Artist Information:
Josse Ford
Santa Monica, CA
United States
Tel: 310-917-9284
Member Since: Sep 2003
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Artist Statement:
My purpose as an artist is to
create art illuminates the
beauty and perfection of
nature.
I love nature - its a great
inspiration for me because its
there that I feel I can touch
what is divine in our own
nature, what is divine in
life, and I hope that ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
"Works of Faith", Portland OR
2006
"Golden Eyes: Experiments in
Gold Leaf", Pacific Gallery,
CT 2006
Park City Arts Festival, Park
City UT, August 2004
Portland Arts Festival,
Portland OR, June 2004
Juried Selection: Associated
Arts of Ocean Shores, Annual
Fine Art Show, WA March 2004
Juried selection: ...
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Artist Galleries:
Pacific Gallery, New London CT
2006
Chablis Gallery, Placerville
CA 2002-03
Starlight Dreaming Gallery,
Minneapolis MN 2001...
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Artist Reviews:
PARK SLOPE ARTIST BOUND FOR
TUSCANY HILLS
Park Slope Courier Jan 17,
2005
Park Slope Artist Josse Ford
has been selected by an
international jury to
participate in the 2005
Niennale in Florence Italy
which will take place in
December 2005. The Florence
Biennale, now in its 5th
generation, is ...
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Collections:
Private & Corporate
Collections throughout North
America including:
LaSalle Bank Corporate
Collection, Pitsburgh, PA
Moylan Collection, Brooklyn,
NY
Somers Collection, Brooklyn,
NY
Listiak Collection, Naples, FL
Keck Collection, Brooklyn, NY
Wallace Collection, North Bay,
California
Rokovitz & Samelson
Collection, Big Island, Hawaii
Hansen Collection,
Minneapolis, MN
Grambsch & McKenzie
Collection, Minneapolis, MN
Lamoreux ...
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Josse Ford's Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Josse Ford's Portfolio.
My purpose as an artist is to create art illuminates the beauty and perfection of nature.
I love nature - its a great inspiration for me because its there that I feel I can touch what is divine in our own nature, what is divine in life, and I hope that a little bit of that goes into my paintings.
I paint with soft pastels because they have very vibrant colors and are immediate. I work very quickly – I finish a painting in a couple of sessions because I’m trying to capture the light – in the tradition of the impressionists.
I like to paint places that I feel haunted by – it could be national park or a windswept bay in a remote part of Hawaii. When I paint, I’m trying to capture the way the light works, and the movement of energy – the stillness and the wildness and all of the in-between experiences that nature contains.
I’ve always loved color and so you will see a lot of it in my paintings. One of my favorite places to paint is the island of Maui because it has such strong colors. When you look at the ocean there ... |
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Etoile Trees, 2002
Pastel,
14 x 11 X 1 inches
Availability: Sold
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On Fire, 2002
Pastel,
11 x 14 X 1 inches
Availability: Sold
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