As a participant in The People’s Artist competition, presented by Johnny Depp and Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo, with today’s votes doubled and Thursday the deadline to vote for the Top Ten tier, and I firmly entrenched in 12th Place, and never having attained higher than 11th, this post shall act as my Hail Mary pass, to appeal to all those who are eligible to vote to please vote for me as The People’s Artist IF, and only IF, you enjoy and value my artwork and think I would be an outstanding People’s Artist.

Here is the link that will lead you to my own private ballot box:

peoplesartist.org/2026/g-bowers

And here is a synopsis of my credentials:

My first coherent drawing was a portrait of my mother made when I was two and a half years old. She had ten fingers and ten toes, lines going all over the place, a big smile on her face, and a circle in the middle of her body that may have been her belly or her navel.

First worked with clay at 7. First attempted to raise a cylinder on the potter’s wheel at 20. First succeeded raising a cylinder at 35. I have made thousands of vessels, hundreds of birds, and scores of individualized chess pieces. I have dozens of ribbons from art shows, mostly honorable mentions.

I have repurposed tons of clay into useful and/or expressive ware. And some day soon I will reporpoise clay into a bottle-nosed dolphin.

Thanks for reading my Bad Pun of the Day, and please vote for me!!