Brent Bowen

CEO / Creative Director / Founder   

Emphasis:  Business Development / Creative Direction

Experience: 22 years

Brent is responsible for the general direction of the company, day to day operations, client interaction, as well as coordinating with the illustrators and most importantly giving creative direction on projects.

Brainstorming with clients and staff to create images that inspire is at the core of what Brent does.

WHEN NOT AT WORK

Brent loves being outdoors, international travel, designing things, camping & hiking, studying science (especially physics & astronomy), tinkering with telescopes, and most recently improving his astro-photography skills.

Vic Hoffman

Senior Illustrator / Project Manager

Emphasis:  Commercial / Project Management

Experience:  14 years

Vic is responsible for creating renderings and animations images with an emphasis on architectural projects for developers.  He also manages projects and helps with new work.

Vic has an AAS in architectural technology. He enjoys seeing ideas come to life and seeing people’s excitement in regards to the renderings our office creates.

WHEN NOT AT WORK

Vic enjoys the outdoors, watching motoGP, and keeping up with technology.

Matt Bodell

Senior Illustrator / Project manager

Emphasis:  Residential / Project Management

Experience:  13 years

Matt's main emphasis is residential projects and project management.  As an illustrator/animator he works on all types of projects. 

Doing architectural renderings and animations provides Matt a great opportunity to be creative and develop unique art. Matt has always enjoyed visual design, whether it’s cinematography, classic animation, logo design, sports uniforms or character and level design in a video game.

WHEN NOT AT WORK

Matt enjoys spending time with his wife and three daughters, who always make life interesting!

Kiersten Larrabee

Senior Illustrator

Emphasis:  Interiors

Experience: 8 years

Kiersten Larrabee excels at creating interior renderings.  She has the creative eye needed to do the virtual interior design of a space.

Enjoying both the arts and math, architecture has always seemed like the perfect match. Through SLCC, Kiersten discovered 3D modeling and rendering, which immediately became a love and obsession. It introduced her to a whole new field and she knew it was meant to be. Working at Bowen Studios, Kiersten loves to showcase her artistic side and continually learn how to better her work, whether it be with the new technology coming out or just finding new ways to face a challenge.

WHEN NOT AT WORK

Outside of the office, she enjoys exercising her DIY skills, gardening, baking, and planning her next Disney related vacation.

Rob Patterson

Senior Illustrator / IT Manager

Emphasis:  R&D / 3D Terrain Creation / Post Production 

Experience: 7 years

Rob Patterson is responsible for keeping the hardware and software working smoothly.  He's also our R&D person always figuring out new ways of working and creating higher quality images and animations. 

Rob has too many hobbies to count. Luckily, visual effects is one of them, and he enjoys doing that every day at his desk!

WHEN NOT AT WORK

Rob has a background in photography, computer science, and psychology. You can find him tinkering, taking things apart, and occasionally putting them back together.

Brandon Bowen

Illustrator

Experience: 22 years

Brandon spent the last 22 years at a local Architecture firm as their sole Architectural Illustrator. He had many functions but primarily used 3D Max and Photoshop to help design commercial, office, landscape, and interior design projects. He’s excited to elevate his skills at a dedicated rendering firm. With tons to learn he’s excited to see how far he can go with 3d Max as his past office had limited uses for the 3D software.   

WHEN NOT AT WORK

Brandon loves cars and camping. For most of his life he’s competitively raced Porsches and instructed racing. He’s a big Formula 1 fan. He also loves camping in is vintage VW Westfalia and cycling.   

Hayley Hertel

Illustrator

Experience: 16 years

Hayley worked as an Architectural Illustrator for 15 years in Atlanta before moving to Salt Lake City. She primarily used 3ds Max, Sketchup, Photoshop and Lumion and drafted in AutoCad and Revit for interior construction documentation. She also assisted in architectural design focused on large scale mixed-use projects. She looks forward to growing her skill set and learning new technology in the office. 

WHEN NOT AT WORK

Hayley enjoys anything outdoors, which typically fills her weekends, adventures with her pup Max, running and cycling and all things design related.

Margaret Byrne

Senior Illustrator

Experience: 15 years

After studying Media Arts and Animation in California, Margaret's interest in 3D art for both architectural and the entertainment fields became a full-time passion. She has worked across both industries and enjoys the different challenges and opportunities to create vibrant worlds. 

WHEN NOT AT WORK

Margaret enjoys being outside, going on walking, hiking and camping adventures. When not out exploring, she also enjoys playing video games and watching movies with her husband and cat.

Youth development.

Spy Hop is a nonprofit digital media arts center offering free classes in film, music, audio, and design for students ages 9-19.

Spy Hop's mission is to mentor young people in the digital media arts. Spy Hop helps them find their voice, tell their stories, and become empowered to affect positive change in their lives, their communities, and the world.

HOW WE GIVE BACK

Brent Bowen has served on the Board of Directors since in 2014.  As Vice Chair Brent helped with the building of a new Media Arts Center - a $10M state of the art digital media center.  He helped select the architects, the contractor, and helped with lots of details throughout the design and construction phases. 

Bowen Studios services were donated to create renderings, a virtual tour and animations all to help raise the funds for the building.  The building opened in the spring of 2020.



World development.

For over 30 years, CHOICE Humanitarian has worked with rural community members who face the many dimensions of poverty.

CHOICE Humanitarian identifies root-level opportunities and execute on poverty solutions that help unlock choice, build capacity, and cultivate resilience for community members.

HOW WE GIVE BACK

Brent has contributed since 2006 as a volunteer with roles including a rebranding of the organization in 2014 and as an Expedition Leader taking groups to work in rural villages in Nepal, Kenya, & Bolivia.

Education development.

The Student Orphan Aid Program was founded by Dut Bihor, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, to help his fellow orphans get an education.  He has personally funded the education of a dozen students from the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.

HOW WE GIVE BACK

Brent has helped Dut re-brand SOAP and is helping to expand SOAP.  Bowen Studios has sponsored students and donate money each holiday season instead of printing & mailing Christmas cards.