Megan Ward

Pomegranates, 2023, oil on canvas
About the Artist:
Megan is a painter based in Peterborough, where she established her practice after graduating from OCAD University (2012) with a BFA in Drawing & Painting. The final year of her program was completed at OCADU’s studio in Florence, Italy.
Megan works primarily in oils, but she also makes frequent use of acrylics, drawing materials, collage, and digital processes. A wide variety of subject matter is represented in her practice. Responding to season and mood, emotionality is conveyed by the changeability of weather as well as the symbolic and visual aspects of natural cycles.
Recent still life pieces refer to traditional painting processes and celebrate the poetic qualities of everyday objects. Often working directly from observation, rich palettes and painterly brushstrokes establish a sense of character. Slight exaggeration of hue and playfulness around the edges of each form add nuance and movement to quiet compositions.

Studio: exterior of Megan Ward’s studio
Exhibitions
Stephanie Ford Forrester, Northland Harmony, 2022 textile, painted cotton & batiks
Selections: 39th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
Jul 8, 2023 to Oct 1, 2023
Bronson Smith - All about Art Online Auction 2021
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Oct 21, 2021 to Nov 21, 2021
Installation view of KAST Selections exhibition. From Left: Paul Nabuurs, Bronson Smith, David Hickey
Selections: 37th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour Exhibition
Jul 22, 2021 to Oct 3, 2021
Jane LowBeer, String Theory, 2015, monotype on paper, 22" x 28"
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Oct 8, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020
Left: Leanne Baird, Forest Light, 2020, acrylic on canvas; Right: Victoria Wallace, Silhouette Series: #10, 12, 20, 21, 2019, encaustic, ink and oil pastel
Selections: 36th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour Exhibition
Aug 20, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020
Peer Christensen, Park & Lansdowne St., Peterborough, oil on canvas, 2019
Selections: 35th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
Jun 29, 2019 to Sep 22, 2019