Lee Forester

Born in Wokingham, England in 1967 and moved to Andalucia, Spain in 2001. The son of a carpenter and cabinet maker, I spent my entire childhood surrounded by wood and started making my own wooden toys from off-cuts in my father’s workshop as soon as I could manage small tools.

Sculpture:
Throughout my life I have continued this connection with wood by having a workshop of my own and making much of my own furniture. In 2014 I started wood-carving and instantly fell in love with the whole process. From the initial design of a project, to the photography of the model, selection of the suitable wood, be it a solid block, or with some art projects multiple blocks. Following weeks or sometimes months of careful and painstaking work using traditional hand chisels to carve away all the excess wood the sculpture is revealed, a single mistake at this stage can result in the entire piece being reduced to firewood. Finally after many hours of sanding and finishing I hope to have captured both the beauty of the subject as well as the beauty of the wood.

Painting:
I'm primarily known internationally as a sculptor and wood carver, but my passion has always encompased all forms of art in three dimensions. I feel that extra dimension of dep...

Learned a love of wood from my father, a carpenter and cabinet maker for his entire working life.

Initially self taught at carving and sculpture but later studied under Master Carver, Chris Pye.

Member of The British Woodcarvers Association.

2019 - Exhibited at Arte by Leyton, Estepona, Spain.