Born in Canada and bred in the U.S., Allen Forrest has
worked in many mediums: computer graphics, theater, digital music, film,
video, drawing and painting. Allen studied acting in the Columbia
Pictures Talent Program in Los Angeles and digital media in art and
design at Bellevue College (receiving degrees in Web Multimedia
Authoring and Digital Video Production.) He currently works in the
Vancouver, Canada, as a graphic artist and painter. He is the winner of
the Leslie Jacoby Honor for Art at San Jose State University's Reed
Magazine and his Bel Red painting series is 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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| Bellevue 100th Ave. SE Oil on Canvas 20x30 |
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| Seattle Post Alley Oil on Canvas Panel 10x8 |
~By Artist Allen Forrest
Self-Portrait
