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Bill Owens — VisualArtsDB

Bill Owens

b. 1938

Bill Owens American, born 1938

Timeline

Born 1938

1960s

Tupperware, Bee Line Fashions, Lingerie, Wigs and now House Plant Parties have become popular. Everyone wants to have a fern in their front room, but more important they want to know how to take care of a plant that costs $20.00. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Tupperware, Bee Line Fashions, Lingerie, Wigs and now House Plant Parties have become popular. Everyone wants to have a fern in their front room, but more important they want to know how to take care of a plant that costs $20.00. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Val Vista Homeowners Association Community Meeting, Tri- Valley Area, Northern California

Val Vista Homeowners Association Community Meeting, Tri- Valley Area, Northern California

1970s

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Untitled (Neighborhood street scene)

Untitled (Neighborhood street scene)

I really love him.

I really love him.

Because we live in the suburbs we don't eat too much Chinese food. It's not available in the supermarkets so on Saturday we eat hot dogs.

Because we live in the suburbs we don't eat too much Chinese food. It's not available in the supermarkets so on Saturday we eat hot dogs.

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Works

41 artworks

Untitled

, 1973

Legs and grinder, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Legs and grinder, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

, 1974

Nude movie shoot around campfire on beach, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Nude movie shoot around campfire on beach, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

, 1974

General Motors / Chevrolet Assembly Line, Freemont, California

General Motors / Chevrolet Assembly Line, Freemont, California

, 1974

Trampoline Park, Livermore, CA

Trampoline Park, Livermore, CA

, 1975

I've been a UPI correspondent, a publicist for an Italian film producer, a writer for the U.S. Army, a public relations man and an operations manager for record stores. Now I'm promotion and marketing director for a newspaper chain., Within a year, I'll be off to Turkey. It will be a jumping-off place. The world will be my oyster.

, 1975

Work clothes, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Work clothes, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

, 1975

I really enjoy being here because it's my pleasure to help people. They'd have to fire me before I'd quit. I know I'm loved and vice versa.

, 1975

I've been a chiropractor for thirty-three years, working directly and indirectly with nerves through the spinal column. I'm thinking of retiring in a couple of years and going into worm farming. Worms are an asset to society.

, 1975

Like everyone else, I'm caught up in the rat race. I work eighty hours a week and with my real estate investments earn $100,000 a year. I just got divorced., In the insurance business the public thinks we promise the moon but we can only deliver half a moon.

, 1975

Untitled

, 1975

Television cameramen are a special breed. When you read something in a book you say that's someone's opinion. When you see it on TV you say that's gospel. I have one minute, thirty seconds to make a statement., It had to be accurate, it has to be the truth.

, 1976

Diablo Bowlers, Livermore, California

Diablo Bowlers, Livermore, California

, 1976

Everywhere we go we challenge the local high school team to a game. We let them win. It's all for charity. Points don't count unless you shoot from the back of the donkey. Donkeys are dumb and uncooperative, and they really hate to move. Livermore, California

Everywhere we go we challenge the local high school team to a game. We let them win. It's all for charity. Points don't count unless you shoot from the back of the donkey. Donkeys are dumb and uncooperative, and they really hate to move. Livermore, California

, 1976

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

, 1977

Sunset. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California.

Sunset. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California.

, 1978

Windsurfers. Hampton Bays, Long Island, NY.

Windsurfers. Hampton Bays, Long Island, NY.

, 1978