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I met Bonnie in Santa Rosa, CA, after I worked with her about a Solatube for her home (www.naturalight.org). We got to talking about her art, one thing led to another, and here she is! Bonnie is a gentle, soft-spoken, lovely woman with a husband and five children. In viewing her work, I mentioned how sweet this next piece is...and was very moved to learn that it is of her grandchild, who passed away at six years old from a disease known as Rhabdomyosarcoma - cancer of the striated muscle. This work is of him asleep in the hospital.
Bonnie has five other grandchildren as well. Alaric was the oldest. She told me that although the loss is tragic beyond words, Alaric was such a profound teacher in everyone's life he touched. A child full of life, and very wise. She feels he was such a gift. She also mentioned that all the children at the hospital are full of play and of the experience of being children right up until the very end. What a lesson for all of us. Her art mirrors the soft, gentle nature of this woman. She loves to work with whatever she has available on hand. This can be conte crayons, pastels (oil and chalk), colored pencils and sticks, watercolor, acrylic paint, drawing pencils, and/or graphite sticks. Please scroll down and see the tenderness and delicate portrayal of what Bonnie sees around her wherever she is. A world traveler, her next trip is to Peru, and I look forward to seeing what Bonnie's future pieces are for the Gallery of Friends. Stay tuned! ~Kathy~
I’ve had exhibitions of my work in New York, California (Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, and Petaluma), and most recently Taos, New Mexico. I’ve participated in ARTrails, Art for Life (Face to Face annual art auction,) and the Sonoma State University Alumni “Art from the Heart” annual benefit auction. Awards and honors include the New York City Hunter College Student Collection, the California State Fair, and I am a Santa Rosa Artrium Winner. My ideas come from life: the natural world, people, dreams, travel (recently to Israel and Greece—my next trip will be to Peru,) other artists, and the underlying spirituality present in all things. I look at something small to try to understand the big pictures, the meaning. Through working with this limited view, I can see the way things fit together -lines, colors, and textures, disparate elements harmonizing together. This is my goal. I get there by a fairly messy process of trial and error. One thing I love about art is that it’s always possible to start over. The paper can be painted over, erased, even sanded. The mixed media process is very spontaneous. It’s fun. On a good day, it’s an experience that I can enter into wholeheartedly, with self forgetfulness. The painting wants to be something and always turns out differently from my initial imagining.
2007 “Art for Renewed Life” Santa Rosa, CA 2007 “Art from the Heart” Sonoma State University Alumni Exhibition 2006 “Fall Festival” Solo Show, Casa de las Chimeneas, Taos, N.M.
1994 Flamingo Hotel, Santa Rosa, CA 1990 “The Figure: Traditional and Beyond” California Museum of Art at the Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA 1988 “Portraits—An Extended Concept” California Museum of Art at the Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA
1987 “Deck the Walls” Petaluma Mill Gallery, Petaluma, CA 1986-1988 ARTrails, Sonoma County Cultural Arts Council 1987 Simi Winery, Healdsburg, CA
1985 “Christmas Show” F.J. Michaels Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1985 “Form and Figure” Petaluma Mill Gallery, Petaluma, CA 1984 Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1983 “Crocker-Kingsley Annual” Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 1982 “The Nude Figure” Oberon Gallery, Napa, CA 1981-1983 “Artrium” Santa Rosa CA
1981-1982 “California Works” California State Fair, Sacramento, CA 1972 Community Hospital, Santa Rosa, CA 1968 “Epiphany Art” General Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y.
When you see "Framed," these are typical of the mats and frames:
To reach Bonnie, please email her at bonnieabowers@gmail.com, or call her at 707-433-6757. Be sure to mention you saw her work at the Gallery of Friends! Thank you. |
The featured artist below has agreed to donate 20% of the prices listed to the charity organization Dream One World, Inc. (
Cowpet Bay 4 7/8"H X 10 1/8" W $300 Unframed
Alaric Asleep Unframed Original 8 1/4"H X 5 1/4"W $250... Framed Giclee Print $450 25" H X 19" W
I began painting in New York City while attending New York University and Hunter College, and earned degrees in Art and French before completing the Sonoma State University Teaching Credential Program. I taught school from 1993-2005 and am now a full time artist. 
San Francisco Moon 4 3/8"H X 6 5/8" W Unframed $200
Greek Monastery II Framed 17" H X 14" W $350
Mykonos Pelican Framed 21" H X 17" W $450
Beach Unframed 5" H X 8 1/2" W $250
Captive Iguana Framed $350 17" H X 14" W
Two Fish Escape Original Unframed 22 1/2"H X 16 3/4"W $1,000 Framed Giclee Print 33 1/2"H X 26 1/2"W $800
Greek Monestary I SOLD
Yellow Brick Road $250 Unframed 5 1/4"H X 7 3/8"W
Yellow Brick Road II, Unframed, 10 7/8"W X 14 1/2"H $400
Yellow Brick Road III, Unframed, 14 1/2" W X 11 1/4" H, $400
Yellow Brick Road IV, Unframed, 8 1/4" W X 5 1/8" H $150
Aspen Unframed 8 3/8"H X 5"W $250
Tyler Original Unframed 10 3/8"H X 7 1/4" W $300... Unframed Giclee Print 21"H X 14 5/8"W $250
Fish in the Pond Original Unframed $350 7 1/2"H X 10 3/4" W... Framed Giclee Print 24 1/2" H X 30" W $550
Cathedral Peak I Unframed 9 1/4"H x 6 5/8" W $300
Asleep at the Museum SOLD 
Sophia Unframed 11 1/8"H X 5 3/4" W $350
Spa Pool Unframed Original 9"H X 4 7/8"W $250... Framed Giclee Print 28 1/2" H X 20 1/2" "W $500
Sitting Cat Unframed Original 10 3/8"H X 8"W $350... Framed Giclee Print 29"H X 24" W $550
Cafe I Framed $450 21" H X 17" W
Day and Night SOLD
Sisters Unframed Original 9 1/4"H X 12 3/8" W $450... Framed Giclee Print $700 28" H X 34" W
Swan Framed 27" H X 32 1/4" W $1,500
Cathedral Peak II Unframed 10 1/8"H X 6 1/2"W $300
Old Love SOLD
$350 Unframed 8 1/4"H X 10 1/8" W
Joy of Relentless Consistency Unframed 11 1/4"H X 7 1/4"W $350
