Stanly Ranch wall art This was an opportunity for me to do multiple stick art pieces (34) for a statement project in the wine country at the new Stanly Ranch resort by Auberge. An art rep I have worked with for many years Chandra Cerrito, contacted me to see if...
The New York Eldred Preserve project When things come out of the blue and the work finds you that is the best! I got a random call from a designer from Labossier Design, asking me if I would be interested in a large hotel, restaurant, event center project in the...
I thought I would talk about some of my favorite stick art projects to date. Gracefully some really choice projects have appeared for me to engage with and complete, each one growing on the next one giving legitimacy from the first one to the last. Sol Bar in...
I love line and shape that makes me wonder and feel the mystery of existence. In the art world it is more rare that artwork has shape and geometry. Most time static square or rectangle shapes with colors are used to create interest. As I have done stick art over the...
Mountain modern hot spots for my art. One of the challenges of doing Organic stick art is to find who and where your clients are! Being that I gracefully live near the Lake Tahoe area it has become one of my hot spots. I can get to most places around the...
Making stick art and natural lighting requires constant refinement! Is how I am doing things good enough? Do the materials work? Do they bend? Does the finish work perfectly? And so on and so on…. There have been so many...
Driftwood wall sculpture made by David Ward Stick artist This is a new stick art piece incorporating driftwood from many hours of beach combing on beautiful Northern California beaches and then installed in Santa Monica near Malibu in a beautiful beach cottage...
Here is the first stick art panel of a 10 panel series for Homestead restaurant in the Catskills. Each project has a creative feeling and direction of it’s own, even if I have ideas going in they will all be unique and...
Here is my fortuitous chicken coop studio. It is out in the rolling hills above the Yuba River in Grass Valley. Cows are my only neighbors. Plenty of space to store sticks and whatever else to do with my work with natural materials. I took my mother in law and wife...
Had a chance recently do do a natural materials wall sculpture for well known interior designer Jamie Bush for a Tahoe project in Martis Camp. Many sketches and ideas were passed back and forth. And as I live 1 hour from Tahoe I thought this is perfect! Turns out the...
“David Wards delicate assemblages of twigs and branches are the perfect complement to the environments of Cheng Design.
He has a passion and sensitivity for making his art appropriate to the project. Our collaborations have rewarded us, as well as our clients, with wall pieces, light fixtures, and garden elements all done with subtle restraint and quiet exuberance.”
