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Eric Bowman

 Eric Bowman was born in Pasadena and grew up in Orange County, CA. Essentially a self-taught artist, Eric had a knack for drawing as far back as he can remember, always the class artist throughout his elementary and high school years. Early on, various art-related jobs such as silk screen T-shirt printer or surfboard airbrush technician led to a lengthy and successful career as a commercial artist, eventually transitioning to fine art painting.  As a painter, Eric has exhibited
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 Eric Bowman was born in Pasadena and grew up in Orange County, CA. Essentially a self-taught artist, Eric had a knack for drawing as far back as he can remember, always the class artist throughout his elementary and high school years. Early on, various art-related jobs such as silk screen T-shirt printer or surfboard airbrush technician led to a lengthy and successful career as a commercial artist, eventually transitioning to fine art painting.

 As a painter, Eric has exhibited in national & regional exhibitions in some of the country's most prestigious galleries and museums including the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, the Autry Museum of the American West,the Briscoe Western Art Museum, the Gilcrease Museum, the Kaiping Art Museum in China, the Academy Art Museum, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and theSalmagundi Club in NYC.  His paintings are in private and corporate collections throughout the U.S. as well as England, China, Australia, Canada, Mexico and the West Indies.

 Eric's work has also been showcased in feature articles with Western Art & Architecture, Art Of The West, Southwest Art, Practique Des Arts(France), Western Art Collector,International Artist, Fine Art Connoisseur,and Plein Air magazines. He is a Signature Member of the California Art Club and former Signature Artist of the American Impressionist Society and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Assoc. When not traveling to various art events or visiting his beloved home state of California, Eric resides in northwest Oregon with his wife and daughter.

PUBLICATIONS:

Western Art Collector magazine- 6 page Feature Article plus 2-page adSeptember 2023

Western Art & Architecture magazine- 6 page Feature Article plus 2-page adAugust/September 2023

Western Art & Architecture magazine- Art of Collecting/ Prix de West preview June/July 2022

True West magazine- Scottsdale Art Auction report June 2022

Western Art Collector magazine - Group Show Preview July 2021

Art of the West magazine - STUDIO FEATURE March/April 2021

Western Art Collector magazine - COVER and Solo Show Preview Feb 2021?

Western Art Collector magazine - Solo Show Preview Nov 2020

Southwest Art magazine - COVER and Solo Show Preview  Nov 2020

Western Art Collector magazine - Prix de West Show Preview Aug 2020

"Maynard Dixon's American West; Along the Distant Mesa" book 2019  

Southwest Art magazine - Feature Article January 2019

Southwest Art magazine - Solo Show Preview  June 2018?

Western Art Collector magazine - Solo Show Preview June 2018?

Fine Art Connoisseur magazine: Featureon Western Influences Oct 2017

Western Art Collector magazine: Solo Show Preview August 2017

Art of the West magazine - Feature Article March/April 2017

Plein Air magazine - Feature Article April 2016

Pratique Des Arts (French art publication) - Feature Article May 2015

Southwest Art  magazine - "Artist to Watch" Oct 2014

International Artist  magazine - Feature Article Nov/Dec 2014

Uncle Jam  magazine - Feature Article and Cover Image Winter 2013

American Art Collector  magazine - Solo Show Preview May 2013

Southwest Art  magazine - "Artistic Excellence Award" Dec 2012

 

AWARDS:

Second Place Award - "BoldBrush Painting Competition"  October 2023

Great American Cowboy Award - “Prix de West” June 2021

Second Place Award - "BoldBrush Painting Competition"  Sept. 2020

Product Award - Montgomery Frames, “Masters of the American West”  Autry Museum, Feb 2019

