About Forrest Lance Plesko

An Artist’s Journey

Overcoming obstacles in the path of creativity is an important part of reaching my final artistic destination. My work is a journey of exploration and discovery with success and failure equally experienced. Each painting begins as a quest to arrive at a preconceived conclusion. But, often, I use the lessons I learn along the way to reach an unexpected and more rewarding painting than I had originally imagined.

Background

I have been an artist my entire life and currently paint full time. I have worked in graphic design, illustration and cartoons, selling work to Saturday Evening Post, Reader’s Digest, TV Guide, Esquire, Omni and many more publications. As a graphic designer at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publications I designed layouts, created and illustrated cover designs, directed photo shoots and illustrated feature articles. Throughout my professional career, I also taught drawing, portfolio development, graphic design and illustration.

Select Awards & Achievements

Peoples’ Choice Award: Littleton Fine Arts Guild. Beyond Unusual. CO. 2017
3rd Place: Littleton Fine Arts Guild Plein Air Festival. CO. 2015.
First Place: Three Dimensional Sculpture. High Desert Cultural Arts Foundation. CA. 1997
Community Award: Presidio Arts Festival at Jess Ranch, CA. 1995
First Place: Moreno Valley Art Association Annual Festival of the Arts. CA. 1995
Distinguished Achievement Award For Excellence in Educational Journalism, Educational Press Association of America. 1989
Certificate of Appreciation for Illustrating the Earthquake Curriculum Project, Federal Emergency Management Agency. 1988
Permanent Collection. Mt. San Jacinto Community College, CA.
Permanent Collection. Arthur Kruk Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Superior.

Memberships

Littleton Fine Arts Guild
Art Students League of Denver
Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County
Parker Artists Guild

Artwork

Please visit the home page and scroll down to view my artwork as organized by theme.