"Sword of the Well"My younger brother Frank Forrestall is an amazing animation artist with an artists agency, Forrestall Studio ( http://www.forrestallstudio.com/home.php) that he recently founded. While negotiating deals for other artists whose work he represents, Frank continues to find time to develop his own story ideas. He talks a bit about his inspiration for his latest installment of his Willow Wind series.
"In this illustration, Willow has just fallen for the Hag's trap! She thought that taking the sword would give her an easy solution to the problem of the Nine Sisters; but as she grasps the sword from the well the 9th Sister emerges cackling with delight. The sword will be fused to Willow's hand until she completes the hag's long and dangerous quest", explains Frank.
"These are characters and situations from stories that I would tell my oldest daughter, Gwen at bedtime", elaborates Frank. "The stories were made up on the fly so I don't remember a lot of detail but I borrowed heavily from folklore and fairytales from the 'color' fairy books. Some recurring characters were the hero of the story Willow Wind, her spirit horse Silver Stream and the villainous 9 Sisters each with a number of horns on their head to indicate their position in the family. At the moment, I'm working on an image of Willow Wind and her horse as they escape from their Aunt's castle, which will probably take a few days to complete".
Through his Art studio, Forrestall Studio, Frank works on promoting and selling the work of several other talented Maritime provinces based artists, which include his brothers Curphey, William and his sister, Renee.
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