Greg wasn’t a single dad very long when Miss Deborah Pierce walked into his life. He wasn’t half way through his schooling before he heard the call of God loud and clear, that his ministry was to create the art you see today.
Greg attended the School of Ministry at Calvary Chapel Albuquerque with the intent of becoming a minister of the Gospel. Greg’s first marriage crashed and burned in 1993, but the flame ignited by the Holy Spirit of God is still burning bright in him today. The second resulted in a transformed life granted by God through His son Jesus Christ. The first was a marriage that resulted in two amazing children, Jordan his daughter and Kyle his eldest son. Greg had two life changing events in 1987. Greg gained recognition rapidly being showcased in galleries throughout the southwest: New Mexico, Colorado, California, Nevada, and Arizona. His work was first shown in street fairs and exhibitions as well as at his parent’s gallery “Gowen Arts” in Old Town, Albuquerque.
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His dad gave him the skills and techniques to build it and his mom showed him how to make it beautiful. Metalwork became the ideal canvas for Greg’s creations. Looking back on his life in Cloudcroft Greg would say “I had the perfect childhood riding dirt bikes and skiing the bumps, all the while knowing how much my parents loved, believed in, and supported me, no matter what I dreamed up.” Sometime in Greg’s teen years he swore that he would never be an artist only to realize at 18, that in fact the art world was what he was uniquely designed for.
There Mike and Martha solidified themselves not only as artist but also gallery owners. The passion Greg’s parents had for their art led them to move to the beautiful mountain town of Cloudcroft in southern New Mexico with Greg and his older brother Stan in toe. Greg’s father Mike Gowen took up the torch building copper and brass sculptures ranging from West Texas oil wells to mountain cabins. His mother Martha Gowen, a batik and watercolor artist, brought flowers and butterflies to life. He’s the type who leaves things better than he found them- an innovator, a designer, a renovator and a bit whimsy always dreaming big and thinking outside of the box.īorn in Lubbock Texas in 1968, Greg watched first hand as his parents launched their art careers. Greg Gowen’s art is a natural expression of who he is as a person.
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