David Dirrane Bowes (born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1957) is an American painter, based in

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, Italy. He was first recognized for his paintings during the early 1980s in New York's East Village.

Biography

Born in 1957 to Katherine "Kae" (née Dirrane) and John S. Bowes. He is a brother of science fiction writer

Richard Bowes Richard "Rick" Dirrane Bowes (born 1944) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Biography Bowes was born in 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended school both in Boston and on Long Island, New York. His brother is fine arti ...

. Bowes attended

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(RISD) in the mid 1970s and has taught painting classes at his alma mater. His paintings are often brightly colored, with loose painterly strokes and make reference to multiple sources such as allegories, mythology and art history. He has been described as being a "brilliant painter", and having a "delicacy of touch and genuine fascination with the medium of paint." Bowes' work is exhibited in the

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and

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. He participated in 1999 at the 48th

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and one of his works is present in the

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's Terrae Motus collection at the

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starting in 1994. His work is held in various public museum collection, including the

Walker Art Center The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in the United States and, to ...

Portland Art Museum The Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon, United States, was founded in 1892, making it one of the oldest art museums on the West Coast and seventh oldest in the US. Upon completion of the most recent renovations, the Portland Art Museum beca ...

, the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at

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, among others.

References

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