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Samantha Forrest is a writer and teacher of creative writing, based in Bristol, south-west England. She is the author of autobiographical texts and stories, working across creative non-fiction and fiction for adults and children.
Samantha is also a figurative and colour visual artist. Weaving across sculpture and the 2-dimensional field, her artwork explores portraiture, landscape and nature. She is recognised for her accuracy of representation and the depth of her connection to the natural world. Her work has been sold to private collectors in the UK and worldwide. |
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Samantha spent her early years on the east coast of the United States of America, and in London, England. It was at the age of 4, whilst travelling across North America in the back of a green mustang, with her colouring books for company, that she knew she wanted to be an artist.
She moved with her family, aged 8, to Paris, France, and began writing stories. Poetry became a support though her teenage years. Upon completing school, she attended the Académie Julian, where she learnt drawing and history of art.
Having moved to London, she undertook studies in literature and drama, both in English and in French and German. Whilst completing her MA, she also studied sculpture with Jane Hill at the City Literary Institute.
Samantha travelled extensively, spending periods living in Germany, Chicago, and Venezuela, where her love of flowers was born, before taking up a PGCE at Cambridge University.
It is her belief that the Great Spirit dwells in the fabric of nature, in the trees and flowers, birds, fish, bear and tiger, as in each one of us.
She moved with her family, aged 8, to Paris, France, and began writing stories. Poetry became a support though her teenage years. Upon completing school, she attended the Académie Julian, where she learnt drawing and history of art.
Having moved to London, she undertook studies in literature and drama, both in English and in French and German. Whilst completing her MA, she also studied sculpture with Jane Hill at the City Literary Institute.
Samantha travelled extensively, spending periods living in Germany, Chicago, and Venezuela, where her love of flowers was born, before taking up a PGCE at Cambridge University.
It is her belief that the Great Spirit dwells in the fabric of nature, in the trees and flowers, birds, fish, bear and tiger, as in each one of us.
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University of Cambridge, Homerton College - PGCE Art and Design
City Literary Institute - Course in Figurative Sculpture King's College in association with RADA - MA Drama King's College London - BA French and German, Theatre specialism Académie Julian, Paris - Cours Préparatoire en Arts Plastiques |