Eric Bowman

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Eric Bowman Biography

Eric Bowman was born in Pasadena and grew up in Orange County, California, launching into the world of freelance illustration in the 1980’s. While enjoying a successful career as a commercial artist, it was a chance meeting with two prominent California painters in 1998 that changed Eric’s world view of Art and set him on a new journey into fine art painting. Since that time, Eric has developed a unique style that continues to evolve deriving inspiration from sources both contemporary and historic. As a painter, Eric has exhibited in some of the country's finest galleries and museums including the Autry Museum of the American West, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, the Briscoe Western Art Museum, the Gilcrease Museum, the Kaiping Art Museum (China), the Academy Art Museum, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the Salmagundi Club in New York city.

A recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, Eric’s paintings reside in private & corporate collections throughout the U.S. as well as England, Australia, China, Canada, Mexico and the West Indies. Bowman has also been profiled in feature articles with Western Art & Architecture, Southwest Art, Art of the West, Western Art Collector, International Artist, Pratique Des Arts (France), Fine Art Connoisseur and Plein Air magazines. Eric Bowman is a Signature Member of the California Art Club and past Signature member of both the American Impressionist Society and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. He resides with his wife and daughter in Northwest Oregon.

Select Awards:

• Great American Cowboy Award - Prix de West June 2021

• Artist Choice - Sonoma Plein Air - September 2018

• Best of Show - BoldBrush Painting Competition April 2018

• Best of Show - BoldBrush Painting Competition June 2017

• First Place - Plein Air Salon Nov 2016

• Artist Choice - Sonoma Plein Air - Oct 2012