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Murals, Portraits & Original Artwork
Hand-painted artwork for homes, businesses & public spaces
Hello, I’m Joe Forrest, an artist creating murals, portraits and original commissioned artwork for private and commercial clients.
For nearly two decades, I’ve worked across a wide range of styles, materials and settings. My approach varies with the project, from established portrait styles and work from photographs to original concepts, supplied designs and artwork developed specifically for a particular space.
For businesses, designers and contractors, including murals, decorative artwork and commissioned pieces for commercial spaces.
Hand-painted murals for homes, businesses and public spaces, with a wide choice of styles, themes and techniques.
Hand-drawn and painted commissions for people and animals, from traditional family and pet portraits to larger feature pieces.
Commercial Artwork, Adapted to the Project
Commercial artwork often needs to do more than fill a blank wall. It may need to respond to a brand, an existing interior, supplied designs, unusual surfaces, limited access or a space that needs to remain in use.
I work directly with businesses and alongside designers, agencies and contractors, adapting both the creative approach and practical delivery to suit the project. That might mean developing original artwork from the brief, interpreting an established design, combining different techniques, or finding the most practical way to make an ambitious idea work on-site.
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From Reference to Reality
Every commission starts somewhere: a favourite photograph, a blank wall, a rough sketch or simply an idea. My job is to work out how that starting point becomes finished artwork.
Have a project in mind,
or only the start of one?
You don't need a finished brief before getting in touch. Send me a photograph, a reference, a rough idea or simply tell me what you're hoping to create.
I can help shape the idea, suggest the right approach and talk through what will work for the space, budget and timescale.