Walton Ford
Walton Ford is a contemporary painter working in
an illustrative style similar to the work of John James Audobon. While Ford
works in watercolors and printmaking techniques similar to the “Naturalist”,
the similarity ends there. In fact he’s almost the anti-Audobon in that he is more
interested in preservation and the impact humans have had on the natural world,
whereas Audobon shamelessly killed thousands of birds in his quest for perfect
specimens to render. Ford has a beautifully illustrative painting style and
seems to have conquered the barrier of being an illustrator in the fine art
world, and this is probably due in part to his social commentary. Mans domain
over the animals is shown from the perspective of the animal, and while Ford
excludes humans altogether or they are tiny background figures in a landscape,
their presence is heavily implied and felt.
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