Paul Bowen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQPMDINgXg8vSR2poUgYwjSbfX4qegQ-UpuBVwxjgx9PmrrmpTPV1W0Jul-T7H-EX1_jnksapp5g7afO5Mt4QKZFZGrX9HV3J9ir4yqT2E80ngprixwVEUGpKmUgdk4GDWc1ZGDjZjmU/s1600/Untitled+%2528SWS162%2529+Wood+and+Ink%252C2001%252C9x10x4in.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQPMDINgXg8vSR2poUgYwjSbfX4qegQ-UpuBVwxjgx9PmrrmpTPV1W0Jul-T7H-EX1_jnksapp5g7afO5Mt4QKZFZGrX9HV3J9ir4yqT2E80ngprixwVEUGpKmUgdk4GDWc1ZGDjZjmU/s400/Untitled+%2528SWS162%2529+Wood+and+Ink%252C2001%252C9x10x4in.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Untitled SWS162</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my favorite contemporary artists is sculptor <a href="http://www.paulbowen.org/">Paul Bowen</a>.  A new show of his work is opening this week at the <a href="http://www.clarkgallery.com/">Clark Gallery</a> in Lincoln, Mass.  If you're in the area between now and January 30, you should make it a point to stop by to see his work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwv5L-mPvv3TM0bnfZaI8D2MjeCuIqFi3kDhdGp9ORWEo4dk2MgNuWRQp-fhPddk1N2ZEbn_JBLXBWT0KJMpKX7nC-qKMelYmwfzUCM-MWYZWnJowbHhWIaihUPwNhHjgKmsoWH3ZKLiA/s1600/Untitled%252C+Center+View%2528SWS162%2529Wood+and+Ink%252C2001%252C9x10x4in.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwv5L-mPvv3TM0bnfZaI8D2MjeCuIqFi3kDhdGp9ORWEo4dk2MgNuWRQp-fhPddk1N2ZEbn_JBLXBWT0KJMpKX7nC-qKMelYmwfzUCM-MWYZWnJowbHhWIaihUPwNhHjgKmsoWH3ZKLiA/s400/Untitled%252C+Center+View%2528SWS162%2529Wood+and+Ink%252C2001%252C9x10x4in.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Untitled</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I first saw Paul's work several years ago at the DeCordova Museum and immediately fell in love with it.  I repeated his name over and over so I could research his work but I'd forgotten his name by the time I got home.  Don't you hate that?  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fast forward a few a years when I visited Provincetown to take a <a href="http://anurbancottage.blogspot.com/2010/03/ferol-sibley-warthen-and-provincetown.html">white line woodblock printing</a> course and found his work at <a href="http://artstrand.com/">Artstrand</a>, an artist-run gallery in town.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinN8s1TyA3b2debg7TQW97GEcI8D6KCCMk4w6Eqqjkky9vN8H0_zyqlT5gcqLJycyAw_UsPFUNQcJMyWwbYHAcRTB1m3jnshkyGRZWRqVdN0gKtv7uLcoNwXASijR93pcH-ev6Nc3nX0k/s1600/Pile.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinN8s1TyA3b2debg7TQW97GEcI8D6KCCMk4w6Eqqjkky9vN8H0_zyqlT5gcqLJycyAw_UsPFUNQcJMyWwbYHAcRTB1m3jnshkyGRZWRqVdN0gKtv7uLcoNwXASijR93pcH-ev6Nc3nX0k/s400/Pile.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pile</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;">Most, if not all of this wood, was found washed up on the shores of Cape Cod.  I love that these materials that have already had a life (fish crates, boats, wharves) are tossed and turned by salt water, rocks and sand and then spit back on land and given a new life through an artist's vision and hand.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfm4dUGUY7DcpqRu3oN4Va4paiT0PBdyoScAe5M0u3968G29ZIheDEKuRgYimwQnjOHaNhOatN6i-cIRaIa-PNekbDH5qQ5Hvxb4LJ2vriAd17ckjhRSqO-hXpCbjO9sHN9lKLDXAImg/s1600/untitled-SWS176-Wood-36x21x16.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfm4dUGUY7DcpqRu3oN4Va4paiT0PBdyoScAe5M0u3968G29ZIheDEKuRgYimwQnjOHaNhOatN6i-cIRaIa-PNekbDH5qQ5Hvxb4LJ2vriAd17ckjhRSqO-hXpCbjO9sHN9lKLDXAImg/s400/untitled-SWS176-Wood-36x21x16.jpeg" width="201" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Untitled SWS176</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: center;">The butterfly shaped pieces hold two pieces of wood together.  Paul often uses this butterfly joint in his work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KQUIpLrZFIjCr0zKT4zT7ENcHXlXgmybFcFjpVMO5bdUDpm9ZbOcRCg4n3Vq_4lB3CtU5B7a22bolt9Z7sVkpmvRGhYjXfbVtPxnpt08rLlsvdIz1MhyphenhyphenrdVm2ujJ720eN-eV2rp96XI/s1600/Windrush.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KQUIpLrZFIjCr0zKT4zT7ENcHXlXgmybFcFjpVMO5bdUDpm9ZbOcRCg4n3Vq_4lB3CtU5B7a22bolt9Z7sVkpmvRGhYjXfbVtPxnpt08rLlsvdIz1MhyphenhyphenrdVm2ujJ720eN-eV2rp96XI/s400/Windrush.