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Photography

I took this shot from Alcatraz Island of the San Francisco skyline.  The skyline of San Francisco is one of my favorites and I photograph it often.

Sculpture

This is the first piece in a series that I've created called "CDecoupage"! I recycle old discs into mosaic sculpture and collage. The discs are cut into individual puzzle like pieces. Then, they are arranged in accordance to their original colors, texts, and images which brings my aesthetic vision into fruition. This sculpture was my first piece because I was exposed to the Nightmare on Elm Street films at a very young age. This exposure was the ignition to my creative spark. The dimensions are 14"x 7"x 32".
Contact:michaelford192@gmail.com
 

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 Graphic Art - Photoshop.

Painting

Works on Paper

This work was inspired by unique sunrise witnessed in the Bahamas. The image was created in a CMYK technique of Slikscreen and is 12Lx18W

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Oil, cold wax medium, on canvas board.

Works on Paper

Transparent Watercolor on paper

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Acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"

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Acrylic on canvas. 20 x 20. 2009.

Painting

 'Begging for the Brass':
 
Without expectations, only hope in their hearts, two homeless musicians lend their souls to the street as their dog begs for more. 
Psalm 33:3
"Sing to Him a new song;Play skillfully with a shout of joy."
3 From heaven the LORD looks down 
       and sees all mankind;
 14 from his dwelling place he watches 
       all who live on earth-
 15 he who forms the hearts of all, 
       who considers everything they do.
 16 No king is saved by the size of his army; 
       no warrior escapes by his great strength.
 17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; 
       despite all its great strength it cannot save.
 18 But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, 
       on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
 19 to deliver them from death 
       and keep them alive in famine.
 20 We wait in hope for the LORD; 
       he is our help and our shield.
 21 In him our hearts rejoice, 
       for we trust in his holy name.
 22 May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, 
       even as we put our hope in you.
 
30x40 oil on canvas
 This work was created for Cirque du Soleil as the design for the poster for the Orlando Brass festival.The painting also took 3rd place at the 3rd Annual NAP show at Orlando Int'l Airport. 
 

Painting

Oil on canvasboard

Photography

Dulcita the great horned owl is an Avian Ambassador with the Hawks Aloft Avian Rescue in Albuquerque, NM. Rescued birds that cannot be safely released back into the wild after being rehabilitated become Avian Ambassadors and serve to educate both children and adults about wild birds and their habitats in the southwestern United States, and how to better protect those habitats and the animals that occupy them. I took this photo of Dulcita during a photography workshop sponsored by the rescue in September of 2019. I became aware of Hawks Aloft when they helped to monitor and relocate great horned owls that had nested on the campus of the school where I teach several years ago. 

Works on Paper

Photography

Low tide on Goose Rock's Beach, Maine

Photography

Panorama collage on canvas photographed on Lake Temagami ("Deep Water"), Ontario Canada. Vast scenery of sky, land, and water inspired this composition of layered perspectives.

Photography

Painting

Acrylic Painting

Works on Paper

My Wife...My Life

Painting

watercolor of my grandson

Sculpture

Ply wood, paper, paper paste, tempera paint
Each Piece is 12"X12"X2 1/2"

Painting

Landscape in blue specter

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Painting

Oil on Canvas 34 x 26

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Painting

Acrylic on Canvas

Works on Paper

Pen and ink on vellum paper.

Painting

Works on Paper

Digital drawing.

Photography

Mixed Media

This is a sunset . I made this from a photograph using an app.

Photography