by Heather Bowring | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog
Inspiration to paint comes from many sources. I am a self taught artist and began my self imposed apprenticeship by copying everything in sight, the main focus was to reproduce miniatures and portraits. I was unable to produce original work nor did I even know how to...
by Heather Bowring | Mar 2, 2020 | Blog
The moment I started to write my book, I had to make a decision. Do I submit it to a Literary Agent or a traditional Publisher. Or should I publish with KDP publishing. The traditional route would understandably mean waiting a long time if indeed they liked the book....
by Heather Bowring | Feb 24, 2020 | Blog
A journalist recently interviewed me about my paintings and debut novel ‘The Painting in Room 48’, and wanted to know where my inspiration came from to create contemporary paintings. I explained that I liked to listen to stories, conversations and...
by Heather Bowring | Feb 18, 2020 | Blog
I read this quote somewhere, ‘ Artist Books are works of art that utilize the form of a book – using structure or function of the book as inspiration.’ I wanted and needed a change from working on my tactile paintings and liked the idea of creating...
by Heather Bowring | Feb 14, 2020 | Blog
I have had the benefit of enjoying an artist residencies for both art and writing. A residency gives you a new space to work in, precious time to focus without interruption from the real world. In my case I have chosen to work in isolation and these experiences have...
by Heather Bowring | Feb 12, 2020 | Blog
I am a professional artist and this year I published my first novel THE PAINTING IN ROOM 48 (available Amazon). I did not plan the story, the idea evolved over a period of time. You often read about how you should write about what you know and it seems so obvious...
