Originally from Nice, France, Lydia Richez-Bowman grew up in Massachusetts, North California, (the Bay Area) and finally in San Diego.  Her experiences in France and the bright sunny weather and easy lifestyle of Southern California are all strong influences in her art.  She has an Associates Degree in Fine Art as well as an Associates Degree in Science.  Ms. Richez-Bowman is an award winning artist, and has participated in many juried exhibitions, as well as solo shows.

Lydia Richez-Bowman returned to painting in 1997, after designing and creating silver jewelry and cloisonné jewelry for three years.  The journey back to painting has been rewarding, satisfying as well as challenging.  Her design background is very influential and is easily apparent in her paintings.  Ms. Richez-Bowman uses design elements to create expressions full of rich texture, color and bold abstract statements.  She is an intuitive artist and creates in a spontaneous yet meaningful way.  Texture and color are extremely important and influence the outcome of each painting.

She works mostly on canvas, with acrylic paint and interjects paper, gold leaf and iridescent pigments.  These pigments create changes in light refraction which becomes a visual shift in the painting surface and adds and additional element of interest.  Lydia also likes to layer colors as if looking through colored glass and creating depth and light subtleties.  She is perpetually drawn to move light in and out of the surface to excite the viewer’s eyes.

Lydia Richez-Bowman

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