John Ward

Description

This work by John Ward is a lithograph, a medium well-suited to his precise and deliberate visual language. The scene—a solitary red topped bus gliding across an elevated highway—exudes clarity and control. Ward uses the lithographic process to emphasize clean lines, gentle tonal shifts, and architectural simplicity. The pale gradient of sky, balanced by the structural rhythm of the overpass, creates an atmosphere of quiet restraint.

Ward’s focus on solitude and human absence gives this image a meditative stillness. Though the bus is in motion, the world around it is perfectly still. It’s a composition that reflects the artist’s celebrated ability to find quiet lyricism in everyday modern landscapes, rendered here with technical finesse and emotional subtlety.

Condition: Excellent, framed in metal, minor imperfections appropriate for age.

Vertical
21
Horizontal
29

Depth
1