Ryan Russell Ward is a contemporary visual artist living and working in Long Beach, CA. The current body of work centers on potted flowers, using them as a vehicle to explore contrast, impermanence, and immediacy. With bold, gestural marks and sharp tonal shifts, the pieces capture the fleeting energy of living things held within still forms. Each painting balances delicacy with urgency—blending raw, expressive strokes with the quiet symbolism of domestic flora. Through this tension, the work reflects on beauty, containment, and emotional weight.