Tom Forrestall
RCA, OC

 

 

 

Tom Forrestall, The Spectators

THE SPECTATORS (2005)
watercolour
15 x 22 in.
framed dimension: 26 x 32 in.
$4,000


Tom Forrestall, Frozen Pond with Skaters

FROZEN POND WITH SKATERS (2003)
watercolour
15 x 22 in.
framed dimension: 26 x 32 in.
$4,000

 

Tom Forrestall, The Canadian Game

THE CANADIAN GAME (2007)
watercolour
15 x 22 in.
framed dimension: 26 x 32 in.
$4,000




Tom Forrestall, The Watchman, egg tempera, 6 x 6 in.

THE WATCHMAN (2000)
egg tempera
6 x 6 in.
framed dimension: 9.75 x 9.75 in.
$4,500

 

  

Tom Forrestall, The Watchman, framed

Tom Forrestall, The Splash at Sea, 2002

 

  


Tom Forrestall, The Splash at Sea

THE SPLASH AT SEA (2002)
egg tempera
3.5 x 6.5 in.
framed dimension: 4.5 x 7.5 in.
$2,500

 

Tom Forrestall, The Endangered Bouquet, egg tempera, 3 x 3 in.

THE ENDANGERED BOUQUET (2002)
egg tempera
3 x 3 in.
framed dimension: 3.75 x 3.75 in.
$2,000

  

Tom Forrestall, The Endangered Bouquet, framed

EIGHT BROKEN SHELLS (framed)

 



EIGHT BROKEN SHELLS (2009)
egg tempera
5.5 x 5.5 in.
framed dimension: 8 x 8 in.
$3,000

 

 

 

FLOWERS ON A STRIPED TABLE (undated)
egg tempera
3 x 4.75 in.
framed dimension: 3.75 x 5.5 in.
$3,500

 

  

FLOWERS ON A STRIPED TABLE (framed)

 

 

TWO CAKES (1997)
egg tempera
2.5 x 8.5 in.
framed as shown
$2,500

 

  

TWO CAKES (detail)

Tom Forrestall, Night Scream

NIGHT SCREAM
graphite on paper
22 x 20 in.
framed dimension: 27 x 25.5 in.
$1,950

 

"For Forrestall the idea of religion and the human connection to God is the most important aspect of his creativity.
Drawing particularly allowed the"direct flow" from the mind's eye - the spirit - to the drawn line."
Tom Smart, Tom Forrestall: Paintings, Drawings, Writings, Key Porter Books Limited, 2008

 

Tom Forrestall, Study Falling From Horse

STUDY FALLING FROM HORSE (2003)
graphite on paper
20.5 x 26 in.
framed dimension: 25.5 x 31 in.
$1,650

 

TULIPS (2003)
egg tempera
7 x 5 in.
framed
$4,000


FOUR SPOONS (undated)
egg tempera
5.25 x 11 in.
framed dimension: 7.25 x 13 in.
$7,500

  


STARTLED WITNESSES (2007)
egg tempera
4.25 x 4.25 in.
framed
$3,000

SQUASH
egg tempera
11 x 5.25 in.
framed dimension: 13 x 7.25 in.
$7,500

  

 

 

SPOON FOUND IN LEAVES
egg tempera
12 x 12 in.
framed
$10,000

 

STONES AND SPOONS
egg tempera
7 x 7 in.
framed
$4,500

 

THE VISITOR
acrylic on masonite
17 x 48 in.
framed dimension: 23 x 54 in.
$35,000

 

FIREWOOD
watercolour
15.25 x 22.5 in.
$4,000

 

WEST BRANCH OF THE FULLER BROOK REACHES THE BEACH OF THE BAY OF FUNDY
watercolour
15 x 22.5 in.
$4,000

 

MOUTH OF THE BIG SALMON RIVER
watercolour
15 x 22.5 in.
$4,000

FLOWERS AT SUMMER HOUSE
watercolour
15 x 22.5 in.
$4,000

 

"LOOPINS"
watercolour
22.5 x 15 in.
$4,000

 

  

 

 

VERSO "LOOPINS": HAT TAKEN OFF TABLE

BASE OF FULLER FALLS
watercolour
15 x 22.5 in.
$4,000

 

ABANDONED WHARF AT DELAP'S COVE
(secondary title: NEW LIGHTHOUSE)
watercolour
15 x 22.5 in.
$4,000

  

MATTHEW'S JEEP
watercolour
15 x 22.5 in.
$4,000

 

Tom Forrestall: Paintings, Drawings, Writings
TOM SMART
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia / Key Porter Books, 2008
$60

 

BLOWING LEAVES AND WOODPILE
egg tempera
12 x 24 in.
framed dimension: 15 x 26.75 in.
$10,000

THREE SPOONS, THREE FEATHERS
egg tempera
24 x 18 in.
framed
$15,000

 

  

 

 

 



THREE SPOONS, THREE FEATHERS (detail)
 

APPLE BLOSSOMS AND THREE SPOONS
egg tempera
23.75 x 23.75 in.
framed
$24,000

 

FOUR SPOONS
egg tempera
24 x 18 in.
framed
$15,000

 

BIG WHITE BIRCH DOWN
watercolour
15 x 22 in.
$4,000

 

 

 
 

 

Tom Forrestall was born in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia in 1936. He was raised in Middleton and Dartmouth. His interest in painting developed by age seven and shortly after he started attending art classes at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax.

In 1954 he obtained a scholarship to attend the Fine Arts Faculty at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. In 1958 he received, at graduation, one of the first Canada Council Grants for independent study and travel throughout Europe. Forrestall then married Natalie LeBlanc of Atholville and returned to Canada to work as Assistant Curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton. In 1960 a Forrestall painting was commissioned by the Province of New Brunswick and presented to H.R.H Princess Margaret on the occasion of Her marriage. In that year, he also realized his lifelong ambition as a professional self-employed artist and began experimentation with shaped panels for his art, for which he is now very well-known. Many important commissions and awards have since been bestowed on Forrestall.

Forrestall's principal media have been egg tempera and watercolour and since 1980, lithography printing. His work has been exhibited in private and public galleries both nationally and internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions. The retrospective exhibition of the artist's work entitled "Paintings, Drawings, Writings" organized by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia was displayed to great acclaim in Halifax and then continued at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton in early 2009. The exhibition is accompanied by the publication "Tom Forrestall: Paintings, Drawings, Writings" written by Tom Smart, who also curated the retrospective exhibition. In 2010, the retrospective exhibition continued at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg Ontario and the Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. Forrestall's work is reproduced in major histories of contemporary Canadian art. Tom Forrestall received the Order of Canada in 1986. His paintings are in important private, corporate and public collections in Canada and abroad, including in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Owens Art Gallery, Mount St. Vincent University, Dalhouse University, King's College, Halifax, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montréal, Rideau Hall, Ottawa, and the National Gallery of Hungary in Budapest. In 2010, the National Gallery of Canada acquired three paintings of Tom for its permanent collection.