Teaching Silk Painting at
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM
KYOTO SPRING
Private collection.
Rozome on kimono silk,
28 x 22".
Illustrated in
SILK PAINTING FOR FASHION AND FINE ART
Susan Louise Moyer, revised edition 2004.
Bowen presenting her paper at the Kuala Lumpur International
Batik Conference in 2005.
Shoppers at the annual Placitas Holiday Sale, November
This
is a quick summary of how I got to this place in my life and in my art,
which are really the same deal. Thanks to all my teachers, students,
and fellow seekers: peace to you all.
Education
BA, Art Studio
phi beta kappa
Randolph-Macon Woman's College (now Randolph College),
Lynchburg, VA
MA, Art History
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Experience
Former textile research associate
Museum of International Folk Art
Santa Fe, NM
Began learning batik in 1980
Many workshops with internationally known artists
Study trips to Japan, Malaysia, Europe
Many juried shows since 1984, including New Mexico Arts and Crafts
Fair & Southwest Arts Festival in Albuquerque NM, Three Rivers
Arts Festival in Pittsburgh PA, Ruidoso Arts Festival in Ruidoso
NM, Mountain Artists Rendezvous in Jackson Hole WY, Mill Avenue
Show in Tempe AZ.
Teaching Experience
Have taught Batik, Silk Painting and Rozome at Ghost
Ranch Conference Center since 1996
Also taught batik and silk painting through Albuquerque Senior Arts
SPANISH TEXTILE TRADITON OF NEW MEXICO AND
COLORADO,Nora Fisher, ed, Museum of International
Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM, 1979 (research and contributing author)
SILK PAINTING FOR FASHION AND FINE ART, Susan
Louise Moyer, Watson-Guptill Pubns. 2004 revised edition, illustration:
“Kyoto Spring,” rozome on kimono silk;
“American Batik Emerging to the Fore,”
Guizhou Province, Peoples Republic of China, 2000. (Chinese travel
publication)
“Soy Wax: an Alternative Resist,”
Proceedings, World Batik Conference Boston-2005, Massachusetts College
of Art, Boston, 2005.
