Gallery Statement

Dylan Bowen is a true force of expressionistic artistry. An amazingly humble and extremely likeable man, Bowen is always modest about this history, process and finished artworks.

Like all truly creative and innately gifted artists, he is always concerned with how connected his thoughts and intentions are translating through to the physical manipulation of his chosen materials. He often uses tactile and sensory vocabulary to describe his feelings towards a completed work, “juicy’ being a favourite of ours, ‘juicy’ being a good thing.

He is an unpretentious slipware potter who is not bound by any previous convention yet is still thankful to the masters of slipware who have gone before him, his father Clive being one of them. But if working with decorative slips and enhancing glazes link him to those slipware influences, that is where the commonality ends.

His forms are brimming with eccentricity, free thinking and unconcern for any pigeon holed style or tradition. Asymmetry, unbalance, weight and avant-garde character are all present in each offering. His work is fascinating and remarkable and as far from being a derivative of traditional slipware as one could imagine. He is a true British artistic and creative powerhouse with an astonishing discernment for originality, experimentation and dare we say, fun.