Brent Townsend is a Canadian nature artist who in 1996 designed the portrait of a polar bear in early summer on an ice floe that appears on the current Canadian 2 dollar coin.[1] Born in Toronto, Townsend no longer lives in Campbellford, Ontario.
- ^ "$2 Circulation Coin". Royal Canadian Mint.
It was designed by wildlife and landscape artist Brent Townsend