December 2, 2024
This month we honour celebrated Artist and beloved instructor, Thomas (Tom) DeVany Forrestall, CM, ONS, in our Gallery. This tribute exhibit includes a selection of original works and reproductions of the Artist’s watercolours, drawings, and egg tempera paintings. Gallery hours are by chance or appointment, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm.
Tom received the Order of Canada, the Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee Medal, Honourary Doctorates of Fine Art from University of Kings College and Mount Allison University, and was a Honourary Governor of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Tom was one of the leading figures associated with the visual arts in the Maritime region, indeed in Canada. His work has been exhibited and represented in every major public collection in the region and beyond, as well as in solo exhibitions in many prominent galleries worldwide. His art has been reproduced in numerous histories of Canadian art and is featured in High Realism in Canada, the best selling 1974 book by Paul Duval.