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p10 weekender july 19 1986 jtfet vinyl flooring markham decorating centre wall paper 30 off every book everyday psreond shopping only uxbridge artist looking to future 82 wellington st west hwy 7 e s mr grocer plaza onihooij 1ania 9 o z o by chris shanahan staff reporter dave ward launched his career as a professional artist after seeing the phenomenal success enjoyed by his contem porary marc barrie marc has been a really big influence when i saw he could do it full time i said what the heck i can do it to he says of his fellow uxbridge secondary school alumnus when i got out of high school and saw how well marc was doing thats what got me into it but after a hectic sixmonth stint in the saturated field of wildlife art the 21yearold ward appears to be in a tran sitional stage looking back on his first foray into the competitive art world he says it was a shame wildlife art had to be so com mercial mr ward still plans to be come a fulltime fine artist probably within the next couple of years but is now sup plementing his income as a self- employed stock trader and commercial artist wildlife much of it observed in the uxbridge area was his initial subject mat ter however mr ward now fo cuses his ample talent almost exclusively on landscapes this summer hes compiling a collection of about 10 pieces for a fall display at willowdales canada fine art gallery his work has already proven extremely marketable with a tvpical original fetching about 1200 mr ward also takes commissions and hes now trying to find time to do several of these so far the young artist has bucked trends and avoided re leasing limited edition prints of his work and he hopes to stick with originals as long as he can while many of his earlier wildlife renderings share juarc barries high realism trademark mr wards original acrylics have a distinctive appeal i like to try and portray a mood although i dont like im pressionism i know theres a place for it but i always go back to realism explains the softspoken ward who works out of a basement studio in his parents br 1 claremont home the largely selftaught artist uses sketches and photographs to help with detail but avoids photo realism because a good painting is far superior to a good photograph according to the self- admitted naturalist i think art is onething where you either have it or you dont uxbridge township artist dave ward is shown at work in a photo graph taken by friend quin barrie brother of another highly- acclaimed area painter marc barrie a potpourri of fashion a i m clearance continues as much as 75 off everything must go ihf bricht ifialt 33 the bridtetrail unionville 4773400 jftrfote trail shopping centre- ess joljua 50th anniversary save50 towards the purchase of a culligan water conditioner or drinking water system water is our full- time business we are local specialists backed by the worlds leading maker of water treatment equipment your local culligan man r0dgehereaux durham region york region 6836332 8879333 a vivid portrait of algonquin provincial parks barren river is a good example of the distinctive style of realtsm common in a dave ward land scape mr ward who turns 22 next month is a naturalist who paints from firsthand observations made during ex tensive field trips one of his originals featuring an owl is currently on sale at ux- bridges select art galleries during an earlier stint as a fulltime artist his work was displayed at scene canada gallery in markham 5 were b j celebrating our z 2nd anniversary b i i pronto muffler centre r mikes book store 191 wellington st e markham mall markham july special with this coupon 10 off 2944860 flioliday p- services your personalized home video taping service weddings 6000 to 30000 sports events3000 to 6000 parties s3000 to 10000 transfer old home movies and slides onto one easy playing video tape give a video as a gift all work is fully guaranteed lexabernethy 2940593