Bowman, Eric

Eric Bowman was born in Pasadena and grew up in Orange County, California. Essentially a self-taught artist, Bowman has had a knack for drawing as far back as he can remember, always the class artist throughout his school years. Early on, various art-related jobs such as silk screen T-shirt printing and surfboard airbrushing led to a lengthy and successful career as a commercial artist before he eventually transitioned to fine art painting.

As a painter, Bowman has exhibited in national and 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 the Salmagundi Club in New York City. His paintings are in private and corporate collections throughout the United States as well as in England, China, Australia, Canada, Mexico, and the West Indies.

Bowman’s work has also been showcased in Western Art and Architecture, Art of the West, Southwest Art, Practique des Arts, 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 Association. When not traveling to art events or visiting his beloved home state of California, Eric resides in northwest Oregon with his wife and daughter.