Situated next to his home on a half-acre lot in Tigard, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, Eric Bowman’s studio is as unique and imaginative as the art he creates. It’s actually a Quonset hut style structure that was favored by the U.S. government, which ordered thousands of the semi-circular structures during and after World War II because of their mobility and ease of construction.
The property’s original owner built the structure in 1952 and used it as a garage to house his antique cars. “This was an ideal structure for that purpose because the roof supports the walls, so there were no vertical columns to get in the way of his parking the dozen or more cars in his collection,” Bowman says.
Read the full article in the March/April 2021 issue.
Buena Vista
Oil
24” by 24”
Storm Trekker
Oil
40” by 36”
