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Collections

Shop for artwork based on themed collections. In addition to originals when available, each image (except portraits) may be purchased as a print on various support types (canvas, metal, wood, etc.) and products (cards, notebooks, mugs, towels, bags, etc.). Original portraits are created on a commissioned basis only. If you desire one please contact me. If you want additional prints of your original portrait that can be arranged too. (Portraits are not sold to other than the requesting patron.) Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Artwork

In addition to originals when available, each image (except portraits) may be purchased as a print on various support types (canvas, wood, metal, etc.) and products (cards, notebooks, mugs, towels, bags, etc.). Original portraits are created on a commissioned basis only. If you desire one please contact me. If you want additional prints of your original portrait that can be arranged too. (Portraits are not sold to other than the requesting patron.) Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

About Vincent Forte

Vincent Forte Following a career as an electric power engineer, manager, and director of engineering Vince Forte, Jr. now enjoys a second career as a fine art oil painter. While a professional artist since 2013, he has been painting for four decades.

Vince earned several engineering degrees; however his training in art was by atelier practice. Artists who have significantly shaped his artistic education include his father (Vincent Forte, Sr.) a renowned sculptor whose bronze and stone sculptures can be found in public venues and in museums around the Albany, NY area. Vince also studied with Louis Pelky a fine art painter noted for his skies and seascapes. Louis Pelky had studied with Emile Albert Gruppe. Vince completed his artistic studies with Joan Lord a well known oil painter and author who had studied with Helen Van Wyk.

Oil paintings by Vince Forte, Jr. are in collections in seven states and Canada, including two churches in New York State. He has won awards for his oil paintings and conducted demonstrations for local artists. In addition to oil paints he has used gouache, watercolor, and digital painting mediums.

Vince has worked on public bronze sculptures and in 2017 added the Medal of Honor for two in Albany. In 2018, he was a judge for the City of Albany/Ferris Coin Medallion competition.

Vince is a co-leader of the Schenectady Art Society, on the Board of the Colonie Art League, and a member of the Albany Artists Group, Plein Air Adirondackers and from 2014 through 2023 the Portrait Society of America.