Newzones is thrilled to announce “Open Window”, an upcoming solo exhibition of new work by Canadian contemporary colour-field painter, Jonathan Forrest.
We’re excited to invite you to join Newzones for the exhibition opening on Saturday, June 6th from 2-4pm with artist Jonathan Forrest in attendance.
The exhibition will be on view at Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art through June and July. It can further be previewed and viewed online through our website.
Forrest paints with an exuberance of colour and full shapes which fill his canvases. His artwork displays a unique colour sensibility and painting process which build upon lessons learned over forty years of studio work.
In the fall of 2025 Forrest attended a classical music concert in an old church in the old quarter of Nanaimo. During this event, he took notice of the stained glass windows in the venue and their effects of colour and light. In the following months the windows stuck in Forrest’s mind and he began working on paintings that used the windows as a taking off point, which in turn became the basis for his new body of work “Open Window”.