Celebrated Nova Scotia artist Tom Forrestall dies at age 88 [Video]

Tom Forrestall, the Nova Scotia artist who won critical acclaim in the 1960s as part of a renewed interest in realist painting, has died at the age of 88.

Forrestall, whose work can be found in major public and private collections across North America and Europe, was “an artist’s artist,” said writer and curator Ray Cronin.

“He was somebody who was generous with his time, somebody who worked constantly. He was a full-time painter since 1960, that’s how he made his living. That’s a very hard thing to do anywhere, but especially in Atlantic Canada,” Cronin told CBC Nova Scotia News in an interview Friday.

“He was a model for other artists for integrity and for how …