Eric Dowdle is an American painter and creator of folk art.

He has hosted television and radio programs on the topic and won numerous awards for his work.

He grew up in Idaho and Wyoming and attended Green River High School, moving to Massachusetts upon graduation.

[4] Dowdle became familiar with the folk art of Charles Wysocki after moving to Massachusetts.

Outside of painting, he hosted the radio program Traveling with Eric Dowdle which evolved into three season of a television program titled Painting the Town with Eric Dowdle.