Hermine Ford
“All we are, all we see, is nature. Things grow. Or are made. Maybe by a human being, maybe by a bird or a bee. We make objects of all sizes, buildings, art. Then they get old, sometimes are torn down, even made to disappear, by water, wind, war, volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, or fire. Or they fall down from their own weight, or are pushed over, stepped on, shot at, blown up, smashed. Yet, the pure material remains. The materials are reused down through the ages. Architecture and painting and sculpture are made from these raw and recycled materials. An artist's eye and hand moves over the materials while at the beach, or visiting an Italian city, or in the studio, remembers them as they used to be and rearranges them: the broken buildings, the stones, the tiles, the pigments. In my work I'm re-imagining the past, making it present.” – Hermine Ford
Spring Forward, 2021, Oil paint, graphite, colored pencil on muslin on shaped wood panel, 47 x 45 x 3/4 inches
Oh Canada, 2021, Oil paint, graphite, colored pencil on muslin on shaped wood panel, 41.5 x 29 1/2 x 3/4 inches
Setting Spheres, 2021, Oil paint, graphite, colored pencil on muslin on shaped wood panel, 38 1/2 x 51 x 3/4 inches
Untitled, 2020, Ink, watercolor, gouache, pencil, and colored pencil on handmade paper, 21 x 29 inches
Untitled, 2020, Ink, watercolor, gouache, pencil, and colored pencil on paper, 21 3/4 x 26 inches
Untitled, 2020, ink, watercolor, gouache, pencil, and colored pencil on paper, 20 x 27 3/4 inches