Allen Forrest

“Nick and Nora,” by Allen Forrest

Graphic artist and painter ALLEN FORREST was born in Canada and bred in the U.S. He has created illustrations and cover art for literary publications and books. 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.

Find his work online at art-grafiken.blogspot.ca, allen-forrest.fineartamerica.com, and linkedin.com/in/allenforrest, and follow him at @artgrafiken.

Don Dougan

“Want,” by Don Dougan

Originally from the Pacific Northwest, DON DOUGAN lives and works in his studio just outside of Atlanta Georgia, interspersed with a number of visits to the Tuscan hill town of Cortona. There, on the side of the hill overlooking the Val de Chiana, he has taught stonecarving and bronze casting sculpture to American students.

Buzz Siler

“Lina,” by Buzz Siler

BUZZ SILER is a painter and owner of the Siler Studios gallery in the Pearl District of Portland, OR.