Sarah Bowie

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Sarah Bowie
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Sarah Bowie

NationalityIrish
OccupationIllustrator
Website sarahbowie.com

Sarah Bowie is an Irish illustrator, author and cartoonist.

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Life and career

Bowie lives in Waterford [1] . She was a founder member of The Comics Lab.

Although she got a degree in marketing and languages in 1999, she has gone on to become a visual artist. Her art has appeared in a range of books, comics and magazines including cover illustrations such as an issue of the Dublin Inquirer.

She has supported comics creators in producing their published work. She published her first picture book in 2016. Bowie worked as a Visual Analyst for a design thinking company. She organised the first indie Irish-French Comics Festival. Bowie completed a three-month residency in Angouleme. She has published several children's books. She has been interviewed in various media outlets about her journey to illustration [2] . Bowie also does workshops with children. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] . She is founder of the weekly meetup group Waterford Sketchers [9] .

Personal Life

Bowie recently spoke to the Irish Examiner about a previous health issue. [10]

Bibliography

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References

  1. "'Illustration didn't exist as an industry when I was a kid – now you can be a 7-year-old and say, 'I want to be an illustrator' and I think that's beautiful'". Irish Independent. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  2. We Love Books Episode 36 , retrieved 19 December 2024
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  4. Freyne, Patrick (19 September 2017). "Our Limerick crime comic: 'I wanted to do something Irish'". The Irish Times .
  5. Keating, Sara (23 July 2018). "Want to visit the real Narnia? Discover these storybook locations". The Irish Times .
  6. Hedderman, Zara (30 May 2018). "12 scenes from life as a Dublin Bus commuter, sketched by illustrator Sarah Bowie". TheJournal.ie .
  7. Thomas, Cónal (11 October 2016). "Dublin's Comics Artists Are Taking to the Stage". Dublin Inquirer.
  8. "Sarah Bowie, auteur sur MARSAM". MARSAM (in French).
  9. "Sarah Bowie - About". sarahbowie.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  10. "Author Sarah Bowie on health struggles: 'It felt like a second chance, the green light to live again'". Irish Examiner. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.