Featuring a variety of works in sterling silver, copper, semi-precious, and natural stones by Carole Bowker

February 6-28, 2021

Artist Statement | Carole Bowker

My one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces of semi-precious, natural stones, wood, Raku, sterling silver and other metals integrate a keen interest in color, earth and form. With a background in painting, design, art history and the natural sciences my approach to art and jewelry design is augmented with that of a painter’s eye and artist’s palette while gaining inspiration over many years from my research into the art, life and land of Georgia O’Keeffe and others from the Modernist era.

My works represent the aquas, blues, and pinks of the water, tans of beaches and dunes, arrays of green and brown of the forests; pink, purples, orange in sunsets and mountains, and the transformation of dawn to dusk within the circle of seasons. It also addresses beauty in form and design and echoes direct observation of the natural beauty found in earthforms of Northern New Mexico and other pristine places where I have lived, studied and traveled.