Bunny Bowen: Minding the Web
May 27 – June 29, 2025
Artist Reception Saturday, June 7, 1-3 pm
First Sunday ARTScrawl event June 1, 10 am – 2 pm
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Minding the Web is a multi-media exhibit woven around the signature piece, wax resist on silk titled “We Have Nets to Mend.” Bowen understands that we are all part of the web of creation and continues that theme throughout the show in acrylic, wood and ceramics. Known internationally for her work in wax resist on silk, she has recently reconnected with her early training in painting and now works also in acrylic and ceramics. An early love of wood carving has evolved into the fashioning of hangers from local juniper for the silk hangings and stoneware in the exhibit.
Bowen believes that making art is a way of mending or minding the web. In creating “We Have Nets to Mend,” she had a vision of no longer being able to venture out to sea to fish, but to still help out by sitting on the shore mending nets for younger ones who would do the work in the distant future. She watched as a spider built a magnificent, intricate, multilayered web by her studio door. Tiny insects crashed into it, breaking some of the strands and becoming stuck. Each time the spider rushed in to take action. She wondered, are we the spider, or the fly? A descendant of immigrants, Bowen grew up in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains. There, children learned to “stamp a white horse” for luck. She imagines folks setting out to sea from the green hills of Scotland, wishfully casting the same spell. Originally an oil painter, she earned a B.A. in Art from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Virginia and studied printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, as well as lithography at the University of New Mexico. She holds an M.A. in Art History from UNM. The artist’s reception will be celebrated with fellowship and refreshments on Saturday, June 7, 1-3 p.m. During First Sunday Artscrawl in the Villages, June 1, the coffee will be on and the artist will be present to share stories with you from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. View all images in the show in the Virtual Tour. |
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