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Ziva, Falconcrag Sasheer, by Toni Forest, oil on canvas, 2013.
12” x 8” (30.5 cm x 20 cm).
Submitted by Anne Chapman-Damms.
Tony Forrest has long been regarded as
one of the United Kingdom’s finest living
wildlife artists. He has exhibited in some of
the most prestigious galleries in the UK and
the USA including the influential Safari
Club International Wildlife Convention in
Reno, Nevada, USA.
Tony has been painting for 25 years and
has been captivated by Art since childhood
and has always had a love of nature, and
these two passions were bound to cross
paths sooner or later. Tony travels
extensively to Africa and India for research
and inspiration frequently painting “en
plein air”. He has observed many species in
the wild from tigers in India to mountain
gorillas in Central Africa, and, of course, in
numerous African wildlife parks.
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Tony’s charitable painting donations
have raised thousands of pounds for
charities including the Born Free
Foundation, “Africat” in Namibia, the
Tusk Trust and others. His
commissions include two for the
British Army Air Corps, one in
Germany and the other shortly after
the conflict in Bosnia.
Originally from the West Midlands,
Tony now lives in Cornwall and when
not travelling or at work in his studio
he loves to walk and cycle the coastal
paths.
From the artist’s website.
M.-Dominique Crapon de Caprona, USA.