Acrylic on Canvas
72" x 96"
The florid magic realism of Yes, depicts an Islamic prayer rug within a lush Muslim paradise. After visiting Islamic societies in a search for an understanding of legislated abstraction, Ford’s thoughts went to the beautiful exchange of art and nature. Hoping an understanding ensues from the conformational utterance, Yes.

Acrylic on canvas
84” x 60”

Acrylic on canvas
30” x 40”
Covered wagon retreats from its western expansion

Acrylic on Canvas
50.5" x 62.5"

Acrylic on canvas
60” x 48”
Courtesy Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Acrylic on canvas
60” x 48”
Courtesy Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Acrylic on canvas
72" x 96"
Mohammad gazes longingly at the night sky against a backdrop of fantastical images referencing Scientology and Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Native American religions. Prayer pillows float around the encased meteorite holy shrine, Mecca. The words “maybe” and “other” illustrate a hopeful moment or alternative where in quantum physics all other possible realities exist in simultaneous parallel planes.

Acrylic on Canvas
96" x 72"

Acrylic, Enamel, and Velvet on Canvas
108" x 84"
“Ford satirizes heroic painting by doing heroic painting…”Alice Thorson, The Kansas City Star

Acrylic on Canvas
80" x 60"
“It all looks idyllic enough until one begins exploring the symbols and objects Ford has embedded within the cartouche….” Alice Thorson, The Kansas City Star

Acrylic and Wood on Canvas
70" x 50"
“Ford’s self-taught style is squarely postmodern and draws from artistic innovations of painters from the late 1980’s and 1990’s (think touches of early Ross Bleckner, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sigmar Polke, and David Salle.) His subjects lean even more heavily toward a cynical new century, however, as he consistently and unapologetically addresses issues….” Marcus Cain, Review