Orlando Sentinal Newspaper Article on Bowersock Gallery

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By Christine Cole, Correspondent


January 6, 2012


January 6, 2012
MOUNT DORA — How artsy is Mount Dora? The city's reputation as a top-notch art destination seems to ebb and flow.
But two experienced art gallery owners chose the city as their second location after looking at cities and towns all along the East Coast.
Steve Bowersock and Michael Senger will stage a grand opening of the Bowersock Gallery from 6 to 8 p.m. today.
They also own the Bowersock Gallery in the seriously artsy community of Provincetown, Mass., at the tip of Cape Cod.
"Something about this area just called to us," Bowersock said.
They are not leaving their success to chance.
They have met with and made plans with other art-oriented businesses. One of the 30 artists they represent will have a booth in front of their gallery in next month's Mount Dora Arts Festival.
And next week they will host "Townie Night," when they invite people who work downtown and business owners to stop in and take a look, a strategy that worked for them in Provincetown. That event is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
"We did it the first few years after we opened our doors," Bowersock said. "So if someone asks them what to do in Mount Dora, they might think of us."
The gallery contains art in the widest possible spectrum — from painters in every medium to textile artists and woodworkers.
They have put their toe in the local pool as well. The gallery will represent Carol Roll of Ormond Beach, whose papier-mâché figures are favorites in the arts festival.
Featured in the opening reception is Meghan Howland of New Hampshire, whose dreamlike oils include female figures dressed in clothes with lace collars and puffed sleeves.
In her "Bird Attack" series, flocks of yellow, black or brightly colored birds strafe young women deep in thought.
In "The Sisters," two girls in dresses with bow-tied sashes kneel and bend over to peer through heavy curtains — at what?
It is this ambiguity that attracts Bowersock.
"She is not safe, but she is interesting," he said.