Walton Ford
Biography
Creating work that resembles John James Audubon's classic images of wildlife and birds, Walton Ford subverts them to narrative painting whereby he comments on contemporary society such as its desecration of nature.
He showed early art talent as a child who was raised in the South and then studied film making at the Rhode Island School of Design. A year in Italy studying Renaissance art changed the direction of his life, and from that time he applied Old Master techniques and styles to his unique subject matter.
He settled in the Hudson River Valley of upstate New York.
Gallery Exhibitions
Walton Ford - June 1 - July 8, 2006
Selected Works
Walton Ford Bangalore, 2004 5 plate hardground etching, aquatint, spitbite aquatint & drypoint 21 1/2 x 16 inches Edition of 75
Walton Ford Dying Words, 2005 6 copper plates, hardground etching, aquatint, spit bite aquatint, drypoint, scraping and burnishing on white Rives paper 16 x 21 1/2 inches Edition of 75
Walton Ford Tale of Johnny Nutkin, 2001 6 color hardground and softground etching, aquatint, spit-bite aquatint and drypoint 44 x 30 inches Edition of 50