Walton ford artsy. View Walton Ford’s 188 artworks on artnet. Blending depictions of natural history with political commentary, Ford's Walton Ford, Killy, 2019 Six plate aquatint etching with dry point, hard ground and spit bite on white Rives BFK paper Signed, dated and numbered by the artist on recto Plate size: 20 x 15 inches Paper size: 29. Oct 20, 2024 · Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio April 12 through October 20, 2024 American artist Walton Ford (b. Ford graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with the intention of becoming a filmmaker, but later adapted his talents as a storyteller to his unique style of large-scale watercolor. Browse Artsy’s Price Database for recent auction results from the artist. Walton Ford is the recipient of several national awards and honors, including a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. “The big thing I’m always looking for in my work is a sort of attraction-repulsion, where the stuff is beautiful to begin with until you notice that A brilliant natural history painter who usually inserts an ironic twist to the subject, Walton Ford mixes hyper-realism with a dash of surrealism and underground comics to create life-size images of birds and animals like we’ve never seen before. Learn about the work and career of artist Walton Ford. See available prints and multiples, works on paper, and paintings for sale and learn about the artist. Browse our selection of paintings, prints, and sculptures by the artist, and find art you love. Discover and purchase Walton Ford’s artworks, available for sale. Find out about Walton Ford’s auction history, past sales, and current market value. Fuelled by his fascination with their relationship to man, Ford’s work elaborates on the tradition of natural history painting, whilst infusing it with historical facts and surreal imaginings. Walton Ford Walton Ford is a contemporary American artist known for his large-scale wildlife paintings that blend realism with surrealist elements. 1960) established his reputation in the 1990s with his monumental watercolor paintings of wild animals inspired by true or legendary stories of dramatic encounters between humankind and nature. The artist interprets and transforms stories and images, drawing from history, literature Walton Ford is the recipient of several national awards and honors, including a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Exhibiting gigantic watercolors internationally since the mid-‘90s, Ford’s work is coveted by rock stars, fashion designers, and Hollywood Discover and purchase Walton Ford’s artworks, available for sale. Walton Ford (American, b. 1960) is a painter who uses watercolors to create large-scale paintings influenced by the style of John James Audubon and other artists from the Naturalist Illustration Movement. 5 x 22. Jun 5, 2024 · Walton Ford was born in 1960 in Larchmont, New York. Oct 1, 2003 · A voracious reader of colonial letters and diaries, Walton Ford is fascinated by the fear and wonder of nature that he finds in historical texts. Walton Ford (Born 1960) is active/lives in New York. 5 inches Edition of 65 Published by Kasmin Gallery Printed by Wingate Studio. Walton Ford, La Historia Me Absolverá, 1999, color etching, aquatint, spit bite, and drypoint on paper, 44 x 30 in. Walton Ford is a contemporary American painter known for his large-scale precise illustrations of animals. Artworks, biography, exhibitions, news, museum exhibitions, press, and more. Born in 1960 in Larchmont, New York, Ford grew up in a family of ornithologists, which sparked his lifelong fascination with animals and the natural world. Walton Ford is known for his monumental and extremely detailed watercolours depicting wild animals. Walton Ford is known for Large scale animal paintings and illustrations. Nov 3, 2011 · Walton Ford's monumental watercolor paintings illuminate the experiences, observations, and hidden histories of their human and animal subjects. , Courtesy of the artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery, Image courtesy of the artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery La Historia Me Absolverá features the now-extinct Cuban red macaw as a personification of Communist leader Fidel Castro. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Walton Ford (born 1960 in Larchmont, New York) is an American visual artist who makes paintings and prints in the style of naturalist illustrations, often depicting extinct species. From Kasmin, Walton Ford, Luctus (2024), Watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper, 42 × 60 in 58 askART artist summary of Walton Ford. Ford’s work is included in a number of private and public collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art. gtsb vtym vrobd uklu lqmlwbs dph ewqmyhu vhxugp drgls dzzsx