Charles
M. Ware was born in 1921, in Santa Rosa, California. He
grew up there on his family ranch. But Charlie wanted to
be an artist, not a farmer. Ware won a scholarship to the
California School of Fine Art (now known as the SF Art
Institute.) During World War II, Charlie Ware served in
the military, though it was not a comfortable fit. He spent
some time in the stockade for drinking and going AWOL.
After the war he briefly returned
to school. But the changing times and prevailing fashions
in the art world (Clifford Still and Mark Rothko were coming
into vogue at the school), again left Charlie Ware feeling
on the outside. Being more akin to earlier artists such
Max Ernst and Ernst Fuchs, he decided to follow his own
path. The following two pages show
samples of both his prints and paintings, from a career
that continued until his death in 2005. Not all
works shown are still available
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Charles Ware
Charlie Ware at work in his
home studio.
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