“California” by Allen Forrest

“Venice Beach View” Oil on canvas

“Manhattan Beach House” Oil on canvas

“Manhattan Beach 3” Oil on canvas

“Santa Monica Beach Strand” Oil on canvas

“Los Angeles Sunset Blvd. 1” Oil on canvas

“Hwy 1 Stinson Beach” Oil on canvas

“Napa 1” Oil on canvas

“Mt. Diablo Poppies” Oil on canvas

“Hollywood Hills House” Oil on canvas

“Manhattan Beach Street” Oil on canvas

“Los Angeles Chinatown Alley” Oil on canvas

“Los Angeles Chinatown Courtyard” Oil on canvas

“San Francisco Cable Car” Oil on canvas

“Auburn Poppies” Oil on canvas

“Palos Verdes House” Oil on canvas

“Cypress” Oil on canvas

“Ford Mercury Woody” Oil on canvas

“Venice Beach Strand” Oil on canvas

“Los Angeles Sunset Blvd.” Oil on canvas

“Manhattan Beach Sharkeys” Oil on canvas

“Petluma Hills” Oil on Canvas

“Mt. Diablo” Oil on canvas

“Venice Beach Pier” Oil on canvas

“Train San Jose” Oil on canvas

“Accident” Oil on canvas

“Montaro Beach” Oil on canvas

“Powell Street” Oil on canvas

“Beach and Hyde” Oil on canvas

“Playa del Rey Prince o Whales” Oil on canvas

“Venice Beach” Oil on Canvas

“Manhattan Beach 2” Oil on canvas

“Canal Bridge” Oil on canvas

“Los Angeles Hollywood Side Street 1” Oil on canvas

“Petluma” Oil on canvas

“Inglewood House” Oil on canvas

“Los Angeles Hollywood Side Street 2” Oil on canvas

“Manhattan Beach 1” Oil on canvas

“Agave and View” Oil on canvas

“Manhattan Beach Pier” Oil on canvas

“Trattoria Contadina” Oil on canvas

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Born in Canada and bred in the U.S., Allen Forrest has worked in many mediums: computer graphics, theater, digital music, film, video, drawing and painting. Allen studied acting in the Columbia Pictures Talent Program in Los Angeles and digital media in art and design at Bellevue College (receiving degrees in Web Multimedia Authoring and Digital Video Production.) He currently works in the Vancouver, Canada, as a graphic artist and painter. He is the winner of the Leslie Jacoby Honor for Art at San Jose State University’s Reed Magazine and his Bel Red painting series is part of the Bellevue College Foundation’s permanent art collection. Forrest’s expressive drawing and painting style is a mix of avant-garde expressionism and post-Impressionist elements reminiscent of van Gogh, creating emotion on canvas.