Over the years we've noticed that the images shown on this site have been misleading or misunderstood and somewhat overlooked. There is no real depth to any of the pictures here . Layered backgrounds and textured fabric colour fills are lost when reproducing images or prints . You can’t tell that there is a layer of carpet separating the outlined glass and monster jungle background in Max and His Wolf Suit or a real beer can is been used in No Time For Fighting.

All glass paintings are treated like a giant animation cell. Outline on one side, colour fills on the other. Every colour you see in these glass paintings are layered on top of one another. The high lights are usually done first and darker colours are added after. Each layer is painted 4 times depending on the thickness or consistency of the paint. More so for the lighter colours to avoid bleeding from the darker ones. When painting on glass, the colours (on the viewing side) appear solid and smooth when dried. When fabrics are added it creates a contrast between the two . A 3D effect is also created when the final outline is finished and all the elements, fabrics and backgrounds are in place. This is lost in translation when seeing images not in person (?). You lose the full effect of each painting and miss out on how they adapt to their environment and how they change with different light sources from day to night.

Hopefully this will give you more insight to what goes into each one of these Bowman originals.