Carole Bowker

My works in paper, paint and clay represent the aquas, blues, and pinks of the water, tans of beaches and dunes, arrays of green and brown of the forests; pink, purples, orange in sunsets and mountains, and the transformation of dawn to dusk within the circle of seasons. It also addresses beauty in form and design and echoes direct observation of the natural beauty found in earthforms of Northern New Mexico and other pristine places where I have lived, studied and traveled. My one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces of natural and semi-precious stones, Raku, and sterling silver integrate a keen interest in color, earth and form. With a background in painting, design, art history and the natural sciences my approach to art and jewelry design is augmented with that of a painter’s eye and artist’s palette while gaining inspiration over many years from my research into the art and life of Georgia O’Keeffe. My approach to art is to portray, in a variety of media, the essence, nuance and structure of nature in the least complex way.