JANE FORD
About Jane Ford
With an all consuming passion for British Wildlife combined with quirky, dark, Northern sense of humour, the main subject of the painting is transformed from a natural pose into a completely obscure and unusual setting.
Having a natural leaning towards the gothic genre which includes Victorian engines, optical and astronomical instruments and even Medieval inventions to add to the mix.
The paintings all tell a story, a very old fashioned way of painting, so each work can have several connotations, from Game birds alighting on pies to Hares transfixed by melancholia and chickens alluring foxes, all in a humorous framework. Perhaps stemming from a childhood mixture of Brer Rabbit, Jules Verne, Edgar Allen Poe and the Goons, with a splash of 1940’s film noir and 60’s/70’s music.
Each painting is carefully researched for anatomical, historical and natural accuracy and finally worked using the finest quality oils suspended in distilled Walnut oil for added viscosity. A technique reminiscent of the traditional way of English painting not usually taught now in Art Schools. This method of painting lends itself ideally to the work.
The great diversity of British Wildlife and the imagination of connecting birds and animals with unrelated objects and each other opens up endless possibilities for paintings.
The whole is brought together with the naming of the work......it’s all in the title.
With an all consuming passion for British Wildlife combined with quirky, dark, Northern sense of humour, the main subject of the painting is transformed from a natural pose into a completely obscure and unusual setting.
Having a natural leaning towards the gothic genre which includes Victorian engines, optical and astronomical instruments and even Medieval inventions to add to the mix.
The paintings all tell a story, a very old fashioned way of painting, so each work can have several connotations, from Game birds alighting on pies to Hares transfixed by melancholia and chickens alluring foxes, all in a humorous framework. Perhaps stemming from a childhood mixture of Brer Rabbit, Jules Verne, Edgar Allen Poe and the Goons, with a splash of 1940’s film noir and 60’s/70’s music.
Each painting is carefully researched for anatomical, historical and natural accuracy and finally worked using the finest quality oils suspended in distilled Walnut oil for added viscosity. A technique reminiscent of the traditional way of English painting not usually taught now in Art Schools. This method of painting lends itself ideally to the work.
The great diversity of British Wildlife and the imagination of connecting birds and animals with unrelated objects and each other opens up endless possibilities for paintings.
The whole is brought together with the naming of the work......it’s all in the title.
Born Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.
Studied Fine Art at Newcastle, Longton, and Stoke Schools of Art.
1973-79 Apprentice Graphic Designer & Illustrator Warwick Savage, Burslem.
1978 Solo Show Hobbergate Art Gallery, Brampton. Newcastle
1979 Head of Design Photopia International.
1984 Freelance Designer & Illustrator
1974-
1989 Exhibitor Wavertree Gallery. Cotman Gallery. Whitmore Gallery.
In house artist Hood & Broomfield specialising in Contemporary
commissions.
1992 Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Finalist.
EXHIBITIONS:
2006- Battersea Art Fair
Present Affordable Art Fair
Manchester Art fair
Dublin Art Fair
Brighton Art Fair
Fulham Art Fair
September Art Fair
Fresh Art Fair
Pilgrims Way Artists Annual Exhibition. Best Artist in various media
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018.
2004- Commissioned to produce 200 paintings for the Cambridge Belfry
2006 Hotel. The first time a single artist was asked to do a complete hotel.
2008 Commissioned for paintings for the Spa Hotel, Tunbridge Wells.
2010 Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition, London.
Joined Blackheath Gallery, London.
Joined Galleria San Maurizio, Venice.
2011 Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition, London.
2013 Paintings selected for International Exhibition and publication by
the Davidoff Corporation.
2014- 2017 Solo shows at Saffron Gallery, Battle. Wing Gallery, Wadhurst. Opus
Gallery, Ashbourne. Singing Soul Gallery, Cranbrook.
Val Gould Gallery, Sandwich.
2016 Special focus show at Fosse Gallery, Stow 0n the Wold.
Joined Fosse Gallery.
2018 Major Solo Show November 2018 Fosse Gallery, Stow on the Wold.
2019 Fresh Art Fair with Wing Gallery, Cheltenham. April.
Fresh Art Fair with Wing Gallery, Ascot. September.
Summer Show Fosse Gallery, June.
2020 Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition.
Equinox Show Wing Galley.
Spring Exhibition with Ffyn y Parc Gallery.
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham with Wing Gallery.
Fosse Gallery Ruby Anniversary Exhibition.
2021 Introduction Solo Show Ffin y Parc Gallery.
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham.
Member of Society of Staffordshire Artists.
2022 Solo show Imagine Gallery. Joint 3 Man Show Ffin y Parc. 6 man
show Fosse Gallery.
Represented by: Fosse Gallery. Gloucestershire.
Ffin y Parc Gallery. North Wales
Wing Gallery. Sussex
Imagine Gallery. Suffolk
Watson Gallery. Edinburgh
CONTACT DETAILS:
07932 533401
[email protected]
www.janefordart.com
Studied Fine Art at Newcastle, Longton, and Stoke Schools of Art.
1973-79 Apprentice Graphic Designer & Illustrator Warwick Savage, Burslem.
1978 Solo Show Hobbergate Art Gallery, Brampton. Newcastle
1979 Head of Design Photopia International.
1984 Freelance Designer & Illustrator
1974-
1989 Exhibitor Wavertree Gallery. Cotman Gallery. Whitmore Gallery.
In house artist Hood & Broomfield specialising in Contemporary
commissions.
1992 Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Finalist.
EXHIBITIONS:
2006- Battersea Art Fair
Present Affordable Art Fair
Manchester Art fair
Dublin Art Fair
Brighton Art Fair
Fulham Art Fair
September Art Fair
Fresh Art Fair
Pilgrims Way Artists Annual Exhibition. Best Artist in various media
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018.
2004- Commissioned to produce 200 paintings for the Cambridge Belfry
2006 Hotel. The first time a single artist was asked to do a complete hotel.
2008 Commissioned for paintings for the Spa Hotel, Tunbridge Wells.
2010 Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition, London.
Joined Blackheath Gallery, London.
Joined Galleria San Maurizio, Venice.
2011 Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition, London.
2013 Paintings selected for International Exhibition and publication by
the Davidoff Corporation.
2014- 2017 Solo shows at Saffron Gallery, Battle. Wing Gallery, Wadhurst. Opus
Gallery, Ashbourne. Singing Soul Gallery, Cranbrook.
Val Gould Gallery, Sandwich.
2016 Special focus show at Fosse Gallery, Stow 0n the Wold.
Joined Fosse Gallery.
2018 Major Solo Show November 2018 Fosse Gallery, Stow on the Wold.
2019 Fresh Art Fair with Wing Gallery, Cheltenham. April.
Fresh Art Fair with Wing Gallery, Ascot. September.
Summer Show Fosse Gallery, June.
2020 Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition.
Equinox Show Wing Galley.
Spring Exhibition with Ffyn y Parc Gallery.
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham with Wing Gallery.
Fosse Gallery Ruby Anniversary Exhibition.
2021 Introduction Solo Show Ffin y Parc Gallery.
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham.
Member of Society of Staffordshire Artists.
2022 Solo show Imagine Gallery. Joint 3 Man Show Ffin y Parc. 6 man
show Fosse Gallery.
Represented by: Fosse Gallery. Gloucestershire.
Ffin y Parc Gallery. North Wales
Wing Gallery. Sussex
Imagine Gallery. Suffolk
Watson Gallery. Edinburgh
CONTACT DETAILS:
07932 533401
[email protected]
www.janefordart.com