James Forrest is a Los Angeles based artist originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin. His story is that of family, friends, experienced moments, curiosity, and continual exploration that builds upon discovery and knowledge to drive his creative process.
With a seasoned career in the art industry providing illustration and design services for a variety of companies, fine art has become an outlet for James to experiment with his own ideas and an opportunity to express the stories that emerge. His work combines in-progress illustrations with found objects, salvage and fabrication to deliver his fully developed narrative. A story told through the physicality of tools and materials, that are not only dimensional, but textural — a journey transcribed in the tinkering of approach and medium.