January 4th, 2011

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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…”