About

Jay Bowen: poet, steel sculptor, public speaker, glass blower, fine gold jeweler and fine-art oil painter

Born into a traditional Upper Skagit family, I was mentored in the responsibility of God-given gifts. Raised in the Skagit Valley Washington, I got my higher education at Western Washington University, Institute of American Indian Arts, and Rhode Island School of Design.

My Family
My Family

I have practiced my art and raised four children while making custom fine jewelry and other mediums. To date my art includes poetry, steel sculpture, glass blowing, fine gold jewelry and oil paintings

I like to connect to the spiritual world and my walk as an intimate experience. My paintings are healing and are all meant to be medicine. My sculptures are healing and uniting humanity in a common goal of understanding and concerns for each other’s lives. My poetry speaks of the human experience, unspoken. I use the power color and movement to express the life around us.

I have learned to live in two worlds and find common ties. I refer to myself as an artist and define myself as an Expressionist.

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