Jennifer Bowman  is a local artist who has created the 2004 Tulip Festival poster.  She painted the 2002 Berry Dairy Days Oak Harbor’s ‘Whidbey Island Race Week’ image. Her work will grace eleven of the 2004 MacGregor phone book and visitor’s guide covers as well. She creating the 2004 Edmonds Arts Festival Poster along with the 2004 Anacortes Waterfront festival image.

Jennifer’s art training started when she was young with both artistic parents supporting her abilities.  Her training continued through collage at WWU in Bellingham where she received a degree in Visual Communications. 

A nine-year spell in the Boeing printing facilities, where she managed the production of full color printing material including the Annual Report and promotional mailings, convinced her she needed to get back into the creative end of the job.

Concentrated painting time didn’t occur until they Bowman’s took their 33-ft sailboat and headed down to Mexico.  She was able to spend a solid year honing her skills. Her focus in Mexico was colorful market scenes, images of bougainvillea-draped buildings, and realistic renditions of the cruising community’s yachts in tropical settings. You may have seen some of her six covers for 48 degrees north, a local sailing magazine.

Jennifer’s northwest images are some of her current series of paintings. They reflect her use of color and demonstrate her special ability to create the illusion of depth and light.  Her floral paintings glow with vivid color and fluid movement. Join her this fall as she explores the process known as “Watercolors-Wet and Wild”.

She is a member of both the Northwest Watercolor and San Diego Watercolor Societies. Some of the recognition she has received is The Edmonds Mayor’s Purchase Award, a 200^th Anniversary of Mt. Rainier Award, Windsor Newton Award and numerous blue ribbon and first place awards.  You can see more of her work on www.jenniferbowman.com.