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For Lizi Ward’s winning shot, she admits it might have been snapped on the fly with her much-used Fuji Finepix s8000, somewhere on the road between Natchez and St. Francisville. “It was one of those times that the sun was so spectacular that you truly could not ignore it.”

Ward, who has spent over 45 years making art, finds inspiration in Louisiana’s natural beauty. She first took up photography as a method of documenting her paintings. Even now, she says her pictures have a “painterly” feel. Soon she found herself snapping thousands of pictures of the world around her. “It’s just another medium,” she says of this creative extension.

Before 2010 Ward had never been outside New Orleans on her treks to discover Louisiana. She spent 62 years as a Memphian before her husband got a job in Baton Rouge. When they did take up residence here, they made short order of repairing those Gulf State blindspots.

From the frequent festivals to the wildlife refuges, Ward...

LSU Museum Store reopens after remodeling August 1~5-9 PM. Opening coincides with the opening of the Walter Inglis Anderson show in the gallery. Lizi Beard- Ward will be one of the featured artists.

Please help me win Country Roads Magazine ~ The Art of Architecture Contest.
I am one of 12 finalists and would love your vote! The image I chose was one from Baton Rouge's oldest neighborhood, Beauregard Town. The city's oldest home is located there. The architecture is a great mix of old and eclectic housing stock and is situated in downtown Baton Rouge Louisiana.
Go to Country Roads Magazine on Facebook and click "like" on my Napoleon Image. It is that simple, and I would be so appreciative.

Contest ends this Sunday...July 14 2013.

Thank you...Lizi

Nine images by Lizi Beard-Ward were chosen by Portland magazine for inclusion in February/March issue of magazine; Facebook online banner and Web site online banner. Having seen her images on website, the art director contacted Lizi regarding her images of Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Garden on Mount Desert Island Maine.

Crossroads by Lizi Beard-Ward has been chosen for inclusion in this month's Lascaux Review. It is paired with the writing of Sean Beaudoin entitled
"Wise Young Fool". Lizi, painter and photographer, is honored to be included in this fine publication.

Annual much anticipated month long holiday sale featuring the varied works of thirty plus artists.

Over 40 artists will be displaying works for sale.

Visual celebration of words in art by 11 women visual artists, writers and poets.

Art by Lizi Beard-Ward is now for sale at the Louisiana State University Art Museum store. The store is located in downtown Baton Rouge at the Shaw center for the Arts. The shop contain art by regional and nationally recognized artists. The shop is open 6 days a week..Tuesday through Sunday.

Lizi Beard-Ward is featured alongside Ro Rainwater in Rose and Thorn's new online gallery. This journal enjoys huge readership featuring the works of writers...prose and poetry, and now visual artists. The site is superb.

Ward is a painter, photographer, illustrator to name a few, and has made art for 45 years exploring all sorts of media...ink to oils to digital to dimensional works and more. She was booth chair for a huge arts festival in Memphis TN for many years that featured works by over 400 artists and great Memphis music.

Being included on a site that encompasses several art forms pleases Lizi very much as she is a life long advocate of artists supporting and encouraging other artists. Please drop by the website; read her bio; enjoy Rose and Thorn Journal; and see her wide range of art here on Fine Art America.