Kelie Bowman’s surreally domestic watercolour paintings are of seemingly simple characters who are house-headed or closely involved with trees, such as the young woman who moves right in. Themes of relationships, good and bad, are pervasive, as in
Merger where a couple combines households before the action does them in. One woman smokes out her gossipy neighbours, but in a fairly gentle way that almost appears polite. Bowman’s work expresses feelings we often share, of being trapped or frustrated, and allows us to picture a “what if” scenario.
Artist: Kelie Bowman
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