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windrush</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wl_5RKsCUsEIkO2BzpRjVfwqgHNxpwkLC1W6GnbEgCI9-9Vmm1fDozix3ysF0W6M_rm_kmL4ZRdqitMfeiyIMmz8hLcWytVNucm-0vHmLesAgpFD8GtlABXfb2qBWWKtA1IFZZz7Bec/s1600/Untitled+Wood.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5ivky9YKLmZCTWMI5lakhTH2sKtw34ICh9EGJCgGO0TduPHkOeWOtEk9SY7YRGpE0M6L8h0T3H2xGgefxMVMwfvn_FEfI7P0vk8L_ORFG4qGtXWknqYphjop94AQ5WbaieQ_eVnWGwU/s1600/Bowen72F6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5ivky9YKLmZCTWMI5lakhTH2sKtw34ICh9EGJCgGO0TduPHkOeWOtEk9SY7YRGpE0M6L8h0T3H2xGgefxMVMwfvn_FEfI7P0vk8L_ORFG4qGtXWknqYphjop94AQ5WbaieQ_eVnWGwU/s400/Bowen72F6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paul also works in other media.  These pieces are made of old marine flags.  The dragger shapes are an icon of Paul's print work.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHP-Fw-oPJlh6XPi4zfY2E6DOfDRi_513eIqK7m1sTWBogMytP9YjnR_QRblDSgTXFUPL3nISNE7UzC2oDq0A6PTYaSqkDl04Jufdxx8BS1Ldy25g-nRUtDJqiXo6BB78toQ-_lulevcg/s1600/Bowen727F7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHP-Fw-oPJlh6XPi4zfY2E6DOfDRi_513eIqK7m1sTWBogMytP9YjnR_QRblDSgTXFUPL3nISNE7UzC2oDq0A6PTYaSqkDl04Jufdxx8BS1Ldy25g-nRUtDJqiXo6BB78toQ-_lulevcg/s400/Bowen727F7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This marine flag piece reminds me of old Kuba cloth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEdbLCD3WQRzCLI80ogOxoa6-Ja3tWnZAtQgvCbogiWcunwOe_CBK5ruFZQ7bjeqdCcScW83Lx358T7HLWYeQQHN55XllaoAxDfbHwWjlLua5VR89XBTr9F6zQlEy2cZQWDa6IOHNVCc/s1600/IMG_1069_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEdbLCD3WQRzCLI80ogOxoa6-Ja3tWnZAtQgvCbogiWcunwOe_CBK5ruFZQ7bjeqdCcScW83Lx358T7HLWYeQQHN55XllaoAxDfbHwWjlLua5VR89XBTr9F6zQlEy2cZQWDa6IOHNVCc/s400/IMG_1069_1.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paul and his wife, a writer whose name is escaping me, moved a few years ago from Cape Cod to Vermont.  Since then, Paul's work is taking on new forms and objects collected from his new rural environment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVUg9LmCnFxu7rpmDi8i8UttW5qrFKYQTSOMnmOGTjdG5XWTnegV6YBsuMpCayxmFXERjnKJshqwwkxGJyZGkfZSQhwZGoTkx-r9rvc5Iy6CTr4UTpnIrD2m-t-FefIGlmXKTjkJQFuw/s1600/Byre.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVUg9LmCnFxu7rpmDi8i8UttW5qrFKYQTSOMnmOGTjdG5XWTnegV6YBsuMpCayxmFXERjnKJshqwwkxGJyZGkfZSQhwZGoTkx-r9rvc5Iy6CTr4UTpnIrD2m-t-FefIGlmXKTjkJQFuw/s400/Byre.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is one of the pieces that will be in the new show.  It's hard to imagine from the photo but it's about 4 feet high by 8 feet wide.  I can't wait to see it in person.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you visit the gallery, there are also a lot of other things to do in the area.  You could make an entire day out of it.  Here are a few of my suggestions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNq885JZ9h6e7Xx2oKQkaLp9tCLj2wi5Alto48JPLQ3LjDH5tiNXQiHDbw6cSfWLPhdCDkWxMxzTVcrBIAoT4hAf_VbODhNBmeNNWubaD6vQvZfIOA-z8fP7v-4_zXeC3OADxJewKbu9Q/s1600/Picture+8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNq885JZ9h6e7Xx2oKQkaLp9tCLj2wi5Alto48JPLQ3LjDH5tiNXQiHDbw6cSfWLPhdCDkWxMxzTVcrBIAoT4hAf_VbODhNBmeNNWubaD6vQvZfIOA-z8fP7v-4_zXeC3OADxJewKbu9Q/s320/Picture+8.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/Gropius%20House/gropius-house">Walter Gropius house</a> is a spectacular example of mid-20th-Century modern architecture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3tm8DhhJXImNRYy85FzScLNdJr42dfqM92FoKE8tK-hh-LQnlD_iy1EZpIEWN01tiWCa33-4K95sizNg_b2LG3mQDxYrXN6ELiFowcnyoEcBKpeG0s2ERjIe80G-Kv_WU_9eRyuCy-Y/s1600/Picture+9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3tm8DhhJXImNRYy85FzScLNdJr42dfqM92FoKE8tK-hh-LQnlD_iy1EZpIEWN01tiWCa33-4K95sizNg_b2LG3mQDxYrXN6ELiFowcnyoEcBKpeG0s2ERjIe80G-Kv_WU_9eRyuCy-Y/s320/Picture+9.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <a href="http://www.decordova.org/">DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Paul Bowen

Untitled SWS162 One of my favorite contemporary artists is sculptor Paul Bowen .  A new show of his work is opening this week at the Clark G...

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