New Sandbank village signs designed by Ronnie Ford

Posted on June 30th, 2009

Sandbank village, in Argyll, Scotland was enhanced this week by the appearance of new signs at both entrances to the village.  Ronnie was approached around 18 months ago to design new signs to be made by local blacksmith Finlay Currie.  Both Ronnie and Finlay have a long family history in Sandbank and it was appropriate that they both devoted their time to this exciting project.   

 

After creating around 15 design ideas, Ronnie got together with Finlay to discuss technical practicalities and put the final 6 designs on display in the village hall for residents to vote.    Funding was procured by the Sandbank Village Council and the project has finally come to fruition.

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Still Life Show at Kranenburg Fine Art

Posted on June 3rd, 2009

“GILDING THE LILY”  a mixed still life show opens at Kranenburg Fine Art this Friday evening - 5 June at 6.30pm.

Though known for his textured landscapes, Ronnie welcomed the opportunity to create 5 still life paintings for this exhibition.

“Painting a still life is a great exercise,” says Ronnie.  “For me it is an opportunity to hone my observation and recording skills and experiment with new ideas, but as always I like to try to find a new approach.  I chose some of my own personal collection of Asian artefacts and interpreted them with an unusual perspective, exploring the three-dimensional quality of the wrapped canvas.”

“Tiger Screen” features a carved lacquer screen, purchased in Hong Kong, which explores the ancient and modern characters and symbols for the tiger.  The screen forms the main part of the composition creating a background, foreground and midground which focuses the viewer’s eye to the still life on the table.

The teaware featured in “Beijing Tea” was bought on a visit to the Chinese capital.  Red is an auspicious colour and contrasts sharply with the vivid green of the teapot.   The composition explores the space and shapes in a more abstract way.

Lilies on a Vietnamese gold lacquer bowl on top of a black opium table with the border of a tribal kilim, “Silence” refers to the ancient Chinese character on the wooden box, as well as the silence of the still life study.

The show runs till 27 June.

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