Background
Bowen, Fern Chambers was born on May 3, 1917 in Orange Cove, California, United States. Daughter of Robert Malcolm Chambers and Mary Ether Montgomery.
Bowen, Fern Chambers was born on May 3, 1917 in Orange Cove, California, United States. Daughter of Robert Malcolm Chambers and Mary Ether Montgomery.
Student, Soldini School Art, Long Beach, California, 1957—1967. Student, Laguna Beach School Art, California, 1968—1980. Student, California State University, Chico, 1967—1976.
Student, California State University, San Diego, 1977. Student, Institute San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 1981. Studied with Arnold Schiffrin, Italy, 1970—1971.
Artist, Bellflower, California, 1960—1983. Artist, lecturer for international travel Los Angeles County Museum Art, 1972—1981. Director arts and crafts Cunard Princess Lines, New Jersey, 1984—1985.
Art history lecturer local service clubs Los Angeles, 1975—1985. With production illustration/engineering department United States Military, Long Beach, California, 1942—1943.
Member Civic Art Association Palm Springs Desert Museum, National Trust for History Preservation. Member of National Museum Women in Arts, Los Angeles Art Association, Women Painters West.
Married Howard Clee Willcox, December 24, 1935 (divorced). Married Walter Johnson Bowen, February 19, 1946 (deceased March 29, 1985). 1 child Stephen Llane.