Kevin R. Brine Kevin R. Brine graduated from University of Wisconsin, Madison with a BA in 1975, majoring in South Asian Studies. From 1970 to 1973 he practiced the craft of blacksmithing at the Rochester Folk Art Guild. After settling in New York City in 1976, Brine worked with blacksmith shops in Tribeca and Long Island City before joining Sanford C Bernstein & Co., Inc. (1978-2000). He studied under Graham Nickson at the New York Studio School in 2001. Kevin R. Brine works and lives in New York City and Watermill, Long Island.