Walton Ford

Walton Ford (born 1960 in Larchmont, New York) is an American artist who makes paintings and prints in the style of naturalist illustrations, often depicting extinct species. Each of his paintings is a meticulous, realistic examination in flora and fauna, and is filled considering symbols, clues, and jokes referencing texts ranging from colonial literature, to folktales, to travel guides. The paintings are perplexing allegorical narratives that critique the chronicles of colonialism, industrialism, politics, natural science, and humanity's effect on the environment.