Animals in the Fields (Signed) (Original)

Artist: Don Forrest
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 13" x 16" (330mm x 410mm)
Date: 1971
Signature: Signed by artist lower left
Code: ForrestDANesting

This is the Signed unique original Gouache painting by Don Forrest.

A Field Mouse, a European Hamster and a rabbit with her litter. Painted by the well known illustrator Don Forrest here signing as D A Forrest.

This piece was published in Treasure Annual 1971. You can see the three boxes where simple descriptions were pasted to explain the animals to young readers.

• Artist Biography
  Donald A Forrest (active 1951 - 1968)
  Don Forrest is a wildlife artist noted for his illustration of birds. One of his most notable books is The Birdwatcher's Key which is an illustrated guide to 382 different species to be found in the British Isles and North-Western Europe.
  
  Forrest's career may date back to at least as early as 1949 and the publication of a children's book entitled Binkie Beacon and His Friends.