Kings Road Gallery & Tanya Baxter Contemporary, London, United Kingdom

Rhythmic Rhapsody by Ronnie Ford

Ronnie Ford Biography

Dunoon, Scotland, 1951.

An established Scottish artist, Ronnie Ford paints sculptural paintings inspired by the French and Scottish countryside. Ford?s unique style of heavily textured canvases has evolved from his studies of sculpture and optical art, and is influenced by time spent in the Far East. Ford is following the Chinese belief that any artist can copy the landscape, but only a true master can capture the essence of nature, and that is what he strives to do.

He says of his work: ?I study the landscape, then distance myself from it, physically and with time, in order to filter out the 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 the place made on me.?

Ford studied at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland.

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

2007 - PicassoMio.com

2005 - Mountains, Mists and Meadows. Torrance Gallery. - Rhythms and Textures. Tighnabruaich Gallery. - New Horizions. Gallimaufry Gallery. - Capturing the Spirit. Kranenburg & Fowler.

2004 - Texturescapes. Kranenburg and Fowler, Oban.

2003 - Changes. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong.

2002 - Texturescapes. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong.

2001 - Spring Collection. Swankshop, Hong Kong.

2000 - Retour aux Champu. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong.

1999 - New Visions. TAN Gallery , Zurich, Switzerland. - New Horizons. Gallery Ferrage, Zurich, Switzerland. - Further Afield. Air Gallery, London, England.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2005 - Finding the Sacred in the 21st Century. Church of St. John the Evangelist. - Summer Show. Tighnabruaich Gallery. - Summer Show. Kranenburg Fine Art.

2004 - Christmas Exhibition. Mandarin Oriental, London, England. - Christmas Exhibition. Kranenburg and Fowler, Oban. - Christmas Exhibition. Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. - Christmas Exhibition.. Tighnabruaich Gallery. - Spirit of Christmas. Olympia, London, England. - Christmas Exhibition..Juno Gallery, Dunoon, Scotland. - Affordable Art. London, England. - French Landscapes. Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.

2003 - Salon D' Hiver. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong. - A Broad Brush. Seagull Gallery, Gourock. - Pure. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong. - Artwalk. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong.

2002 - Fine Wine Young Art. Sciroccos, Hong Kong. - Art walk. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong.

2001 - Salon D 'Hiver. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong. - Cry Freedom. Rotunda, Hong Kong.

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