Welcome to Our Studio
Brent Bowen
CEO / Creative Director / Founder
- Emphasis: Business Development / 3D Creative Direction
- Experience: 26 years
Brent oversees the general direction and daily operations of the company, manages client interactions, and coordinates closely with illustrators. Most importantly, he provides creative direction on projects. At the core of his role is brainstorming with clients and staff to craft images that inspire and elevate each project.
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 3D Illustrator / Project Manager
- Emphasis: Commercial / Project Management
- Experience: 15 years
Vic creates renderings and animation images with a focus on architectural projects for developers. He also manages projects and contributes to securing new work. With an AAS in architectural technology, Vic enjoys bringing ideas to life and seeing the excitement people feel when they experience the renderings produced by the office.
WHEN NOT AT WORK
Vic enjoys the outdoors, watching motoGP, and keeping up with technology.
Matt Bodell
Senior 3D Illustrator / Project Manager
- Emphasis: Residential / Project Management
- Experience: 14 years
Matt focuses primarily on residential projects and project management, though as an illustrator and animator, he contributes to a wide range of work. Creating architectural renderings and animations gives him a valuable opportunity to be creative and develop unique visual art. He has always had a passion for design in many forms, from cinematography and classic animation to logo design, sports uniforms, and video game character and level design.
WHEN NOT AT WORK
Matt enjoys spending time with his wife and three daughters, who always make life interesting!
Kiersten Larrabee
Senior 3D Illustrator
- Emphasis: Interiors
- Experience: 9 years
Kiersten Larrabee specializes in creating interior renderings, bringing a sharp creative eye to the virtual design of spaces. With a passion for both the arts and math, architecture has always felt like the perfect fit. While studying at SLCC, she discovered 3D modeling and rendering—a field that quickly became both a love and an obsession. It opened the door to a new creative path, and she knew she had found her calling. At Bowen Studios, Kiersten enjoys expressing her artistic side while constantly learning and refining her craft, whether by embracing new technology or finding fresh ways to approach creative challenges.
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 3D Illustrator / IT Manager
- Emphasis: R&D / 3D Terrain Creation / Post Production
- Experience: 8 years
Rob Patterson ensures that both hardware and software run smoothly, while also leading research and development efforts to discover new workflows and create higher quality images and animations. With more hobbies than he can count, Rob is fortunate that visual effects is one of them—something he gets to enjoy 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
3D Illustrator
- Experience: 23 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.
Margaret Byrne
Senior 3D Illustrator
- Experience: 16 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.
Yelena Mroz
Senior 3D Illustrator
- Experience: 15 years
Yelena is an architectural visualization artist with 14 years of industry experience, working on a wide range of projects including residential, office spaces, and large-scale mixed-use developments. She is passionate about bringing clients’ visions to life and adds a creative touch to every project she undertakes. Outside of her professional work, Yelena explores photography, videography, and graphic design, which offer rewarding creative outlets and contribute to the unique perspective she brings to her visualizations.
WHEN NOT AT WORK
Giving Back : Because We Should
Youth development.
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.
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.
World 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 work with the founder of SOAP wit help rebrand and organize. Bowen Studios has also donated to help send some orphan students to school.