{"id":3242428,"date":"2016-07-22T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3242428"},"modified":"2016-07-22T17:14:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T20:14:11","slug":"lunchbox-interview-bess-forrestall-oil-painter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-bess-forrestall-oil-painter","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Bess Forrestall (Oil Painter)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3242429\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-bess-forrestall-oil-painter\/attachment\/lunchbox-2016artistsinresidence-bessforrestall\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall-800x800.png\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3242429\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall-300x300.png\" alt=\"LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><em>Painting is the art of taking what you see and making it your own..<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>During the summer, the <a href=\"http:\/\/frederictonartsalliance.ca\"><strong>Fredericton Arts Alliance<\/strong><\/a> brings a pair of artists together in the Barracks to practice their art for all to see. These artists come from a wide variety of disciplines, from painting and sculpture to basket-weaving and writing. As each pair of artists comes in, we&#8217;ll be talking to them on the Lunchbox.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My guest today is <strong>Bess Forrestall<\/strong>, an oil painter recently returned from a trip in India and inspired to capture what she saw there. She is currently in the Barracks demonstrating her techniques, from layering a painting from far to near, projecting photographs and using a muted palette.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6336\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160721%20-%20Interview%20-%20Bess%20Forrestall%20-%20Painter%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6336','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160721%20-%20Interview%20-%20Bess%20Forrestall%20-%20Painter%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160721%20-%20Interview%20-%20Bess%20Forrestall%20-%20Painter%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3242428-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160721%20-%20Interview%20-%20Bess%20Forrestall%20-%20Painter%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160721%20-%20Interview%20-%20Bess%20Forrestall%20-%20Painter%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest today is Bess Forrestall, an oil painter currently working on three portraits representing her time in India. She is one of the current artists-in-residence at the Barracks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6337\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160721%20-%20Interview%20-%20Bess%20Forrestall%20-%20Painter%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6337','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160721%20-%20Interview%20-%20Bess%20Forrestall%20-%20Painter%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160721%20-%20Interview%20-%20Bess%20Forrestall%20-%20Painter%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3242428-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160721%20-%20Interview%20-%20Bess%20Forrestall%20-%20Painter%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160721%20-%20Interview%20-%20Bess%20Forrestall%20-%20Painter%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-bess-forrestall-oil-painter\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3242429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[587,3298,491,3781,3782,1163],"class_list":["post-3242428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-art","tag-india","tag-interview","tag-layering","tag-oil-painting","tag-painting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2016ArtistsInResidence-BessForrestall.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3242428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3242430,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242428\/revisions\/3242430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3242429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3242428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3242428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3242428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}