Rosie Blowers
Rosie Blowers started out as a musician also in her teens. She concentrated on music as her art and wrote songs and played guitar and sang professionally for over 20 years. Concentrating on a business degree from Western Michigan University, Rosie soon realized that she was interested in art and music as well as business.
Having always enjoyed working with her hands and creating things, it was a natural for her to join John in both music and art. They opened a retail leather shop when they met in the early 70's and had several stores in Detroit as well as Kalamazoo, Mi. and the surrounding area. Together, they have had both wholesale and retail leather and gift shops featuring their custom designs in both leather and jewelry. Working with metal, Rosie loved creating one of a kind pieces for ornaments on purses and belt buckles. She began including other mediums as well and soon was creating items in metal, porcelain, and glass. Her love of color and light soon made it clear that working with stained glass was one of her passions. Her work has sold in galleries in the Southwestern Michigan area for a number of years.
Rosie's role in the studio currently is sales and marketing and creating prints. She is getting ready to show her new line of Photos and enhanced canvases this next season so be looking for that. Feel free to contact her for more inf. on upcoming abstract prints. 616-217-8725.
John Blowers
"Art Speaks to us from beyond the limits of language. It wants to succeed and endure. For the viewer, it can be a window or better yet...a door." John Blowers in a 2007 interview
John Blowers has been involved in the arts for more than 45 years. He was given his first set of oil paints at the age of 12 and had his first one-man show at 15. While studying art at Western Michigan University, John divided his time between art and music. The parallels of the two can be recognized in many of his abstract paintings.
"There is a parallel between art and music in color, mood, rhythm, style, tone, and intensity. They are interactive components in both cases."
John's contemporary abstracts are inspired from a love of traditional painting styles mixed with his own unique techniques of paint application and design.
Over the last 40 years, John has been involved with various mediums including painting, leather, metal, and photography. He has won numerous awards for his contemporary landscapes and his leatherwork. He blends this varied knowledge in his current work with rich textures and colors. His tenure as an artist has resulted in sales of paintings that can be found in corporate offices and private homes all over the U.S. and Europe.
"Art creates life. It is a lens that amplifies and articulates all that humanity experiences, all that we are or hope to be."
