Kathy Bowers

By day, Kathy Bowers is a middle school vice principal, but when she leaves the Honolulu campus and makes her way across the H-3 to her home on the Windward side, her eye for art is on high alert. She began doodling as a child, but really made use of the art form when she went to graduate school. She would doodle as she listened to lectures and class discussions. Often classmates would tell her she should sell her doodles. She decided to give it a try during the fall of 2006 by taking part in a small craft fair. She was delighted that her designs were so well received, and her small business was born.

Kathy uses a number of mediums, but her favorite is gel pens on sketch paper. The designs are born as the pen touches the paper and they tell Kathy when they are ready for her to sign. Sometimes she has a particular form in mind—say an apple or a palm tree—but more often, the design just grows.

Granddaughter Isabella is responsible for the name for Kathy's artwork business: Nana's Noodles. She was three years old when she first noticed Nana working on her art. She asked what she was doing, and Nana replied, "Doodling." The next time Isabella saw Nana working, she asked, "Is that one of your noodles?"

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