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  Craig Shanti Mackinnon is a contemporary landscape painter living in the mountains of the Jacques-Cartier region near Quebec City. He has been painting passionately for twenty years.
Born in 1961 in Massachusetts, Shanti lived most of his life in Vermont. He also traveled, explored and absorbed many landscapes through out the world. It was in India in 1988 that his passion for painting bloomed while studying meditation and the arts. Mostly self–taught, Shanti’s technical skill developed through his daily studio work He also studied intensively with the Japanese painting master Meera, painting from life en plein air. When he moved to Quebec city area, he continued his studies at the Atelier Trace with Chantal Lachance. Shanti’s focus on the landscape arises from his deep reverence and respect for nature. He is particularly attracted to wild uncivilized places- deep forests, mountains and rivers. In his painting he intends to create a strong sense of depth and atmosphere, creating sacred spaces that reflect his own inner quest, places that you want to be, to enter into, explore and disappear. Although his realistic impressions depict recognizable forms of the landscape, there is a always hint at what is behind the forms, the life and great soul of this beautiful earth. Shanti’s paintings have been juried into many painting symposiums and expositions. He was a finalist in the national painting competition “Rêves d’automne” at Baie St-Paul, Quebec. He is a member of Oil Painters of America and Landscape Painters International.
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