"Our full range of emotions is
our palette with which we bring color to our lives.
— Anne Copeland
Ford Smith
Limited Edition Hand Embellished Prints
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Scarlet Masquerade by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
30" x 40"
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Goodness Prevails by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
18" x 54"
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Long Goodbye by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
30" x 40"
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Approaching Twilight by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
40" x 30"
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Cabernet Tide by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
30" x 40"
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Crimson Ovation by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
20" x 16"
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Depth of Meaning by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
36" x 48"
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Distant Memory by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
40" x 40"
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Energetic Breeze by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
40" x 50"
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Glowing Review by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
30" x 40"
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Panoramic Repose by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
24" x 48"
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Happy Together by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
18" x 24"
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Hidden Meaning by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
44" x 44"
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Imagine If by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
24" x 48"
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Indigo Ambition by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
44" x 44"
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Life Everlasting by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
44" x 66"
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Rising Confidence by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
20" x 16"
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Scattered Virtue
Exclusive CDN Edition by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
30" x 40"
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Someday Soon by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
48" x 48"
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Summer Jewels by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
48" x 60"
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Affectionate Nature
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
40" x 50"
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Affinity of Dawn
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
50" x 40"
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Autumn Amusement
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand
100 s/n
24" x 36"
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Autumn Jewels
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
36" x 48"
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Autumn Rhythm
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
40" x 30"
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Awakening Joy
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
48" x 60"
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Bare Forest
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
24" x 36"
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Being Together
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
48" x 48"
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Branching Out
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
40" x 50"
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Breaking Free
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
36" x 36"
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Buoyant Grove
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished100 s/n
24" x 48"
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Calm Intensity
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
24" x 48"
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Cosmic Arbor
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
36" x 48"
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Crimson Break
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
20" x 16"
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Dash of Energy
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
40" x 30"
Drops of Nature
by Ford Smith
48" x 48"
Original Acrylic on Canvas
Elated Autumn
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
48" x 48"
Endless Possibilities
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
95 hand embellished
18" x 24"
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Energetic Nature
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
40" x 60"
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Entertaining Thoughts
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
40" x 30"
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Essential Honesty
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
24" x 36"
Happily Adrift
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
24" x 30"
Happy Coincidence
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
16" x 20"
Heart of Nature
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
48" x 36"
Hypnotic Muse
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
48" x 60"
Impetuous Fall
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
36" x 36"
Intricate Nature
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
40" x 30"
Join the Fun
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
36" x 24"
Kaleidoscope Point
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
24" x 30"
Lasting Impressions
by Ford Smith Original 48" x 48"
Let Loose
by Ford Smith
Giclee Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
48" x 48"
Living a Dream
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
24" x 48"
Moment of Clarity
by Ford Smith Original 36" x 48"
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Mosaic Autumn
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
24" x 36"
Mosaic Impulse
by Ford Smith
Giclee Canvas
100 s/n
50" x 40"
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Moving Dreams
by Ford Smith
Giclee Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
48" x 60"
Original Available!
Natural Attraction
by Ford Smith
Giclee Canvas
100 s/n
50" x 40"
Natural Charm
by Ford Smith
Giclee Canvas
100 s/n
40" x 30"
Natural Muse
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
40" x 50"
On the Rocks
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
150 s/n
40" x 50"
Ornamental Autumn
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
48" x 36"
Passionate Shore
by FordSmith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
36" x 48"
Peaceful Assembly
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
48" x 36"
Pensive Midnight
by Ford Smith
Original 24" x 30"
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Persistent Sun
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
36" x 48"
Pool of Thought
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
36" x 48"
Prelude
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
36" x 48"
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Rising Confidence
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
20" x 16"
Seeing the Good
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
20" x 16"
Spontaneous Frost
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
48" x 48"
Sundown Curtain Call by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
36" x 24"
Surrender to Evening
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
40" x 30"
Through the Trees
by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas
100 s/n
40" x 30"
Waves of Passion by Ford Smith
Giclée Canvas Hand Embellished
100 s/n
30" x 40"
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Ford Smith
As the son of an Air Force
serviceman stationed in a small Japanese village, Ford's
artistic sensibilities began to take root under the nurturing
eye of an elderly Japanese painter. After moving back to the
States, he enrolled at the University of Mississippi in pursuit
of his BFA. After graduating with a degree in Painting, Ford
moved to Atlanta where he realized a natural talent for
photography. During the late 70's and 80's Ford established his
reputation as Atlanta's premier fashion photographer.
The early 90's, however, brought a compelling urge to return to
painting. Ford took a hiatus from photography to travel the
world and seek inspiration. After exploring different painting
styles and themes, Ford found tremendous fulfillment creating
contemporary landscapes conjured from the stunning horizons
witnessed during his travels. Despite his photography
background, Ford never paints from a photograph.
Ford's sense of nature is not a Romantic's wild and angry
universe. Rather, he recalls the startling color combinations
and mesmerizing horizons, then blends those images with his own
passion and optimistic philosophy of life. The easy precision,
subtlety and repose of his paintings may well derive from that
Asian aesthetic he developed in his early years.
The intensity of working over a single piece to finish it makes
the process very physical. He lets layers of paint - acrylics on
canvas - drip and flow, just letting things happen. "I was
taught in college to let the paint find the imagery," he
recalls. Still, there is less accident in achieving these
surfaces than one might think. They're a study in control and
spontaneity, because while Ford may allow the materials to find
their own expression, he then moves to manipulate them to
achieve their unique composition and texture. Often, he'll
embellish the canvas with plaster granules scattered across the
wet surface as color and texture are forced to intersect.
"Like life, my work often transforms from its original idea," he
muses, "But following a creative instinct wherever it leads is
where the fun and fascinationn lie. Each painting is a unique
journey with an undefined destination."
