Johanna Ward
Johanna has been painting professionally for over thirty years. She uses simplification, exaggeration and colour to convey the images she sees before her.

She is inspired by New Zealand land and seascapes from the environments in which she has lived- Marlborough, Waiheke Island, Nelson, Kapiti Coast and now Golden Bay.

Johanna paints intuitively and describes herself as a “naïve painter” and a “colourist”.

Johanna graduated from the Dunedin School of Fine Arts with Honours in painting. She has exhibited widely and is represented by major galleries in New Zealand.

She has won several awards, including the Telecom Art Award twice. Her paintings are also part of many private collections worldwide.