I AM BOWEN HAGGER-UTTING, A YOUNG PORTRAIT ARTIST DRIVEN BY THE EXPLORATION OF PURPOSE AND EMOTION. MY WORK IS CENTERED ON CAPTURING AND PRESERVING LIFE THROUGH EMOTIONS IN A WAY THAT IS DEEPLY PERSONAL YET UNIVERSALLY RECOGNISABLE. EACH DECISION, FROM BRUSHSTROKE TO COLOUR, SCALE TO TONE, IS INTENTIONAL, FORMING A VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT REPRESENTS THE EMOTION AT HAND. FOR ME, PAINTING IS BOTH A PURPOSE AND A PROCESS: A MEANS TO IMMORTALISE MY LIFE THROUGH ITS PRODUCT, AND OTHERS VIA THEIR MOMENTS. THROUGH PROTRAITURE I AM IMMORTALISING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, A BRUSH STROKE AT A TIME.