Michael Ward Art Collections
Shop for artwork from Michael Ward based on themed collections. Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Artwork by Michael Ward
Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
The Last Frontier by Michael Ward
Rancho Super by Michael Ward
Hard Living in Paradise by Michael Ward
Lucky Market by Michael Ward
Casa Romantica One by Michael Ward
Bonito Court by Michael Ward
Kona Lanes by Michael Ward
Crab Cooker by Michael Ward
Next Customer by Michael Ward
The View from Peet's Hill by Michael Ward
Waiting for the Laundry by Michael Ward
Roy by Michael Ward
Long Beach Pink by Michael Ward
Tire Sale by Michael Ward
Field and Stream by Michael Ward
Waiting for the Parade by Michael Ward
Please by Michael Ward
King Palm by Michael Ward
Pool Chair by Michael Ward
Twilight of Empires by Michael Ward
R KING by Michael Ward
Liquor Arrow Number 2 by Michael Ward
Corona del Mar house by Michael Ward
Michigan Barn #4 by Michael Ward
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About Michael Ward
Check out my 2014 calendar at http://www.tmichaelward.com/2014calendar.htm
Note: some paintings listed as not for sale may in fact be available. Please contact me for information on a specific piece.
Another note: For prints of sold works, check out the links on my website, http://www.tmichaelward.com
I began my artistic career doing pen and ink renderings of historical architecture. From 1984 to 1990 I operated a mail order business selling these drawings on calendars, prints, and related items. I began painting in 1980, first in gouache, then in acrylics. Artists whose work I admire and draw inspiration from include Edward Hopper, Charles Sheeler, Richard Estes and Vermeer. I am most interested in depicting what Alan Watts called the mystery of the ordinary; the workaday world we live in without seeing until we are forced to focus upon it, as in a painting.
Nearly all my paintings are based on photographs I have taken, primarily of Southern California scenes, over the years. Though it was never my intention to depict nostalgic scenes, many of the images I have painted have disappeared or been radically altered in the ever-changing landscape that is Southern California. Thus nostalgia is thrust upon the works. But the distinctive light remains, which is what I attempt to capture in my painting. That, and the built environment that we humans inhabit, where nature manifests itself only in weeds and palms emerging from cracks in the hardscape, and the smooth blue sky.
As a painter, I am self-taught. In my day job, I work as an Art Director and Graphic Designer.
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