Sunday, May 13, 2018

Remembering our sweet mother, Natalie LeBlanc Forrestall on Mother's Day 2018

Remembering Natalie LeBlanc Forrestall.

She was the best part of our family, all of us. 

She was our conscience and our moral compass, our role model of empathy, compassion and honesty. 

Mother led and guided our family through example with her many acts of kindness, generosity and thoughtfulness, every single day. 

Beloved and admired by everyone she met, our mother
worked alongside of our dad and devoted her life to building our family company for us. 

She was funny and extremely smart---a whiz at math and accounting, and had three degrees; from Teacher's College, a BFA from Mount Allison University and a degree in Education from the University of New Brunswick.

We were so very blessed to have such a woman, who adored us all, in our lives.

Always remembered, always loved.
Natalie Forrestall
Natalie Forrestall as a teenager with her ice skates in Atholville, New Brunswick.


Natalie LeBlanc Forrestall, Self Portrait Mount Allison University

Natalie Forrestall and Tom Forrestall on their graduation day from Mount Allison University.

Natalie Forrestall, (1959)
Natalie Sleeping (1979)

The family, from left, Monica, Natalie, Tom, Jack, Curphey, William and Renee. in Fredericton,
posing for a photo for a local paper.

"Natalie and desk" (1974) wc on paper


My high school graduation.



Natalie and Monica on Litchfield Beach, on The Bay of Fundy.

Prime Minister Trudeau, Natalie Forrestall, Tom Forrestall at an opening of dad's work.

I glazed a jug a few years ago as an anniversary gift for my parents.

Monica, Natalie Forrestall and Max Schuss at The Digby Pines, Digby, Nova Scotia.

#NatalieForrestall #TomForrestall #WilliamForrestall #MonicaForrestall #ReneeForrestall #JackForrestall #CurpheyForrestall #ReneeForrestall #FrankForrestall 

Thursday, January 25, 2018



Painter and animator Frank Forrestall of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia has an exhibition up titled "Dark Gnosis" of his wonderful surrealist paintings at a Halifax gallery, Plan B Merchant's Co-op Space on Gottigen Street. Frank Forrestall's highly detailed and exquisitely painted works have to be seen in person!
His long time career as an animator and film maker, is reflected in the narrative and mysterious works.
Up through the end of January.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1539573-surrealist-works-haunting-images-on-display-at-gottingen-street-gallery


Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Worshiped: The Compelling Charm and History of Country Churches reviewed




http://www.annapoliscountyspectator.ca/living/worshiped---forrestalls-round-hill-studio-exhibition-about-country-churches-rural-lives-3248/

Monica Forrestall


Natalie LeBlanc Forrestall

Natalie LeBlanc Forrestall, wife of Tom Forrestall. Mother of William,
Monica, Renee, Jack, Curphey, Francis Forrestall

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Tom Forrestall: A Lifetime of Sketchbooks

A wonderful video on Tom Forrestall's sketchbooks aired on CBC this week.



Tom Forrestall Video on a lifetime of sketchbooks and legacy of Natalie Forrestall


Monday, May 12, 2014

On Mother's Day, remembering Natalie LeBlanc Forrestall.

Portrait of mum, circa 1970's, hanging in family home in Nova Scotia. 
Kindly, thoughtful gaze. Mum, missed for a million reasons, every single day.