Contemporary landscape artist Mark Bowles was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. His passion for interpreting what he saw brought him to his studies at the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California where he completed his studies with honors. While Mark has remained dedicated in his professional career for 50 years, whether he is working with a still life, the human figure, or landscape, he is always fascinated by texture, form, and color. He does not limit himself in what he paints or how he might interpret what he sees. This freedom allows his work to move from representational to minimalist to abstraction. Among the many solo gallery and museum exhibitions, Mark’s works are currently represented in galleries in Palm Desert, San Francisco, Tucson, Telluride, and Santa Fe, as well as in the permanent collections of museums such as the Crocker, Phoenix, Booth, Denver and Tucson Museum of Art.