Prints & design

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     As an artist, Roy De Forest started his career in 1978 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. From there, he has studied lithography during his career; eventually he was able to incorporate this with his art style. Lithography was a style known for printing within ink and processing high quality images. Roy De Forest is well known for his cartoon drawings stylized with animals, humans, devils and ships. Along with keeping his consistent art style, as well as incorporating some graphic arts within his medium, he was able to create different types of stories within each collection of his work. 

    Within The art exhibition, located in the Manetti Shrem Museum in UC Davis, Roy De forest had a collection of work posted within the gallery. How the artworks were arranged were organized in different categories; each of these categories represents a different type of genre that De Forest exemplifies through each of his works. Some of these categories would include obscure titles such as Metamorphosis and Journeys, or showcasing what he has learned through Printmaking. Along with the artwork being organized, It felt conceptual just by viewing them in the gallery. Not only that It shows how much he has learned from his printmaking skills, but in a form of an artist journey within the art world; it shows how far he has made as an artist.

Untitled, Roy De Forest, 1978, all Lithograph on paper

Untitled, Roy De Forest, 1980, Lithograph on paper.


Another Interesting fact that I found out when looking at De Forest’s collection in his exhibit is how abstract he approaches his art; how I see his abstract work is how he made his imaginary characters within his artworks in an obscure world. The style he has collectively through his work reminded me of an artist that I have learned about during one of the lectures during class; that artist reminded me of Jean-Michael Basquet. Jean had a similar approach within his art as well, but had different materials used within his style that included spray paint and oil paint sticks. 








Overall, this Exhibition was worth the visit. Out of all the exhibitions I have observed within the Manetti Shrem Museum, De Forest’s exhibition was one of my favorites I have liked visiting. The way his work was arranged, as well as showing how he developed and processed his artwork over time, was well executed and well presented within the exhibition; this just comes to show that no matter what art style you approach, you can at least show how much you have learned from studying other interests outside art and put it to good use, whether it would be abstract or not.



Left Column. top to bottom: Dog Speculating his Bone, 1978; Untitled 1994; Untitled 1980, all lithograph on paper
Center Column top to bottom: Untitled, 1980 etching on paper; Untitled, 1974lithograph on paper; Untitled 1980, etching on paper
Right Column top to bottom: Untitled 1982, Lithograph on paper; Untitled 1980 etching on paper.
Mo Travels, Roy De Forest, 1993, Lithograph on paper with artist's frame



The long voyage of delta jack, 1994, Roy De Forest, Lithograph on paper 








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