"Metallic Variant" isolated from the evils of

isolated from the evils of the world

he is well-versed in every aspect of the structure and design of the buildings he depicts

Our common ground is not found in sameness

he began working in a framing shop and factory to help his family

of luminous opals

"Metallic Variant" isolated from the evils of16 x 20" print on canvas by Lyle Ward (1922 1996)Arkansas artist, Lyle Ward, a visionary, once said: I often feel like I live in a surreal world, that, perhaps, the real world is elsewhere. His style of abstract expressionism was influenced by several well known artists, including Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock. Ward, graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute and was hired in 1956 by the now University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, AR. His