The Forest Robert Tokley is an artist who has arrived. Born in Bannockburn in the back seat of his parents Pontiac in front of the doctor’s office they didn’t quite make it to, he had no choice, his life was going to be an adventure. His childhood growing up in the small, artsy town of Madoc was riddled with adventures, accidents and mishaps, all of them leading to a life of expression through art. From being run over by a car as a toddler, to breaking his femur in a three-wheeler accident as an adolescent, his recovery time was spent drawing, painting, it was spent with art. This cat has story after story and nine lives too; from each one of them come new inspiration, renewed desire to create and more experiences than most of us could ever imagine. His adventures led him west to Alberta where he spent some time working in the oil fields. As his luck would have it, he was injured on the job. He found himself out of work, out of money and homeless, living out of his car a