Contemporary Landscape artist Mark Bowles was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. Mark’s passion for interpreting what he saw brought him to his studies at the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California. There he completed his studies with honors including a limited stay at Institudio Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It is this dedication and passion for his art that has allowed his work to grow and move forward and stay fresh.

While Mark has remained dedicated in his professional career for over 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 see. This freedom allows his work to move from representational to minimalist to abstraction.

He paints with an intent to address the canvas directly, honestly and boldly. As his heart is always pushing his work to find new language in expressing what he sees and how he feels about it, the result is not just an intellectual exercise but it is being involved in the “Now” – always open for change and challenge – and always evolving.
Among the many solo gallery and museum exhibitions, Mark’s works are currently represented in galleries in Santa Fe, Telluride, Palm Desert, Tucson and Los Gatos.

His work is included in many private and public collections.

Mark’s work has also been acquired by the Crocker Museum (Sacramento), Phoenix Art Museum, Booth Western Art Museum (Cartersville, Georgia), Denver Art Museum, Tucson Museum of Art and The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson.

Mark currently lives and works in Orangevale, California.