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Alfred Owles 1894 - 1978

Farmstead Watercolor, 12 x 16 $1,800

Just prior to World War I, young Alfred Owles emigrated from Nottingham, England to the United States. During the war, he served in the British Royal Air Force as an arial photographer and gunner, a combat experience which became the subject matter for some of his paintings. When the war ended, he opened a studio in San Francisco and lived in Fairfax and Novato in Marin County. He created illustrations for Life, Look, Colliers, and the Saturday Evening Post. His most famous was a painting called "Satan's Pipe Organ" portraying anti-aircraft guns drawing a bead on aircraft overhead.

In later life, he painted landscapes of Marin County. He taught a bit at the Jean Turner Art Academy and worked with James March Phillips. He died in Novato, California in 1978. His works were exhibited at Gumps, the San Diego Fine Art Gallery, and the Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco.

Source: AskArt