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Mary Lynn Bowman

I am 77 years old, a mother, wife, grandmother, and artist. I have worked in stained glass, kiln formed glass, and painting for the past 30 years. I graduated from California College of Arts in Oakland California, with a BFA in individual studies with honors. My husband and I moved back to Texas in 1988 and started a successful Hot Glass studio in Dallas. He blew glass and I worked in kiln formed, stained glass, and mixed media. We both had public art commissions, residential commissions, and worked with several designers and art consultants. I taught kids stained glass through a non-profit arts organization in schools throughout the Dallas area and also did arts programs with the Juvenal Detention Centers for children at risk.


We moved to NC from Texas about 6 years ago. I am happy to be here in the quiet Mountains and have been painting more, which I love. We have been welcomed into the arts community and feel at home.


At this point, I am primarily a painter. My paintings chronical a personal and emotional journey. I refer to my writings, dreams, sketches, poetry as I work, creating narrative and abstract pieces. It is my meditation, my happiness, my life, and a way to communicate with the outside world.

 

EDUCATION:

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1983 - 1984 - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, Art Major

1985 – 1987 - California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland Ca.

Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction in Art Therapy

Jim Bowman 

I was born in Cameron, Texas and currently live and work in Burnsville, North Carolina. I have a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Glass, and I have a passion for the creativity and ingenuity that an artist's life requires.

 

My work ranges from small table-top pieces to large-scale sculptural and architectural installations. My work does not come from a singular vision, but results from a parade of ideas, images, and experimentation.  It is important to me to maintain a playful approach to being in the studio making art.

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In much of my work, I combine glass with other materials, such and steel, wood, concrete, and found objects.  When I am making glass objects, I am creating components. I rarely have a clear vision of what a finished sculpture is going to look like. The components I create lay around my studio, sometimes for years, until they take on the status of ‘found objects’. I meditate and listen closely, as these objects speak in subtle emanations, gravitating towards combination with other components, or suggesting something else I need to do or make to create a unified work of art.

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EDUCATION: 

 

1985–1988 - California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland California.  Received Master of Fine Arts Degree in Glass.

1983–1984 - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Graduate Research Assistant in

glass blowing.

1972–1976 - Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri. Received Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a major in Painting and Printmaking.

1969–1971 - University of Texas at Austin. Fine Arts major.

COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS:

   

  • Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Public Art Collection, City of Tamarac, Florida

  • Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor Hospital, Dallas, Texas

  • Baylor All Saints Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Richardson Regional Cancer Center, Richardson, Texas

  • Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, Cedar Park, Texas

  • Parkland Hospital, Simmons Ambulatory Surgery Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Belo Corporation, Dallas, Texas

  • Catholic Foundation, Dallas, Texas

  • The Dallas Foundation

  • Fidelity Investments, Dallas, Texas

  • Sterling Commerce, Las Colinas, Texas & London

  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit

  • Neiman Marcus, Washington DC & Plano, Texas

  • Dal-Tile, Dallas, Texas

  • Hall Office Park, Frisco, Texas

  • Renaissance Hotel, Richardson, Texas

  • Frisco Conference Center, Frisco, Texas

  • Embassy Suites Hotels, Rogers, Arkansas, Charlotte, N.C., & Frisco, Tx.

  • Holiday Inn, University Plaza, Springfield, Missouri

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