery, Guilford /Southport Gallery, Southport / Haviland Street Gallery, SoNo / Axel Gallery, Norwalk / and the Unison Arts Center – New Paltz. The International Show at the Marine Art Gallery at Mystic Seaport included his work. One of his paintings was selected to represent ASMA in a full-page ad for the Society in Marine History Magazine.