Tom Forrestall n.d.
Thomas DeVany Forrestall, C.M., O.N.S., B.F.A. LL.D., RCA was born in Middleton Nova Scotia, in 1936. Forrestall's family later moved to Dartmouth which allowed him to attend Saturday morning art classes at the Nova Scotia College of Art in Halifax in the 1940s. In 1954, Forrestall was awarded a scholarship to the Fine Arts department at Mount Allison University, where he studied with Lawren P. Harris and Alex Colville. He graduated in 1958 and received one of the first Canada Council grants for independent study which provided him with the opportunity to travel throughout Europe. Upon his return he became assistant curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. He has been a freelance artist since 1960.
Forrestall’s art has been classified as Magic Realism – an imprecise term often used to describe the work of a coterie of east-coast Canadian painters who emerged after the Second World War (Alex Colville, Christopher Pratt, Mary Pratt). Although their geographic roots, styles and vocabularies were similar, these artists applied themselves differently, each adapting naturalism in a personal way.
It's a lovely painting, I'd hang it in my house.
ReplyDeleteGreat piece. Oh. I should copy this, I still have so many shells.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. Maybe not my first choice as I like color, but none-the-less, it is definitely a beautiful winter scene.
ReplyDeleteThis painting is such a gem. It very much reminds me of the work of Andrew Wyeth, whom I greatly enjoy. I have quite a feeling looking at that cold, bare landscape with the reminder of summer on the windowsill. And thanks so much for coming by Marmelade GYpsy the other day. Always a pleasure to see you!
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with him.
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning monochromatic painting.
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