[4] Bowen received a state sponsorship for study and travel from the Norwegian government in 1977, and settled with his wife in Oslo.
[1][3][4] He worked on "The Right to Life in Peace", a series of twelve paintings based on concerns about wars and violence, in 1985.
He received a grant from the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for this series and it was exhibited in the United Nations Office at Geneva.
[1] Bowen's artistic style was initially inspired by construction and architecture, consisting of geometric structures like lines, two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces.
[4] However, during his stay in Oslo, he switched to a tantra-inspired style which includes tribal and folk art elements and consists of triangular and spherical shapes.