Felicia Forte

Felicia Forte is an artist currently based in San Francisco. She has a vast understanding of form, light, shape relationships, and compositions. As an artist who is currently trying to develop technical skills, her artwork is sought after as she often not only presents the final product but the process work along the way. I find her work to be most accomplished when they are presented in their beautiful simplicity. By this I do not mean by any means of what she does is simplistic in nature, but her understanding of her subject matters allows her to capture only the most vital aspects of colour and form and the simplicity of these forms is magical to view. Something I am particularly drawn to in any art form is the concept of time. The time that occupies the world within the painting, drawing, sculpture etc. Forte's works seem to convey a sense of connection between reality, and the world within the painting. Through painting from life, Forte slows down time, she analyzes the subject at hand and examines all of its nuances and through this slowing down of time, she is able to convey a similar sense of the slowing down of time in her artworks. It is in her ability to pause time, to compose her subject and to simplify forms allows her to depict a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the most beautiful light.

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