About Joseph Ward
I have been an Artist as long as I could hold a crayon! I began with drawing, painting and creative writing, all of which I still love to do when I have the time. As my work evolved I started doing sculpture as well. My Father is retired Scuba Master, and so I was born in Guam and lived in Mexico as a very young child for a while, and a bit in Central America until about the age of five. Like a seashell you can put to your ear to and hear the waves, the ocean has always stayed with me even when I am far from it, and as such, I incorporate it into my work, in the form of Marine Art and always in the constant soothing flow of a fountain.
I'm a fan of many different forms of art, and will add some of my new painting's when they are complete. Through out my copper art site you will find this love of diversity reflected in a variety of thematic artwork. My visual artistic disciplines include Realism, Surrealism, Post Modern and Abstract.
About five years ago I touched base with an Uncle of mine, Tim Ward, who had been working in copper as an artisan, merging architecture and copper art that stemmed out of his longtime love of Landscape Design. He inspired me to pick up a torch and hammer, and so I began to teach myself the art, although he was miles away.
There is something almost unexplainably compelling about the draw I feel to fountain art, and as such fountain art became the catalyst for my copper art. It has evolved from fountains into anything imaginable. After six years of continual full time copper artwork, I have had to condense my site a bit to make room for many new and wonderful pieces, with more to come.
I am beginning to branch out in my work, heading ever more so into elaborate sculpture. Art to me is a nearly timeless expression of Mankind's journey through life, from the earliest cave paintings to the most modern works. I find that I have an insatiable desire and passion to learn and create something new and share it with others.
Thank you for visiting and sharing in my artwork, and please let me know if I can answer any questions for you at all.
Sincerely,
Joseph Ward
Copper Sculptor
Phoenix, Az.
