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THE EXISTENTIALIST AND OTHERS

Much like a novelist, Richard Butler Bowdon draws inspiration from people in real-life. assigning each of his subjects a title rather than a name Butler Bowdon spent time studying them before finally translating their images onto canvas. Within this process, the subjects become fictionalized and are then loosely placed within a yet unrealized narrative. Butler Bowdon deliberately leaves the formation of the narrative up to the viewer, allowing the time, location and their own opinions to further weave a tale for these fictionalised characters.

‘Sometimes I …