Jennifer Bowman
Medium: Acrylic
Studio: 545 5th Ave W
Phone: 425.822.2144
Website
After spending nearly two years aboard a
sailboat and cruising the West Coast, I really came to
appreciate the quality of light and how different
latitudes could affect the way I would see a subject.
My favorite experience evolves around capturing warm
reflected light on bougainvillea-draped buildings in
Mexico. That same investigation of how light plays off
of an item is what galvanizes me into painting a
subject. It doesn’t matter if it is a ferryboat or a
bouquet of flowers.
When teaching, I try to get my students
to see different ways they can use complimentary colors
to create powerful paintings. There is no ‘gray out of
the tube’ in any of my work. The interaction of warm
light and cool
I am third generation artist and am a
winner of the coveted Skagit Valley Tulip poster contest
for 2004 and the 2004 Edmonds Arts Festival Poster. I
recently designed Washington State’s new Heritage Birth
Certificate. My work can be found in both private and
corporate collections locally and international,
including France and the Netherlands.
“I believe everyone is an artist in some way, whether
it is the presentation of a fine meal or the
construction of a beautiful home, the wording of a
contract or the way a mother raises a child. Each of us
has the ability to make art. Mine just happens to
be in paint.”
You
can see more of Jennifer's work at
www.jenniferbowman.com
