Bryan Nash Gill

Bryan Nash Gill (November 3, 1961 – May 17, 2013) was an American visual artist who worked primarily with wood, in the form of relief prints and sculptures.

Early life Gill was born in 1961 in Hartford, Connecticut and was raised on a farm in Granby, Connecticut. He attended Westminster School and graduated in 1980. In 1984 he graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts, He graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 1988. He created prints from a large variety of trees, of which the oldest was a fallen 200-year-old chestnut tree once planted by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Personal life Gill died on May 17, 2013, "unexpectedly of natural causes" at the age of 52. He was married to Gina Gill (née Kiss) for 12 years, and they had a son named Forest.