ABOUT THE ARTIST & HER WORK
In the Fall of 2006 Stacy Bowie, a self-taught artist, revealed “Music set 2 Art” in a solo exhibit at Little Black Pearl in Chicago's Hyde Park area. The exhibit highlighted her passion for interpreting songs onto the canvas and featured the "translations" of songs of established and emerging recording artists such as Seal, Jill Scott, Carlos Santana, Corinne Bailey Rae, Monday Michiru and others. Recent artwork includes paintings inspired by singers Nyee Moses and Melody Gardot.
Stacy has brought the studio to audiences by painting live to music. She has performed alongside saxophonist Skinny Williams at Hyde Park's Park 52; violinist, Lee England, Jr. at Griffin Lounge and with emerging singer, Kenya at Third Friday Gallery in Oak Park, IL. These performances produced the paintings An Evening with Skinny Williams, The Lee England, Jr. Experience respectively and Six Twently-Four titled as such to commemorate the date June 24th the day she and Kenya performed together.
In addition to music she continues to explore the intangible emotions of love, joy and freedom often giving them a "face" as in her piece, Pure Exaltaton.
Music set 2 Art is an ongoing project. So long as there is music Stacy has inspiration.