Sue Ford
Sue was born in York and now lives in Stokesley, North Yorkshire.
Sue's love for art started at a young age and in 1976, Sue was delighted to win a trip to Rome with Nancy Kominsky in the ‘Paint along with Nancy’ TV Programme, with a water colour painting of her grandfather.
Sue has exhibited her work within the Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA) Mall Galleries, London and The Women's Society of Artists (SWA).
Work is shown through local and national exhibitions
Sue also teaches night school classes in Art at Nunthorpe School, near Middlesbrough. For details of 2006/2007 holidays, workshops, demonstrations, classes and painting commissions, please email Sue at sue_ford@email.com.
For more information and pictures of Sue’s work go to www.sueford.co.uk
September 20-26 2004
"Passionate about Pastels", 1st solo Exhibition by Sue, Moors Centre, A North York Moor's National event. Situated near Danby/Castleton, North Yorkshore. Details can be obtained from The North York Moors National Park, The Old Vicarage, Bondgate, Helmsley, York. Y062 5BP 01439 770657
Kirkleatham Hall, Redcar. "Expressions", October 8 - November 28
Leven Art Society Exhibition, April 27-May 2, 2005, Town Hall, Stokesley, North Yorkshire
Solo Exhibition. August 2005
Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre, Pattinson, Washington, Tyne & Wear, NE38 8LE, 0191 4165454
The Art Works, Newcastle, November 2006
Sue Ford, 2008 workshops and holidays - full list on My Events
My teaching is directed towards helping students compose a picture. Planning colour, media and style to be used. Encouraging students to develop their own styles. Please look at my events page, there are lost of interesting courses and holidays available.
On the Staithes holidays www.staithesgallery.co.uk - we work outside and have the use of a studio. Balmoral again working from different locations each day and in the studio. Other residential holidays are mainly studio based - Cober Hill and Delmont Hotels are both in Scarborough
I've published several articles for Lesiure Painter in 2007 covering pastel, acrylic with oil pastel. perspective and aerial perspective
I teach weekly classes - Monday at Natures World, Acklam (Watercolours) 10-2.30pm. Thuesdays at Thirsk Town Hall(Pastel and mixed media) 9.30-11.30am
Wednesdays at Stokesley Town Hall, 10-12 noon, (Watercolours) Thursdays at Langdon Square, Coulby Newham, 10-12noon. (Watercolours)
Further Education classes at Nunthorpe School, Monday evening, Tuesday afternoon and evening, all in watercolour.
New courses start in January 2008
Please contact me for booking or further information
Sue Ford, was highly recommended in the Northern Societies Exhibition 2008, at the Durham Light Infantry Museum, Picture “ Whitby Roof Tops”
Acrylic Inks, Acrylics, Drawing, Mixed Media, Oil pastel, Pastels, Pen And Wash, Pencil/Charcoal, Watercolour, Watercolour Pencil
Animals, Buildings, Colour Mixing, Figure, Flowers And Gardens, Landscape, Pet Portrait, Portrait, Seascapes and Water, Skies, Still Life, Townscapes, Trees and Foliage, Waterways and Canals, Wildlife
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom mainland