Montana Forbes

Overview

Spending her childhood in the US and in Zimbabwe, Montana Forbes now lives in London. She enjoys exploring vintage stores, discovering foreign cities, and collects vintage denim and shoes. She is also obsessed with bamboo and bonsai trees.

Training

Montana is a self-taught artist and studied Visual Communications at university, where she became interested in graphic design and the use of multi media.

Approach

Researching and collecting visual references of a subject matter is the first part of her approach. After getting together a pool of ideas she starts doodling and sketching in pencil. Later on, Photoshop is used to develop and tweak the image, and to apply the colour.

Style

Montana has a clear, minimal, pared-back style. Her aim is to capture a timeless sensibility in her images, and one that people can easily relate to.

Client List

• The BBC
• Gap Inc.
• Elle
• The Evening Standard
• Filofax
• Follie Follie
• Harrods
• Johnson and Johnson
• The National Costume Museum (Berlin)
• Random House
• Target Corporation
• Technomarine Watches
• Sunday Times Style
• Waitrose