Born 19 November 1951 in Dunoon, Scotland
Studied at the Glasgow School of Art 1970-1974
Graduated BA Hons 1974
Teaching certificate Jordanhill College of Education 1975.
Taught Art for 28 years (18 years as Head of Department, the last 11 years of which in Sha Tin College, Hong Kong).
Full time Artist
Ronnie Ford's Paintings
Ronnie Ford's signature style of sculptural painting inspired by the countryside around his second home in France and influenced by his studies of eastern and western Art invites the viewer on a journey through the landscape. He has had several sell-out exhibitions and has sold his work to clients (public, private and corporate) world wide.
"I study the landscape, then distance myself from it physically and with time, in order to filter out unnecessary detail and capture the spirit of what I have seen on my canvases. As a result my paintings are often not representations of any particular place, but more of the impression that place has left upon me."
Ford's work features a highly textured surface and use of contrasting colours which captures the French and Scottish landscape in a personal and evocative way, pulling at the heart strings and stimulating the brain. He focuses on capturing the spirit of the landscape which was the goal of the Chinese masters who believed that "anyone can copy a person or a landscape but only true masters catch its spirit!" His 2003 Hong Kong exhibition was the central feature of the number one Canto Pop star Sammie Cheng's MTV video. His most recent Hong King show inspired a collector to increase her Ford paintings to a total of 30!. In a Power Charity Auction his work sold for five times the asking price and was the third most expensive work sold.
He has used his success to benefit the Esther Benjamins trust (Giving Children back their Childhood) which is a charity which has released children (not guilty of any crimes) from jails in Nepal and runs care and education for street children and under-privileged and socially shunned untouchables. The EB Trust also rescues children from slavery and abuse.
Ronnie has also helped other charities including the Society for Aids Care in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Charity Auction and recently in an Art Auction in London. He regularly donates paintings to help raise funds for POWER4Limbs which provides replacement limbs for children and adults who have been injured by landmines. Ford has also helped Yorkhill Children's Hospital, The MS Society, Princes Trust and Save the Children with donations to their auctions.
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