Bio/Statement:

Cy Bowers works in numerous media, and his art spans multiple genres. He grew up in the diverse cultural gumbo of New Orleans, spent summers in the wild country near Kelso, Washington State, traveled throughout the South on a BSA 441 Victor, and founded, with his wife Kate, the acclaimed New Orleans arts broadside The Arts Paper, which featured audacious articles on the arts and interviews with icons such as Pierre Matisse, Andrei Codrescu, and John Waters. Cy Bowers is co-author, with Kate, of two pioneering multi-media Apple iBook thrillers: Drifter, A New Orleans Noir, and Fade to Midnight, which received accolades from Apple and excellent reviews from readers. Unwilling to be tied down by any one art medium, Bowers works in bronze (sculpture), photography, oils, watercolor, pastel, gouache, and digital. He also composes compelling orchestral music. When living in New Orleans, he was represented by the Tilden-Foley Gallery and the Wyndy Morehead Gallery. His work is in numerous private collections.

“My work is born from an emotional feeling and acts of hope and imagination. The mediums of art, photography, and music have always been intertwined for me. The flowing line of paint on canvas, the play of light captured by the camera reflect and are rejuvenated by the confluence of music.”