Megan Ward

Megan Ward is a Canadian painter based in Peterborough, Ontario, working primarily in oil. She earned a BFA in Drawing & Painting from OCAD University in 2012, completing her final year in the Florence Program in Italy. She is an elected member of the Colour and Form Society and also has a background in graphic design and communications.

 

Megan’s practice moves between landscape and still life, balancing representational structure with moments of abstraction. Her paintings are shaped by attention to season, atmosphere, and the quiet symbolism of natural cycles. Landscape works often emerge from imagination, using layered colour, textured surfaces, and shifting light to suggest time passing, states of weather, and emotional tone.

 

Her still life paintings are grounded in traditional technique; rich palettes and painterly brushwork lend presence and character to otherwise restrained compositions. Together, these two strands of work inform one another, showcasing her technical range and reflecting the restorative and contemplative possibilities of observation.