Randy Ford was born in 1962 in Biloxi, Mississippi but has lived and worked in New Jersey most of his life.

Ford is a meticulous, self-taught artist who has been painting professionally for over twenty-five years. Additionally, Ford had worked in the field of illustration for such notable companies as Portal Publications, Road and Track Magazine, and The DuPont Registry.

Since 2000 he has devoted himself to the fine arts and currently teaches drawing and painting and is the Permanent Visiting Artist on staff at Marcel’s Art Studio in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey