Amy Ford is a mixed media artist whose primary focus is the human form.

She has studied figure drawing for over twenty years, beginning in 2001 in the studio of Silvestro Pistolesi in Florence, Italy.  This one month intensive catapulted her from casual creativity to a relentless search for her own voice as a figurative artist.

In the years that followed, while raising five children, Amy studied with Joan Pereira at Castle Hill, where she discovered a love for intense color and dynamic brushwork. Over the years, she continued her studies with Charles Soviet at the Creative Arts Center in Chatham, MA, Jo Hay at PAAM, and Richard Fox at University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. 

Since committing to a full-time studio practice in 2018, Ford’s work has grown and moved beyond merely presenting the figure into a body of work focused on the inner life of her subjects and her relationship to them. Most recently, she has begun dreamscape-style painting, drawing on her memories, emotions and experiences.

Her work has been shown at multiple solo exhibitions throughout New England, including The Commons, Provincetown, MA, Edwards Gallery, Holderness, NH, McLaughlin-Hills Barn Gallery, Durham, NH and Studio Allston, Allston, MA. In 2022, Ford was featured in Boston, MA at a two person show at Beacon Gallery. In addition, her work has been shown at mulitiple group shows at Cambridge Art Association, Concord Art Association’s Roddy Competition and The Barn Gallery in Ogunquit, ME. Most recently, her large-scale work was featured at the Crown & Anchor for the summer season show, It’s Not John.

Amy is currently an Artist-In-Residence at The Commons in Provincetown, MA.