Torrington’s Karen Bowman paints portraits of beloved animals, noting ‘the eyes talk to me’
TORRINGTON — Karen Bowman is aware when a portray is finished. The subject’s eyes explain to her so.
In Bowman’s case, people subjects are beloved pets she’s commissioned to portray on canvas: pet dogs, cats, a horse and even an iguana.
“The eyes converse to me and then I know the painting is accomplished,” reported Bowman, who retired from a profession as a dental assistant various yrs in the past, to focus complete time on her when-pastime-turned-job.
“One time, I painted a pet dog that experienced eyes that adopted me all over the space. I had to toss a masking more than the panting right until I brought it to the proprietor,” she mentioned.
Bowman, a Torrington resident, reported she has been inspired by artwork considering that she was a smaller little one.
“My brother taught me how to attract cartoons when I was small and that is how it