J.W. Ford is an accomplished
artist who has worked in watercolor, acrylic and airbrush, charcoal, graphite
and digital computer art. Most recent project includes working in metal -
embossing and painting on copper, brass and aluminum.
Ford’s
artistic passion has always been head and shoulder portraits of the human
being. The portrait can be expressed literally as in a realistic commissioned
portrait, but this artist favors doing expressionist portraits of heads and
faces that come from within where you can feel totally unencumbered and free to
express various ideas and concepts oftentimes of a spiritual nature. And
sometimes a love of fashion and graphic design takes center stage. But there is
always the attempt to create with meticulous attention to design, composition,
color, pattern, and texture.
J.W. Ford’ work
has been widely displayed in NYC galleries and institutions and early works
were published by Icart Graphics of California and distributed throughout the
United States and Europe. Articles on Ford have appeared in national
publications such as Décor Magazine and Art Business News.
Ford is an alumnus
of the Art Students League, School of Visual Arts, Fashion Institute of
Technology and The Craft Students League, and is a member of The National Portrait
Institute, The Harlem Arts Alliance, and The
West Side Arts Coalition.
