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1930 North Platte, Nebraska - 2007 Valejo, California. Known for: Modernist naive drollery painting, funk collage.
Roy De Forest became a painter of work not easily categorized because of his independent approach to the profession. He has evolved through several styles from abstraction to funk to realism with... Read full biography
Roy De Forest became a painter of work not easily categorized because of his independent approach to the profession. He has evolved through several styles from abstraction to funk to realism with subjects ranging from non-objective to realistic animals. His early work was comprised of larger,... Read full biography
Roy De Forest became a painter of work not easily categorized because of his independent approach to the profession. He has evolved through several styles from abstraction to funk to realism with subjects ranging from non-objective to realistic animals. His early work was comprised of larger, overlapping, amorphous shapes in bright colors with detailed patterns within. However, a consistent philosophy for his mature work has been irreverence for academic convention and a joy in being creative... Read full biography
Roy De Forest became a painter of work not easily categorized because of his independent approach to the profession. He has evolved through several styles from abstraction to funk to realism with subjects ranging from non-objective to realistic animals. His early work was comprised of larger, overlapping, amorphous shapes in bright colors with detailed patterns within. However, a consistent philosophy for his mature work has been irreverence for academic convention and a joy in being creative and finding his own way. In his paintings, he expresses a personal pleasure in how own fantasies from which he constructs "hypothetical beings, situations and worlds". The intent is to "preserve this possible world, with all its animals and creatures,... Read full biography
Roy De Forest became a painter of work not easily categorized because of his independent approach to the profession. He has evolved through several styles from abstraction to funk to realism with subjects ranging from non-objective to realistic animals. His early work was comprised of larger, overlapping, amorphous shapes in bright colors with detailed patterns within. However, a consistent philosophy for his mature work has been irreverence for academic convention and a joy in being creative and finding his own way. In his paintings, he expresses a personal pleasure in how own fantasies from which he constructs "hypothetical beings, situations and worlds". The intent is to "preserve this possible world, with all its animals and creatures, for my own private viewing, fun and enjoyment." . Roy De Forest was born in North Platte, Ne... Read full biography
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