Biography

Andrew Forrest

1958
Born in Cornwall, south west England.
1984
B.A(hons) degree in illustration, Kingston University, London.

Painting development

1984- ‘87
Illustrating bookcovers for various publishing houses in London…subjects ranging from philosophy, esoteric sciences, mysticism, religion, sci-fi and fantasy.
1987- ‘90
Moved to Glastonbury, and began painting inspirational, visionary paintings. Established international reputation for art. First published artcards, posters, limited edition prints etc.
1990
Moved to Dartmoor in S.W. England. Now painting large scale, epic landscapes and shamanic/underworld/archetypal dream imagery. Solo exhibitions in Los Angeles, Amsterdam, London and several other UK venues.
1998
Permanent move to south island, New Zealand. Paintings becoming exclusively abstract and increasingly formless (subtle textures and hues), from 2000 onwards.

Music origins and development

1991
Purchased first synthesiser/keyboard.

1992
Composed and recorded first music compositions, released on tape as “Octaves of Infinity” (now unavailable).
1997
Recorded best selling CD “Starseed”, which is used as accompanying soundtrack to film-maker Jean- Luc- Bozzoli’s esoteric animated film entitled “Merkabah, voyage of a Starseed”. Starseed is Andrew’s second volume (Sirius) in his ‘Star System Trilogy’.
1998
Released second CD “Alpha-Omega”, which is the third volume (Andromeda) in the ‘Star System Trilogy’.
2002
Released “Alchemy”, another best seller, which features international musicians Nigel Shaw (playing celtic whistle) and Brian Abbott (playing glissando guitar).
2008
Upgraded home studio (’Alchemy Arts Studio’) with powerMac computer running Logic software.
2009
Released “Infinite Octaves” CD, which although recorded last, completes the ‘Star System Trilogy’ as volume 1. (Please note that this is a completely new album, although one track ‘Shallows of the Golden Shoreline’ is an extended and sonically enhanced version of the same track on the 1992 “Octaves of Infinity” tape.)
2009/10
Initial stages of composing/recording the next CD already in progress. Watch this space for updates; release date expected sometime later in 2010, hopefully!