‘Alegrias Five’ by Anita Ford

‘Alegrias Five’ by Anita Ford is a hand finished monoprint inspired by the sea. Between 2004 and 2009, Anita and her husband Alfred travelled extensively during the summer months aboard their boat ‘Reveller’. Anita describes the resulting body of work below:

“The work became sensual, focusing on the wind, the waves and the swell of the sea, the movement of the fish and the line from the boat forming a rhythm, a connection, and I didn’t mind if wind translated into sea and waves become glimpses of land. That’s how it was.”

Artist Biography

Anita Ford

Anita Ford was born in London in 1948. She studied sculpture at Loughborough College of Art where she received a first class honours degree in 1969. During her lifetime, her prolific output covered all aspects of printmaking, paperworks, ceramics and painting.

‘Process is of great importance not only as a manner of executing an art work, but also as a manner of pacing my thoughts and allowing myself to get in touch with my intuition.’

Over the years, Anita travelled extensively, notably throughout India, Japan and Europe and was inspired by diverse cultures and contradictions. Much of her work was anchored in the duality of creativity and destruction. Personal experiences of other cultures and environmental concerns often fuelled this continuing enquiry.

Much of Anita’s later work was inspired by her summers at sea and reflect the water and coastal landscape of France and Southern Europe. This inspiration fed her artwork throughout the winter months when she returned to her studio to interpret her travels.