UNTITLED III (1979)
watercolour
15 x 20 in.
framed
$500

UNTITLED I (1969)
watercolour
22.5 x 30.5 in.
framed
$500

UNTITLED IV (1980)
watercolour
15 x 20 in.
framed
$500

Rowell Bowles was born in Chengdu , China , where he lived until his family returned to Canada during the missionary exodus of 1926. He began his studies at Victoria College , University of Toronto , and went on to attend Johns Hopkins University .

For more than fifty years Bowles has been a spirited voice at the United Nations, holding various senior positions, including worldwide director of program policy for Unicef. He is the author of The Diplomacy of Hope, a critical history of the United Nations, and a recipient of the Order of Canada .

A true renaissance man, Bowles has augmented a rich professional career with an artistic one. As a painter, he received encouragement from the leader of the mid-century Montreal avant-garde, Paul-É mile Borduas, as well as Group of Seven member Arthur Lismer. His work has been exhibited at doze ns of galleries, including Gallery 78 (Fredericton), the Dorothy Cameron Gallery (Toronto), Galerie Agné s Lefort (Montreal), the Pleiades Gallery (New York), and the O.K. Harris (New York, 2006). Major collections with his work include the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Carter Presidential Center and the Art Gallery of Windsor.

Bowles divides his time between Manhattan and Grand Manan. In his nineties, he has recently published his first book of poems.