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 current holidays, workshops, Cunard Cruise Liners, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria, demonstrations, private classes and commissions, please email Sue at sue_ford@email.com.
For more information and pictures of Sue’s work go to "My Gallery" or www.sueford.co.uk
New updated web site
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
AnnualLeven Art Society Exhibition, May Bank holiday weekend, Town Hall, Stokesley, North Yorkshire www.levenart.org
Solo Exhibition. August 2005
Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre, Pattinson, Washington, Tyne & Wear, NE38 8LE, 0191 4165454
July 2009, Danby Moors centre, Expressions,
August, 2009, Expressions at the Pannet Gallery Whitby
2010 Art in the Garden at Yorke House, Dacre Bank, Summberbridge. Part of the open Garden scheme, full details are on my web site.
2011 July - Artist of the Month at The Gallery, Guisborough, if you would like a preview ticket, please let me know
New web site, I'm pleased to annouce my new web site, kindly created by Mr Philip Dunn from Inspiration Holidays. Pictures from my recent trip to Menorca and art blogs can be viewed on www.sueford.co.uk
If you would like a preview ticket to these events please let me know.
Contact Sue Ford, 01642 712926 or email sue_ford@email.com
Sue Ford, 2009 workshops and holidays - full list on My Events page
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 and The Paint Magazine, covering pastel, acrylic with oil pastel, Pan Pastels. perspective and aerial perspective,
I teach weekly classes - Monday at Natures World, Acklam (Watercolours) 10-2.30pm. Tuesdays - Inspirational art, 10.15 to 12.15pm, Tuesday afternoons- watercolours and Tuesday evenings 7-9 at Nunthorpe School.
Wednesdays at Stokesley Town Hall, 9.30-12 noon, (Watercolours) Thursdays at Langdon Square, Coulby Newham, 10-12noon. (Watercolours)
Further Education classes at Nunthorpe School, Monday evening, Tuesday morning, (mixed media) and afternoon and evening, all in watercolour.
Courses start in January, after easter and September
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, Canvas, Collage, Drawing, Mixed Media, Oil pastel, Pastels, Pen & Ink, Pen And Wash, Pencil/Charcoal, Watercolour, Watercolour Pencil
Abstract, Animals, Buildings, Coastal and Maritime, Colour Mixing, Drawing, 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