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' J i , ‘ ck ° ‘ ‘ did and it was invigorating. angry . ‘ _ , .,*\f; i , l 5- and dark.” said Ward. “I started ’ 11 " ~ ,. , f; ‘ ‘tv " . y l drawing during each session, and it . ‘f ' . . t- if ffi ' t l ’ was an accidental thing where l . 4 y‘ ’ t 5g“ / i X was creating a body of work again xx ‘ / ‘ 4 go“, y ‘ t for the first time since my last Show ' t f i 24s I l «A» five years ago." ‘ - r' j" ' “it ‘ l ' The storyofhis love for that type /' t of art goes back to Ward's first i ~ . - l undergraduate art class at WLU. \\ , _ N 3! f * Under the tutelage of Michal Man- \ " ~ ‘ ' l son. his first drawing instructor. he ' ) saw the potential of what can be / ‘ y l I ’ carved out of piece of paper with a ., i' , " 1 little bit of coal. 3 a? . l, "I’ve never lost my love for just a .‘ ’ r“ l ‘ ' ‘ white piece of paper and a tool.” said Ward. “it's ageless." The collection of life drawings is an homage to local arts instructor Michal 1 He later went on to become a Manson. i l .l . multi-media artist, created public 1 l ‘ ~ art works and is primarily a painter to putting a signature on all of the find the simple lines of the body W : these days. He‘s also a well~know dozen pieces that will be shoifli at the waist. the hips ,, are beautiful E ‘ columnist with the Chronicle. the Button l‘dCl()l"\"H Rotating in themselves and can be celebratâ€" t t But he's doing his first mayor life Gallery from lime 2 to lime 39. ‘lhe ed, I tell my students this all ll’ll' l l drawing show called life: .»\ii c\hi~ signature is simply an inyetted time: that there is no bad pose, tis ; . 1 bition of New Works on l’apcrat the mark his former mentor left on her long as there is it nude figuri- there 1 . J Waterloo Lommunity Arts (cutie works. is something incredible to draw ” i s“ . k W _ a,_u, eAW) ,“ starting today. It features 12 of "lcoiisidcrthis show attribute to It also gives the audit-iii c an This untitled work is one of the 12 drawmgs featured in artist Marshall those works t tilled aftt‘r sessions her because I wouldn't be the artist intimacy with the subject that can i Ward‘s Show called Life starting this week at the Button Factory with local nude models I am today had I never met her," only be shared through the arts i "This is fllll'CIl'Clt‘ for me really," said Ward. ".‘\lt(l l‘rii signing my context. } Bi WmVRnAs-u lt‘tlt hing you bet time less oi an said Ward. "lhis is the first class l work for the first time in my life and ”l low to gi\'i' the \'lt‘\~t‘i\ iust ‘ W l Worm-”c fwd 7 artist and i think that's the cast" ever took and she lManson: was l'i‘etaki-ti on that signature enough information and the) 5 Will] any dist lplltit‘ really." said myfirst instnictor. 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