{"id":140,"date":"2024-04-12T23:06:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T23:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xeno-optic.com\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2024-04-12T23:12:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T23:12:45","slug":"thinking-made-visible-the-notebooks-of-tom-forrestall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xeno-optic.com\/index.php\/thinking-made-visible-the-notebooks-of-tom-forrestall\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking Made Visible: The Notebooks of Tom Forrestall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-137 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/xeno-optic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TF-1Book-cover-for-web4-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xeno-optic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TF-1Book-cover-for-web4-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/xeno-optic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TF-1Book-cover-for-web4-440x570.jpg 440w, https:\/\/xeno-optic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TF-1Book-cover-for-web4-77x100.jpg 77w, https:\/\/xeno-optic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TF-1Book-cover-for-web4.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thinking Made Visible: The Notebooks of Tom Forrestall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>157 pages, full colour, 8.5 x 11 in.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ISBN 978-1927054-52-9 C$45.00 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom Forrestall, CM, is a leading Canadian artist whose realist and magic realist egg tempera and watercolour paintings, often on his signature shaped panels, have been exhibited extensively in Canada and Europe. From the earliest days of his storied career, beginning at Sackville New Brunswick\u2019s Mount Allison University, Forrestall has kept notebooks that explore his everyday observations in words and sketches. Now approaching four hundred, these notebooks loom as an archive of unparalleled scope, documenting the artist\u2019s creative process, development, and style.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This book is the first full-length overview of his notebooks, featuring a selection of entries from the 1940s to the present. No other comparable archive of an artist\u2019s process exists. Accompanying the artist\u2019s work are a foreword by Bernie Riordon, OC, and essays by Terry Graff, Sarah Moore Fillmore, Ray Cronin, Tom Smart, Bart Gazzola, and Virgil Hammock. The publication of this book was accompanied by an exhibit of Forrestall\u2019s notebooks at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, the McCain Gallery in Florenceville, and Mount Allison University in Sackville.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy notebooks are my constant companion, not some occasional well to drink from, but in use all the time, night and day. The great challenge is the search for clear vision.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u2013Tom Forrestall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNumbering close to 400, the notebooks form a comprehensive record of the life-long pursuit of the artistic vision of one of Atlantic Canada\u2019s most notable and prodigious visual artists.\u201d\u00a0 \u2013Terry Graff<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Thinking Made Visible: The Notebooks of Tom Forrestall 157 pages, full colour, 8.5 x 11 in. ISBN 978-1927054-52-9 C$45.00 2022 Tom Forrestall, CM, is a leading Canadian artist whose realist and magic realist egg tempera and watercolour paintings, often on his signature shaped panels, have been exhibited extensively in Canada and Europe. 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