Brian Bowes is an award-winning Illustrator and Professor of Illustration at the Savannah College of Arts and Design (SCAD) based in Savannah, GA. His work is known for its characters, craftsmanship, and storytelling.
Bowes has collaborated with numerous clients through out his career. Notable is the work that was done with Foolscap Press, based in Santa Cruz, CA. Together they produced a beautifully hand crafted, hand-colored, limited edition letterpress print book, The Story of the Fisherman. This finely crafted book can be found in book collections around the world, university special collections, libraries across the world. Bowes is honored that a copy of this book was purchased by the Rare Book and Special collections Division at the United States Library of Congress.
Prior to becoming a Professor, Brian Bowes served as the Youth Education Director for the Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center’s Art After School program. Bowes also served as the Illustrator Coordinator for the San Francisco North & East Bay region of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI.) Bowes has been a guest lecturer at The University of Berkeley, The California College of the Arts, and the Academy of Art University San Francisco.
His formal study of Illustration includes an A.A. degree in Graphic Design from Santa Rosa Junior College, a B.F.A. in Illustration from the California College of the Arts and Crafts, and an M.F.A. in Illustration from the University of Hartford.
Brian Bowes is proudly represented by Ms. Deborah Warren of the East West Literary Agency.
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