Noah NJ Bowman
 painter
Noah NJ's paintings are inspired from gestural movements of the body and are studies of the transitional state of consciousness between the body and mind. Figuratively based, the painterly gestures and raw color of paint strokes emphasize subtle and drastic movements of body parts that are blended and layered over one another.

​Torsos and limbs are painted as symbols of balance and power struggles, as there is a sense of losing or finding one's self emotionally and physically conscious in a moment, as one does in a dream-scape or in their most vulnerable state. Each figurative moment is rendered in contrast to other overlapping forms to create an optical illusions and sensations of constant visual translation.
Noah NJ Bowman
“My series "Re:Position" that re-looks at the painting as a metaphor and extension of the body. The work is described by two canvases, the front canvas is ripped open revealing the "nude" skin of the painting behind it, and creating a new sensation of a three dimensional abstraction."

"My style of painting is expressive and of raw emotion, yet formal in structure and descriptive in the nature of abstracting figures and disfiguring the body to the most minimal form. The paintings are complex, although contemporary in thought and critique. I paint to make people think and re-think, in hopes to juxtapose one's perspective and get the viewer to question their relationship to form, familiarity, and color through my
expression and word of mouth."
"I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Emily Carr University, Vancouver, British Columbia in 2010. It wasn't until after fine art school when I started to develop conceptual dialects and a definitive style of abstract painting. The "all-over" brushstroke you see in my paintings is expressive and gestural, allowing for a sense of raw emotion and spontaneity to occur."

​"My paintings are reflected and studied through metaphysical instances of existence and absence, and question the sensations we feel as humans through color and forms in imagery. I intend on critiquing both body and mind in my work, and raises awareness to cultural discourses such as consciousness, sensations, stereotypes, cliches, rhetorical statements, ideals and beauty in most of my paintings."
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