Features

  • Art & Color 365 magazine cover featuring painting "Luscious" by Marney Ward.

    Art and Colour 365, Summer Edition 2025

    LUMINOUS PETALS - Marney Ward’s Radiant Botanical Watercolors

    Marney is honoured to have been featured in Art & Color 365. There is an in-depth article talking about her artistic inspiration and process. Her painting Luscious is on the cover.

  • Cover of "Pratique des Arts", featuring an article about Marney Ward.

    Pratique des Arts - French art magazine, Issue #179 February/March, 2025

    "Secrets of light revealed by 3 contemporary masters"
    Marney is thrilled to be included as one of three contemporary artists who are masters of light. Marney represents watercolour and answers lots of questions about how she incorporates light in her paintings, four of which are illustrated in this 10-page feature.

  • Close-up of a watercolor painting of a pink peony flower with yellow stamens and green center, painted with soft pastel colors. Titled "Light Filled Peony II".

    The Richeson75 International ​ Art Competition: Still Life and Floral, 2023

    My painting Light Filled Peony II has been published in this beautiful book. It features the 75 finalists and other meritorious paintings from the 2023 competition.

    Marney has been featured in 6 other publications of Richeson75 International Art Competition: Still Life and Floral.

  • Cover of Watercolor Artist magazine featuring painted daisies with white petals and yellow centers, green stems and leaves, with headlines about painting luminous flowers and gardening, June 2018.

    Watercolor Artist, American art magazine, May/June 2019

    A Meditation in Light
    Marney is honoured to be the cover artist in the May/June, 2019 edition of Watercolor Artist. Inside, there is an 8-page spread including an in-depth article by New York writer Rebecca Dvorak, images of 9 paintings, plus a work-in-progress series of a 10th painting.

    To see the whole article, click here

  • Child on a swing high above a lake with mountains in the background, clear blue sky

    Splash 17: Inspiring Subjects, The Best of Watercolor, North Light Books, 2016

    Marney is very excited to have been included twice in the outstanding series of Splash books, The Best of Watercolor, Splash 17 (2016) and Splash 22 (2021), featuring some of the best watercolour artists in the world.

  • Page from a magazine featuring a watercolor painting of a light pink and yellow rose, with the title 'The Tangible Presence of Light' in bold white text.

    Creative Artist, Australian art magazine, Spring 2015, pp. 32-43

    I was featured in a 6-page Artists Profile, pp. 32-37, with 17 images of my work, followed by a 6-page Workshop featuring 10 sequential images of the painting Tenderness, with commentaries.

  • Watercolor painting of blue poppy flowers with green stems and buds, and the title 'The Nectar of This Breath' by Alfred K. Lamotte.

    The Nectar of This Breath, Alfred K. LaMotte, 2022

    I am honoured to have my painting Lingering Light on the cover of Alfred K. LaMotte's book of poetry. He is an exquisite poet. "Images flow forth from him like mountain streams from the high peaks of Spring. He is the artist we love and long for, who reminds us that art itself proceeds from a divine source." Dorothy Walters. You can order now from, https://www.amazon.com/author/alfredlamotte

  • Watercolor painting of a close-up of a white peony flower with green leaves against a blurred background.

    International Artist Magazine, Issues 66 & 81

    So pleased to be a featured Finalist in the Still Life and Florals Competition, and the Flowers and Gardens Competition in this acclaimed international magazine. My paintings Pulse of a Peony and Iridescent Iris II were selected.

  • Open magazine displaying four colorful paintings of flowers, with text discussing Marney Ward, a Canadian artist and her work.

    Porcelain Artist, April - June 2014

    Four page article featuring a write-up and nine of Marney’s paintings, pp. 8-11.

  • Cover of a book titled "Artists of British Columbia Volume 3" featuring an illustration of a man and a woman walking outdoors on a cloudy day.

    Artists of British Columbia: Volume 3, Leighdon Studio Gallery, 2012

    Thirty nine of British Columbia’s prominent artists are featured with full-page colour images, cv’s and bios.