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Edward Bowie

Edward Bowie

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Biography / Personal Statement

My name is Edward Bowie and I am an artist based in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

I am inspired by the beauty of the natural world and create oil paintings of seascapes and landscapes with an air of impressionism.

The land and sea provide a crucial element to the creation of my work, not just in the application of paint, but also my inspiration and motivation. I like to capture movement and take aspects of the environment: colour, atmosphere and mood and transfer those qualities into a visual form. The way the weather can affect the mood of a land/seascape; it can transform a view/emotion/sensation entirely and therefore manipulate your perspective of the world at that moment and in the future (memory). I also take account of the humbling sensation when it feels like you against the elements in a vast landscape, the movements of the ocean and sky, and the seemingly eternal depth and mystery of the horizon.

The inspiration for my work encompasses both the physical and non-physical.  I especially enjoy painting scenes that were in half light because the ocean tends to lend itself to abstraction with the atmospheric playing of light upon the surface of the sea.

I really try to breathe life into my work in order to give that overpowering sensation of freedom and beauty, which is so commonplace in the vast open skies of the Pembrokeshire countryside.

Galleries I have work in include Oriel-y-Felin, St. Davids, Wilton Art Gallery, Wilton, GXGallery, London, Mascalls Gallery, Brighton and a number of shows.

 

Exhibitions & Shows

  • Smorgasbord
  • GXGallery, London
  • 15/1/10 - 4/2/10
  • Group Show

Open National Submission | Sell out show for my 6 pieces. 300 applicants, 12 selected.

  • Oriel-Y-Felin Gallery
  • St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
  • 3/2010 - ongoing
  • Group Show

6 pieces taken by gallery

  • Wilton Art Gallery
  • Wilton, Wiltshire
  • 3/2010 - ongoing
  • Group Show

3 pieces taken by gallery

  • From the Darkness
  • Preston Park, Brighton
  • 1/5/10 - 23/5/2010
  • Group Show

Open National Submission, one piece per artist selected. 280 applicants, 11 selected.

  • stART2
  • Whitely, Hampshire
  • 14/5/10 - 4/6/10
  • Group Show

2 pieces taken by exhibition. 250 applicants, 14 selected.

  • 10 Contemporary Commandments
  • Canterbury, Kent
  • 28/5/10 - 12/6/10
  • Group Show

2 pieces taken by exhibition. Open National Submission.

Experience

  • Front of House Assistant
  • Artsway
  • 4/2010 - ongoing
  • Sway, Hampshire

Meet and greet guests to private exhibitions. Hospitality.

  • Invigilator
  • stART Exhibition
  • 5/2010 - 6/2010
  • Whitely, Hampshire

Meet and greet visitors to the exhibition. Deal with sales.

  • Community Arts Programme Volunteer
  • Artsway
  • 6/2010 - 7/2010
  • Sway, Hampshire

Helping with community arts project, a mural, for local children. Priming, penciling, and painting.

Education

  • BA (Hons) 2.2 Archaeoloy
  • University of Southampton
  • Southampton
  • 10/2005 - 5/2008

Modules included - Curation, Archaeology & Society, numerous Computer Literacy courses, Roman Art, Research, Antiquities. Dissertation in ‘Romano- British Wall Paintings and their Relation to Social Status’.

  • 3 A-Levels
  • Monmouth School 6th Form
  • Monmouth
  • 2003 - 2005

Fine Art - A (full marks for entire course) English - B Geography - C

  • 13 GCSEs
  • Monmouth School
  • Monmouth
  • 1998 - 2003

Including Fine Art, English Literature, History, Spanish, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Maths.

Further Info

Previous Employment:

Nov. ’09 - Stallholder for Fairy Glass UK. Duties included opening and closing, handling money and liaising with the public.

Sept. ’08 – Barman/waiter at The Cowherds, Southampton. Duties included serving, waiting, answering public queries face to face and over the phone.

Periodic – Deckhand aboard M1117 Fishing Vessel.

Periodic – Workman for Humbergrange LTD. Tourist accommodation. Duties included gardening, cleaning, handling queries.

 

President of the Southampton University Surfing Society. 700 members. 8 committee members. Responsibilities included the delegation of tasks, maintaining an oversight, organising national and international trips, organising social, publicity, and fundraiser events. Represented University in 3 Nationals.  Teamwork and communication was key.

 

Fishing: Both recreational and professional.

 

Walking: The paths along the Pembrokeshire and South coastlines provide me with impetus for my work, for example - the position of the sun, the weather, and the colours.

 

Acting: During Summer 2009, I was in the Hollywood production of Robin Hood as a French and English soldier in the final battle scene, I had 4 close-ups and a line.

 

I have worked with high calibre artists – Sir Anthony Frost, Jessica Cooper RA, Alex Smirnoff, Rachel Kentaris, and a number of others. I found each of them hugely beneficial to my ideas and creativity.