MIMI FOWLER

Mimi’s interest in photography goes back to her childhood when her father, Baton Rouge architect Richard Murrell surrounded the family with his camera activity.  Her professional career has been as a Respiratory Therapist, but photography was never far from view.  In 1989 she enrolled in the A.E.W. School of Photography where she earned a degree in 19993.  While a student, she successfully showed her photographs at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Annual Exhibition.

From her first juried show, acceptance at the Baton Rouge Gallery in 1991, Mimi has maintained a consistent level of photographic quality.  She won the International Night Photography Competition First Place Award in 1995 at Images Gallery.  The Photographer’s Gallery is but another example of her established creativity.  She participated in many group exhibitions such as the Louisiana Photographic Society with distinction.  Not being one to accept conditions without question, Mimi began experimenting with Polaroid color transfer film and developed her own style of images which she named “Squiggles”.  She also attended a workshop featuring Jill Enfield who taught a class in alternative processing of photographs.

Mimi’s interests have also turned to jewelry making and painting, in addition to her photography.  She credits her introduction to Oils to Linda Coffman, a well known Baton Rouge artist.  She also dabbles a little in watercolor.

In addition to being a member of River Region Art Association, Mimi is also a member of the St. Tammany Art Association in Covington, LA, the Louisiana Photographic Society and the Humane Society of America.