Forest Hart

“I have dedicated my life and career to the appreciation and study of wildlife and art. The woods, waters, mountains, and tundra were the classrooms; animals and nature were the teachers; my observations, experience, and imagination are the results.” Forest Hart has been interested in animals and wildlife ever since he can remember. As a young child, he found delight in traipsing through the forest with crayons and pencils and capturing the wildlife on paper. At the age of 21, an apprenticeship in taxidermy at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, became his entrance into the world of animal behavior and livelihood. As he worked more closely with the animals, he found that, though taxidermy was enjoyable, he was more interested in working with texture, incorporating movement, and producing artwork in a lasting material. He soon found his creative outlet in bronze sculpting.

Hart has accepted invitations to give sculpting seminars throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, England, and South Africa. He has had the pleasure of working with students from 17 different countries. His bronze sculptures have been displayed in the Denver Art Museum and the Plaza of the University of Missouri.