Randy Ford was born in 1962 in Biloxi, Mississippi but has lived and worked in New Jersey the majority of his life. Ford is a meticulous, self-taught artist who has been painting professionally for over twenty-five years. Additionally, Ford had worked in the field of illustration for such notable companies as Portal Publications, Road and Track Magazine and The DuPont Registry.

Since 2000 he has devoted himself to the fine arts and currently teaches drawing and painting and is the Permanent Visiting Artist on staff at Marcel’s Art Studio in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
“I paint for the passion derived from the process, hoping to produce works that will be relevant during their
generation and enduring through time.”

Randy Ford is a realist painter. He paints scenes of everyday American life cataloguing events and objects of Americana for present and future audiences. From early in his life to the present, Ford has always been most comfortable with orderly environments and precise and quantified procedures. This outlook is the perfect grounding point for a realist painter. An early high school photography course defining the “focal point” and its impact on the final image is what has held Ford’s attention to detail and the ‘real’ versus what could be viewed as ‘just a painting’. The foundation learned those many years ago is the basis for his work today. Using photographic reference, Ford always attempts to stay true to colors of the source photos but will sacrifice color if it means a better focus or enhanced detail