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Artist Page: Reverend Leighton Ford

Currently a resident of Charlotte, North Carolina. Born in Canada, Leighton did not begin to paint until he was 60. During a summer sabbatical in Vancouver, British Columbia he casually picked up in the home where he was staying one of Betty Edwards's books on drawing, and was fascinated. "I had never thought of drawing or painting", he says. "I thought I could not draw a circle or a straight line". But that encounter began his love of painting, especially watercolor and pastel scenes from places his travels have taken him, from Australia to Croatia, Canada to Ireland. An adopted child, he learned after he began to paint that he is related through his birth father to the famous Canadian artist, Lawren Harris, one of the founders of the Group of Seven. "Painting taught me more than to see the world around in a fresh way", Leighton says. "It also taught me to slow down, and to look with insight on the people I meet, and the younger leaders I have the privilege to mentor". He has pursued his calling as a Presbyterian minister, preaching in over forty countries, often in years past partnering with his brother-in-law Billy Graham. Now he heads an organization which focuses on leadership and spiritual mentoring of emerging leaders. Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's description of Jesus as "more of an artist than the artists", Leighton Ford also seeks to be an artist of the soul, and a friend on the journey. F i n e  A r t  R e p r o d u c t i o n s  •  G i c l é e  P r i n t s  •  C u s t o m - F r a m i n g Home Heavy Petting Fundraiser Giclee Prints Services & Pricing Print Your Photo on Canvas Shipping Giclee Print Sales Note Cards Fundraising for Non-Profits Contact Us Links Fine Art Supplies     Our Artists: Catherine Altice: Todd NC Egidio Antonaccio: Banner Elk NC Debbie Arnold: Boone, NC Renee Askew: Todd NC JoAnn Becker : Banner Elk NC  Irmaly Brackin, Boone NC Zoey Brookshire: Boone NC Sagina Brown: Deep Gap, NC Maggie Burnette: Banner Elk NC Noyes Capehart: Boone NC  Barbara Carter: Greeneville TN  Janice Cook: Birmingham AL Keith Elrod: Maryville, TN Leighton Ford: Charlotte NC  Alan Gordon: Boone NC Fuller Grissom: Blowing Rock NC Deborah Jacobs-Purves: Boone NC  Kyle Keeter: Boone NC Dennie McCrary: Charlotte, NC Margaret Mordecai: Boone NC Michel Oliver: Linville NC Chris Petti: Banner Elk NC  Robert Ray: Ashe County NC Raney Rogers: West Jefferson NC Kerry Sanders: Nags Head NC  Cher Shaffer: Boone NC Mary Sharp: Naples Fl Greg Smith: Matney NC Doug & Deb Sosebee: Champion NC Aurelien Tremblay: Banner Elk NC Wendy Warren: Boone NC M. Wesley Waugh: Boone NC Von Luderitz: Wilkesboro NC       "Winter Morning on Governor's Hill" from an original pastel painting 12" x 16" $120   "Saint John's Valle Crucis" from an original watercolor 12" x 16" $120   "Ice Fields" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Saint John's Church, Valle Crucis NC" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Artist at the Abbey" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Aspen Grove" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 15" $110   "Bourton on the Water" from an original watercolor painting 9 3/4" x 13 1/2" $80   "Deep Cove" from an original watercolor painting 16" x 20" $200   "Glen Burnee Falls" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Grandfather from Grandview" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Grandfather from Linville" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Irish Cottage" from an original watercolor painting 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" $80   "Keats Island" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Light House on the Way to Mull" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Limerick Island" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Live Oak" from an original watercolor painting 8" x 10 1/2" $50   "Lynn Creek" from an original watercolor painting 7" x 7" $35   "Misty Mountain, Banff" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Moon Shine Still" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "San Juan Bautista" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 17" $125   "St. Begas Church" from an original watercolor painting 9 1/2" x 13 1/4" $80   "Saint Giles" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Streaming Light" from an original watercolor painting 11" x 14" $100   "Ten Peaks" from an original watercolor painting 14" x 20" $170   "Water Through the Wall" from an original watercolor painting 8 1/2" x 12 1/2" $65   "Welcoming Committee at Broadway Tower" from an original watercolor painting 12" x 16" $120   "Wrangler in the Woods" from an original watercolor painting 10" x 13" $80   "Wrangler in the Woods-Fall" from an original watercolor painting 10" x 13" $80