Deanna Bowdish: Deanna Bowdish was born in Solon, Ohio in 1976. As a toddler, flopping her red paint-soaked body across moms green shag carpeting Deanna’s father was assured of his daughter’s innate sense for color and balance. She was able to refine her talents when she was accepted to the Bachelors of Fine Arts program at The University of Minnesota. Deanna painted in the Minneapolis metropolitan area for seven years featuring works in over sixteen shows and galleries. In 2002 Deanna stumbled into the Lowcountry to house-sit for her sister who deployed with the Marine Corps and began exhibiting at The Gallery in Beaufort, South Carolina. She subsequently purchased The Gallery in 2004 fulfilling a long-held dream and creating one of the most dynamic and eclectic assemblies of art in Beaufort. Deanna’s work focuses on the sparing essentials of color, shape and texture. She creates bold tactile surfaces dragging color in progressive, deliberate layers with a wide range of created and found tools. Deanna pursues vibrancy in her art by playing on the struggle between structure and chaos.