Chris Ford
Chris Ford was born in New York City, where she resides, and grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She was an undergraduate at Duke University and a graduate student at the Universität München in Germany. She studied painting and drawing at the San Diego Art Institute and with well-known artists such as Daniel Greene, Burt Silverman, Nita Engle, Robert Wade, David Leffel, Jacob Collins and Millard Sheetz. Her work has been in galleries in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and California.
About the Art
To do the work
of a serious artist I have had to look inward
and be decisive about my goals. I came to
this work with a hierarchy of values for
living, and I realized that painting requires
me to bring these same values to bear: honesty,
beauty and perseverance.
Compliance with the opinions of others does not
give me what I'm aiming for. Mere defiance is
no better. While I must respect the ideals and
expression of others, my highest aim is the inner
independence to express something wholly my own.
If you would like futher information, or to place
an order/commission, please email:
chris.ford@1066artgallery.co.uk