Sandy L. Ford  |814 Lakeview Drive, Pascagoula, Mississippi  |228-990-1768
                                     www.sandylford.com

EXHIBITS:
        2014    Oschner Medical Facility One-Man Invitational Exhibit at Art Walk #1                  
                     New Orleans, Louisiana
        2013     MGCCC Jeff Davis Campus Invitational Solo Exhibit Gulfport,      
                     Mississippi
        2011     MGCCC Jeff Davis Campus Student Show Gulfport, Mississippi
2011     Singing River Art Assoc. Annual Spring Show Pascagoula, Mississippi
2010     Ocean Springs Art Assoc. Annual Fall Show Ocean Springs, Mississippi
2010     Singing River Art Assoc. Annual Spring Show Pascagoula, Mississippi
        2009     Singing River Art Assoc. Annual Spring Show Pascagoula, Mississippi
        2008    “Post Katrina: The Gulf Coast Perspective” exhibit. Selective group show
Mississippi Arts Center Jackson, Mississippi
“Exhibit of 2 Artists” Invitational Grand Opening Exhibit after  
Hurricane Katrina. The Performing Arts Center Foley, Alabama
untitled exhibit  Mocca Mouse Coffee House Ocean Springs, Mississippi
2007      Singing River Art Assoc. Annual Art Show Pascagoula, Mississippi
        2007      Ochsner Medical Facility One-Man Invitational Exhibit at ArtWalk #2
                      New Orleans, Louisiana
         2006      Ocean Springs Art Assoc. Annual Art Show Ocean Springs, Mississippi
        2005      “ Girl Talk” Invitational Exhibit The Performing Arts Center Foley,
                        Alabama
        2005      “Attitudes” exhibit Art House Gallery Ocean Springs, Mississippi
        2004      Ocean Springs Art Assoc. Annual Art Show Ocean Springs, Mississippi
        2003      “Women In The Arts”  exhibit National Museum Of Women In The Arts
                      MGCCC Jackson Campus Gautier, Mississippi

COMMISSIONS:
        2012     Jackson County General Services Complex Building,Pascagoula, Ms
                     commissioned 2 paintings. Sizes 120” x 36” and  24” X 4

        2011      Singing River Hospital Healthplex and Medical Facility. Featured artist
                     of a group of 35 selected artists with 6 commissions. Sizes: 108”x60”;
84”x60”; 36”x60”; 36”x48”; 24”x48”; 24” x36”)

2011      “Friends Along the Bayou” children’s fiction hard back book 43 pages-
            57 illustrations (graphite pencil, color pencil,watercolors). Sold
nationwide. Author Betty Robinson Oswald in partnership with
The National Audubon Society, New York.      
  
“Gullah The Nawlean’s Cat Meets Katrina” children’s fiction soft
book 32 pages- 16 illustrations (watercolor). Sold nationwide.
Author Nancy Murray.

AWARDS/HONORS:
       2011      MGCCC Jeff Davis Campus Student Show Gulfport, Mississippi 1st
                      prize in printmaking “Honeycomb # 1”
MGCCC Jeff Davis Campus Student Show Gulfport Mississippi
          Honorable Mention printmaking
2009    Singing River Art Assoc. Annual Art Show “Award of Excellence in
             Mixed Media” for “Horn Island At Dusk”
    2007  Singing River Art Assoc. Annual Show John Jones Purchase Award “Happy
               “Tulips”          
Ocean Springs Art Assoc. Annual Art Show Hancock Bank Award For
              Exceptional Watercolor “Local Hangout”
   2005  Singing River Art Assoc. Annual Show Mavis Clark Purchase Award “Horn
              Island”
   2004 Ocean Sings Art Assoc. Annual Show Marilyn Lyons Executive Director for
      Walter Anderson Museum Purchase Award “Alice In Wonderland
   2004-2007 Beau Rivage Casino (MGM Mirage) Biloxi, Mississippi was
                         the “Featured Artist for Special Events.” Artwork sold in 2 shops.

GRANTS:
     2007  Mississippi Art Commission Andy Warhol Grant
     2006  Mississippi Art Commission Mini Grant
     2006  Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

COMMUNITY PROJECTS:
    2004-2005 Pascagoula, Mississippi downtown    8 ft. x 48 ft. mural
                      “Canoes to Ships”. Ten artist team. Completion
                       date one year .This mural survived Hurricane Katrina.

COLLECTIONS:
        
    2011 “Friends Along The Bayou” book manuscript and illustrations
                        joined the prestigious “De Grummond  Children’s Literature
                       Collection” at the McCain’s Library, University of Southern
                       Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The renown McCain Library
                        is one of the leading children’s literary research libraries in the world.
   2011 “Honeycomb#1” became part of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
                      Community College Dr. Susan Scagg’s Permanent Art Collection
                      Jeff Davis Campus Gulfport, Mississippi
   2008 “New Dawn” became part of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
                  Community College Dr. Susan Scagg’s Permanent Art collection
                  Jeff Davis Campus Gulfport, Mississippi
2007 “Rosemary Patch” became part of the Ochsner Medical Facility’s
                  prestigious Permanent Art Collection New Orleans, Louisiana
2007 “Gullah The Nawlean’s Cat Meets Katrina” book manuscript and
                  working illustrations joined the prestigious “De Grummond
                  Children’s Literature Collection” at the McCain Library
                  University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
                  The renown McCain Library is one of the leading children’s
                  literary research libraries in the world.


EDUCATION: 1970 Ohio University Athens, Ohio BS Interior Design   
MY WORK IS CRISP, CLEAN, MODERN, AND COMBINES WITH MATH

On this journey of art making, I have been introduced to Fibonacci Leonardo Pisano Bigollo, the 13C. (Middle Ages) Italian mathematician
who unraveled the perfect ratio that all things created have in common. Be it the formation of the 250 billion galaxies, human beings, plants or
animals; everything formed during creation is based on God’s “Divine Proportion” of 1: 1.618 or Phi.

Being an interior designer, ASID, in my earlier years, I am used to seeing shapes, space allocation, colors and movement. Now I am using
what comes naturally for me creating flat pattern designs where each shape is a flat shape based on the mathematical ratio of another shape
while the colors dance to their own tempo.

This style of painting is a rather lengthy, complicated process involving both the “left brain” which is used for math logic and then switching to
the creative “right brain” which allows the colors and movement to dance to their own song and tempo. Because the shapes themselves are of
most importance, I am considered a “hard-edge” painter allowing the shapes to remain true to their mathematical ratios.

I love to paint custom commission work for that special person who wants something unique. I do not have a definite color palette. Being an
interior designer I am used to working with any selection of colors to create that dream come true which is only a call away from becoming
reality.
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