Ford Smith Handsigned and Numbered Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas:"Autumn Jewels"
Artist: Ford Smith
Title: Autumn Jewels
Size (s): 36" x 48"
Edition : Artist Handigned and Numbered Limited Edition to 100
Medium: Giclee on Canvas / Select Embellishemnt option from drop down box above.
About The Edition: "This sweeping vista of land, sky and water is the most recent testament of Ford's boundless imagination and masterful skill that confirms him as one of today's greatest modern painters. Breaking free from his own established style of trees, Ford creates "Someday Soon" from a vantage point overlooking a peaceful, yet rapturous valley. With no visual references shaping the idea, Ford created this work of art instinctively - painting in his spontaneous method of allowing the paint to find the imagery."
"The jutting foreground of indigo rocks suggest the viewer follow the artist's imagination through the hills and meadows that stand sentry to the peaceful valley of wandering rivers - and a glimpse of an intimate town. This painting's depth and drama are on radiant display with myriad tree groves and low-lying brush surrounding the painting with endless detail and an adventurous palette of greens, purples and golds. Hints of Ford's trademark reds live in the leaves and flowers in a decidedly delicate manner, so as to bring life to the tiniest of details while heightening the level of interest in every inch of the painting. You can almost feel the gentle but gusty breeze that lifts the leaves from their branches and sends them into an airy journey across the sky. Those twilight skies are a vision of radiant serenity, blending the bold and pastel hues into the furthest mountains and hills."
"Someday Soon" is a true escape from ordinary landscapes anywhere, and is among his finest and most unpredictable works." -- Cristi Smith
About The Artist: As the son of an Air Force serviceman stationed in a small Japanese village, Ford's artistic sensibilities began to take root under the nurturing eye of an elderly Japanese painter. After moving back to the States, he enrolled at the University of Mississippi in pursuit of his BFA. After graduating with a degree in Painting, Ford moved to Atlanta where he realized a natural talent for photography. During the late 70's and 80's Ford established his reputation as Atlanta's premier fashion photographer.
The early 90's, however, brought a compelling urge to return to painting. Ford took a hiatus from photography to travel the world and seek inspiration. After exploring different painting styles and themes, Ford found tremendous fulfillment creating contemporary landscapes conjured from the stunning horizons witnessed during his travels. Despite his photography background, Ford never paints from a photograph.
Ford's sense of nature is not a Romantic's wild and angry universe. Rather, he recalls the startling color combinations and mesmerizing horizons, then blends those images with his own passion and optimistic philosophy of life. The easy precision, subtlety and repose of his paintings may well derive from that Asian aesthetic he developed in his early years.
The intensity of working over a single piece to finish it makes the process very physical. He lets layers of paint - acrylics on canvas - drip and flow, just letting things happen. "I was taught in college to let the paint find the imagery," he recalls. Still, there is less accident in achieving these surfaces than one might think. They're a study in control and spontaneity, because while Ford may allow the materials to find their own expression, he then moves to manipulate them to achieve their unique composition and texture. Often, he'll embellish the canvas with plaster granules scattered across the wet surface as color and texture are forced to intersect.
"Like life, my work often transforms from its original idea," he muses, "But following a creative instinct wherever it leads is where the fun and fascinationn lie. Each painting is a unique journey with an undefined destination."
Title: Autumn Jewels
Size (s): 36" x 48"
Edition : Artist Handigned and Numbered Limited Edition to 100
Medium: Giclee on Canvas / Select Embellishemnt option from drop down box above.
About The Edition: "This sweeping vista of land, sky and water is the most recent testament of Ford's boundless imagination and masterful skill that confirms him as one of today's greatest modern painters. Breaking free from his own established style of trees, Ford creates "Someday Soon" from a vantage point overlooking a peaceful, yet rapturous valley. With no visual references shaping the idea, Ford created this work of art instinctively - painting in his spontaneous method of allowing the paint to find the imagery."
"The jutting foreground of indigo rocks suggest the viewer follow the artist's imagination through the hills and meadows that stand sentry to the peaceful valley of wandering rivers - and a glimpse of an intimate town. This painting's depth and drama are on radiant display with myriad tree groves and low-lying brush surrounding the painting with endless detail and an adventurous palette of greens, purples and golds. Hints of Ford's trademark reds live in the leaves and flowers in a decidedly delicate manner, so as to bring life to the tiniest of details while heightening the level of interest in every inch of the painting. You can almost feel the gentle but gusty breeze that lifts the leaves from their branches and sends them into an airy journey across the sky. Those twilight skies are a vision of radiant serenity, blending the bold and pastel hues into the furthest mountains and hills."
"Someday Soon" is a true escape from ordinary landscapes anywhere, and is among his finest and most unpredictable works." -- Cristi Smith
About The Artist: As the son of an Air Force serviceman stationed in a small Japanese village, Ford's artistic sensibilities began to take root under the nurturing eye of an elderly Japanese painter. After moving back to the States, he enrolled at the University of Mississippi in pursuit of his BFA. After graduating with a degree in Painting, Ford moved to Atlanta where he realized a natural talent for photography. During the late 70's and 80's Ford established his reputation as Atlanta's premier fashion photographer.
The early 90's, however, brought a compelling urge to return to painting. Ford took a hiatus from photography to travel the world and seek inspiration. After exploring different painting styles and themes, Ford found tremendous fulfillment creating contemporary landscapes conjured from the stunning horizons witnessed during his travels. Despite his photography background, Ford never paints from a photograph.
Ford's sense of nature is not a Romantic's wild and angry universe. Rather, he recalls the startling color combinations and mesmerizing horizons, then blends those images with his own passion and optimistic philosophy of life. The easy precision, subtlety and repose of his paintings may well derive from that Asian aesthetic he developed in his early years.
The intensity of working over a single piece to finish it makes the process very physical. He lets layers of paint - acrylics on canvas - drip and flow, just letting things happen. "I was taught in college to let the paint find the imagery," he recalls. Still, there is less accident in achieving these surfaces than one might think. They're a study in control and spontaneity, because while Ford may allow the materials to find their own expression, he then moves to manipulate them to achieve their unique composition and texture. Often, he'll embellish the canvas with plaster granules scattered across the wet surface as color and texture are forced to intersect.
"Like life, my work often transforms from its original idea," he muses, "But following a creative instinct wherever it leads is where the fun and fascinationn lie. Each painting is a unique journey with an undefined destination."
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