Roger Bowman

Represented by Pucker Gallery since 2004

BORN: 1948 in Jonesboro, Arkansas
DIED: 2023 in Conway, Arkansas

Roger passed away on May 23, 2023

His obituary reads: The kindest heart in the world stopped beating May 22, 2023. Roger Bowman of Conway, Arkansas passed away at home with his family by his side. Roger was born on April 22, 1948 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He matriculated at Arkansas State University, earning a BA degree in Art under printmaker, Evan Lindquist. Roger went on to earn a Masters and a Masters of Fine Art at the University of Iowa, where he studied with renowned printmaker, Mauricio Lasansky. After teaching at various universities, he retired as a Professor of Art after 26 years at the University of Central Arkansas.

Roger was a prolific working artist. With masterful craftsmanship, motifs of joyful color combinations appear in his paintings, expressing themselves in synesthetic chords of visual, musical and poetic experiences. Memories of his childhood and life experiences are captured anachronistically in his work. Roger's art can be seen at Pucker Gallery on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts or viewed online at puckergallery.com and at Gallery 26 in Little Rock on Kavanaugh Boulevard.

Roger Bowman received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Arkansas State University and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa. Bowman's skill in these three mediums is demonstrated in his beautifully drafted and colored works. The texture, light, composition, and tone in his still lifes intermingle to create a cohesive yet magical statement. The objects depicted in the paintings are natural, but not always true to life; believable, yet slightly fantastic. Bowman reveals the vulnerability of nature and beauty, as his subjects show the timeworn effects of age and use.

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