Eileen McGann has lived and painted across Canada and Great Britain. Born in Ontario, Canada, McGann spent summers from childhood to adulthood in the northern woods, camping and canoeing in Algonquin, Temagami and Sioux Lookout. These experiences and a deep connection to trees and to wilderness have informed both her songwriting and her painting ever since. In between completing four university degrees in different disciplines, McGann began her career as a performing artist. She has since released six solo CDs, and garnered grants and awards from Canada Council, FACTOR, SOCAN, External Affairs Canada, the AFA, and a 2002 Juno Award nomination for her CD "Beyond The Storm", which also features one of her pastel paintings on the cover. After almost ten years living in Calgary, Alberta in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, she moved to Vancouver Island in 1999, and lives, paints, and writes songs there on Canada's Pacific coast.. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.