Tom forrestal painting hockey murals

Tom Forrestall was born in the Annapolis Valley in In Forrestall graduated from Mount Allison University and in the same year received a Canada Council Grant one of the first granted for travel throughout Europe. In he became the assistant curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and in received his first major commission--a painting to be presented to Princess Margaret as a wedding gift from the Province of New Brunswick.

Shortly thereafter, Forrestall began to devote himself to full-time painting.

Thomas DeVany Forrestall, CM, OC, ONS,

He is currently completing a portrait of the Speaker of the Canadian Senate, to be hung in the Parliament Buildings. The renowned Canadian realist creates his highly detailed egg tempera images with ever-finer brushes until he can no longer apply paint to panel-which can go hand-in-hand with the inspired works of nature he creates in watercolour.

Painting outdoors, on site, I feel all of my senses turning on, I taste and feel, see, hear and smell the place and it is the life experiences that I carry back to my studio to paint with. Item added to your cart. View cart Check out Continue shopping. No products found Use fewer filters or remove all.