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Ginger Bowen’s still life artistic expertise.

Southwest Art Magazine, January, 2011

“WIT AND WISDOM”– Ginger Bowen

“Egg beaters, buckets, and buoys. Coffee pots, clocks, and blocks. These are a few of Ginger Bowen’s favorite things among the treasure trove of objects she has collected over the years. The Arizona-based painter has nearly a thousand old toys, tools, musical instruments, and other artifacts from bygone days, all contained in a storage area she refers to as her “prop room.” Bowen has a penchant for scouring antiques stores and flea markets, whether close to home or in her travels, and the resulting bounty eventually finds its way into her lively still-life paintings. “I like unique old things that stir a feeling of nostalgia,” she says. “Sometimes new things seem so plastic. Older things are well built, with beautiful colors, and they have a certain sturdiness about them…”

Just head to www.win.southwestart.com and enter your details.

The painting is a small oil work by Stephanie Birdsall, a Puney Painters member.

Good luck!

Gallery MAR‘s Joe Norman and Warren Neary are both featured in this month’s press coverage. We’re excited to see these two fine artists’ work, celebrated. Pick up a copy of City Weekly or Southwest Art Magazine today and read more below to discover their talents.

Artys 2010– Celebrating Utah’s Arts: The best in local theater, dance, art & more.

By City Weekly Staff

“Best Recycled Works”

Joe Norman, Blue Boat Home Design

We’re not kidding when we say this furniture is pure junk. Artist Joe Norman painstakingly crafts sculptures and furnishings out of leftover materials more suited for the dump, creating eco-friendly products with both an aesthetic and practical use. Using items like wood pallets, crankshafts, bike gears, concrete bits, scrapmetal and even old bomb casings as material, Norman is able to fashion anything into a dining-room table or a matching desk-and-chair set—finding beauty and use in that which has been discarded, giving his customers enjoyment and the environment a break. BlueBoatHomeDesign.com

Southwest Art Magazine, October 2010

Portfolio | Peaks & Valleys: Rocky Mountain Landscapes

“I’ve enjoyed drawing and painting since I was a child. In high school, 
I remember stepping off the bus and seeing this flaming sunset, and 
I thought to myself, someday I want to capture that in paint. In creating this painting, I traveled to one of my favorite locations—the Wyoming Hereford Ranch. It reminds me of my childhood home, with cows, horses, meandering streams, rolling hills, and gnarly cotton-wood trees. I quickly developed a color sketch in oil and then used it along with photos to complete the painting. I find working this way exhilarating. My goal is to create artwork that captures the essence 
of what I see and transports us to another world.”

Dossier
Representation
Abend Gallery, Denver, CO; Gallery Mar, Park City, UT; www.warrenneary.com.

Upcoming Shows
Group exhibit, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, OH, October 22-
January 2011.
Group show, Abend Gallery, October 29-November 24.

Brad Stroman, “Acid Bog,” Acrylic

For the first time, Southwest Art Magazine is launching their “21 Over 31″ emerging artist competition. The magazine is well known for the 21 under 31 competition, but it is the perfect time to recognize emerging artists of all ages… such as a selection of our Gallery MAR artists!

SWA will award cash and prizes for the top 21: First place is $2,000 and even the honorable mentions receive $100 worth of North Light Books. The best part? Being published in the November 2010 edition of SWA and in the consideration for the cover. All for a “mature” emerging artist!

The deadline for this competition is July 1st, so start your submission or make a recommendation to a friend to apply. You can view the official entry form at www.Southwestart.com.

Southwest Art Magazine recently featured our January exhibition for Brooks Yates and Sharon Jackman: “As Nature Unfolds”. The featured painting is sold, but we expect 16 works from both artists for this exhibition, beginning on January 26th and running through February 9th. The reception for the artists is on Friday, January 30th from 6 to 9 p.m. and Yates will be in attendence. (Click the above image for a larger view of the feature.)