An impressionist painter, her primary media include watercolor, charcoal, and pen & ink.

Born in Wisconsin, Ward graduated from Stanford University, and then studied at the Pratt Institute and the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California.  She spent time studying under Eliot O’Hara and Rudolph Schaefer. 

After her academic training she remained in California, living in Carmel, and by 1932 she had settled in Stockton, California, where (showing 500 of 1098 characters).