Forrest Kirkland (Elroy Christenson's grandfather)

Forrest Kirkland, my grandfather, made his living as an illustrator in Dallas, Texas from about 1922 - 1945. Although his bread and butter was retouching photos of machinery, he did various illustrations for many different publications and companies of the region.

Forrest in his studio

Texas landscape, c 1925, oil on c1922

Texas landscape c 1925, oil on cardboard, 8" x 10" click for larger versions of his paintings.

Forrest's son, Roy, and daughter, Violet, painting about 1922

Panther Cave, Seminole Canyon on the lower Pecos river, Texas. Copied July 10, 1937. Original drawn to scale 1/4" to 1', Courtesy of the Texas Memorial Museum, accession 2261

A book of his scale drawn watercolors of Southwest Indian paintings was first reproduced by the University of Texas Press in 1967 and recently been reprinted. Since most of the information was provided by his second wife, there are a few inaccuracies. One major flaw in the book was, unfortunately, the unacknowledged first wife, Sadie,  and two children, Violet and Roy Kirkland.

Forrest with his father, Warren Kirkland, grandmother, Nancy J. (Roney), wife of Elijha Kirkland, a Civil War Veteran and Violet Kirkland, my mother.

See his life with Sadie | Forward to Indian Petroglyphs | Forward to Forrest's Paintings

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