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          "Big Sur" by Forrestal.

          Tom Forrestall's images of Atlantic Canadian rural landscapes are infused with a mystical, transcendent and fascinating quality..

          Tom Forrestall

          Canadian realist painter (1936–2024)

          Thomas DeVany Forrestall, CM ONS (11 March 1936 – 15 November 2024) was a Canadian realist painter.

          Forrestall was born in Middleton, Nova Scotia and studied with Alex Colville at Mount Allison University. He became a fulltime professional artist in 1960. His works, chiefly painted in watercolour or egg tempera, are held by major galleries throughout Canada.

          Early life and education

          Forrestall was born in Annapolis Valley, now known as Middleton, Nova Scotia on 11 March 1936.[2] He was one of four children in a Roman Catholic family.

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        1. Forrestall, Tom. Tom Forrestall: Retrospective Exhibition.
        2. Tom Forrestall's images of Atlantic Canadian rural landscapes are infused with a mystical, transcendent and fascinating quality.
        3. The author analyzes the nature of the Canadian and American constitutions through a series of analogies with the art of Alex Colville and Norman Rockwell.
        4. 8/ Tom Forrestall, date unknown, photograph by Brian Mackay / CBC; Tom Forrestall, The Dramatic Entrance, –August , courtesy of Mira.

          5. As a child he developed epilepsy and began having seizures at the age of seven. From 1942 until 1951 the family lived in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where Forrestall's father, a carpenter, was employed in the construction of a new hospital.

          During this period he participated in art classes given by Nova Scotia College of Art students. Forrestall attended high school in Middleton, w