Dean Bowen is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor. In Menagerie a series of vibrantly coloured portrait-like paintings illuminate Bowen’s playful interpretations of various bird species, cats, dogs, and echidnas. In one way or another, the artist connects his animal subjects to the landscape; a parrot on a telegraph wire; an owl under a star-spangled night sky; a cat on the prowl at dusk.
The exhibition also includes three bronze sculptures: Landscape With Wombat and Owl, 2022, Perching Kookaburra, 2022, and The Home Of Love (Red Cloud), 2021.

Dean Bowen, Red Parrot Watching Ladybirds, 2018, oil on linen, 53 × 45cm. Courtesy the artist and Anthea Polson Art, Queensland
Anthea Polson Art
26 November to 10 December 2022
Queensland