Artist Choice Award - "Sonoma Plein Air" - Sept. 2018 - Sonoma, CA 

Best of Show -  BoldBrush Painting Competition April 2018

Best of Show -  BoldBrush Painting Competition June 2017

First Place Award - "Plein Air Salon"  Oct/Nov 2016

Second Place Award - "BoldBrush Painting Competition"  October 2016

Finalist -  "BoldBrush Painting Competition"  August 2016

Finalist -  "BoldBrush Painting Competition"  October 2015

Finalist -  "BoldBrush Painting Competition"  November 2015

Best of Show Award -  "BoldBrush Painting Competition"  January 2015

Finalist - "BoldBrush Painting Competition"  November 2014

Finalist - "BoldBrush Competition" August 2014

Honorable Mention - Southwest Art magazine "Artistic Excellence” 2012

Artist Choice Award - "Sonoma Plein Air" - Oct 2012 - Sonoma, CA 

Plein Air Magazine Award - "Sonoma Plein Air" - Oct 2012 - Sonoma, CA

Second Place Award - "Plein Air Easton" - July 2012 - Easton, Maryland -

Second Place Award (x2) -  "Hillsboro Plein Air" July 2010 Hillsboro, OR

Purchase Prize Award - "Chronicle Exhibition Invitational" 2010 -Lake Oswego, OR

Third Place Award - "Pacific Northwest Plein Air" 2009 - Hood River, OR

Finalist - "BoldBrush Painting Competition" July 2009

Third Place Award - "San Clemente Plein Air" 2008 - San Clemente, CA

First Place Award - "Pacific Northwest Plein Air" 2008 - Hood River, OR -

Second Place Quick Draw - "San Clemente Plein Air" 2008  SC, CA

2 Purchase Prize Awards - "Pacific NW Plein Air 2007" - Hood River, OR

Honorable Mention - "Pacific NW Plein Air 2006" - Hood River, OR

First Place Award - "Pacific Northwest Plein Air" 2005"- Hood River, OR

Best Oil Award - "Gorge Plein Air" 2005 - Troutdale, OR

People's Choice Award - "Gorge Plein Air Show"2005 - Troutdale, OR

 

SELECT SHOWS

Prix de West- 2020, 2021 - National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK

Small Works, Great Wonders- 2019 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK

Masters of the American West- 2019, 2020 Autry Museum - Los Angeles, CA

California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition Natural History Museum, 2018 - Los Angeles

Coors Western Art Exhibition- 2016, 2017 - Denver, CO

Chinese & American Outdoor Painting Exhibition 2016 Kaiping Art Museum, Kaiping, China

American Masters Exhibition - 2014, 2015, 2016 - Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

Sonoma Plein Air - 2009, 2011 thru 2019 - Sonoma, CA

Maynard Dixon Country -2016 - Mount Carmel, Utah

California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition Autry Museum 2016, 2017, 2018 - Los Angeles

Collectors Reserve 2015  Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK 

American Impressionist Society National Exhibition – 2010 thru 2015,

Plein Air Easton 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011 - Easton, Maryland 

Laguna  Plein Air Painters Assoc. Invitational - 2013 - Laguna Beach, CA

Oregon Invitational Plein Air - 2012 - Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

Oil Painters of America National Exhibition- 2012, 2009, 2008

Salon International - 2010 - Greenhouse Gallery;  Austin, TX

Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition- 2009, 2005

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"Meadowland High"
40" x 50"    oil
SOLD Summer Masterpiece Series - this painting to be SOLD BY DRAW on 9/1. Please contact the gallery to enter the sales drawing.

"Wide Open"
24" x 24"    oil
SOLD

"Canyon Twilight"
16" x 20"    oil
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"Mesa Dawn"
20" x 20"    oil
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"Desert Call"
16" x 20"    oil
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"Evenglow"
6" x 8"    oil
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"Marmalade Sky"
12" x 12"    oil
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"Summer Trail"
24" x 30"    oil
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"Autumn Veil"
24" x 30"    oil
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"Curiosity"
20" x 24"    oil
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"Ridge Walker"
12" x 16"    oil
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"Desert Rambler"
30" x 30"    oil
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"After the Rain"
12" x 16"    oil
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"A Walk in the Woods"
25" x 28"    oil
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"Smokey Sky Landscape"
16" x 20"    oil
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"On Duty"
16" x 12"    oil
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"Desert Layers"
12" x 16"    oil
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"Vigilant"
30" x 30"    oil
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"Western Serenade"
20" x 24"    oil
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"Afterglow"
9" x 12"    oil
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"Meadowland"
11" x 14"    oil
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"The Divide"
18" x 18"    oil
SOLD
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