Vancouver, BC, Granville Street at Hudson’s Bay, oil on canvas panel, 14×18Georgia Street , Gucci Store, Vancouver Hotel, oil on canvas panel, 14×18Nick and Nora Noir #1, ink and wash on paper, 9 x 12Real Characters, Clown, ink on paper, 18 x 12Real Characters, Generation, ink on paper, 18 x 12
Allen Forrest, born in Canada and bred in the U.S., creates cover art and illustrations for magazines and books, is the winner of the Leslie Jacoby Honor for Art at San Jose State University’s Reed Magazine, and his Bel Red painting series are part of the Bellevue College Foundation’s permanent art collection. Forrest’s expressive drawing and painting style is a mix of avant-garde expressionism and post-Impressionist elements reminiscent of van Gogh, creating emotion on canvas.
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