Growing up in the San Joaquin Valley of central California, Bob Boomer hung around his grandfather's cabinet making shop. He earned a degree in industrial arts from California State University in... Read full biography
Growing up in the San Joaquin Valley of central California, Bob Boomer hung around his grandfather's cabinet making shop. He earned a degree in industrial arts from California State University in Fresno. Then he took a teaching job of woodworking and mechanical drawing in Hawaii, and began working... Read full biography
Growing up in the San Joaquin Valley of central California, Bob Boomer hung around his grandfather's cabinet making shop. He earned a degree in industrial arts from California State University in Fresno. Then he took a teaching job of woodworking and mechanical drawing in Hawaii, and began working there with native woods. He settled in California and began to sell his carvings. In 1977, he moved to Ahwahnee in the Sierras to devote full time to carving. Source: . Southwest Art, February, 2001"... Read full biography
Growing up in the San Joaquin Valley of central California, Bob Boomer hung around his grandfather's cabinet making shop. He earned a degree in industrial arts from California State University in Fresno. Then he took a teaching job of woodworking and mechanical drawing in Hawaii, and began working there with native woods. He settled in California and began to sell his carvings. In 1977, he moved to Ahwahnee in the Sierras to devote full time to carving. Source: . Southwest Art, February, 2001"... Read full biography
Growing up in the San Joaquin Valley of central California, Bob Boomer hung around his grandfather's cabinet making shop. He earned a degree in industrial arts from California State University in Fresno. Then he took a teaching job of woodworking and mechanical drawing in Hawaii, and began working there with native woods. He settled in California and began to sell his carvings. In 1977, he moved to Ahwahnee in the Sierras to devote full time to carving. Source: . Southwest Art, February, 2001"... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (11)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Gold Medal Artists
2002
Editors, May Galleries
30 pages (color)
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001
Editors, Art of the West
88 pages (color)
Art of the West: Guidebook of Western Artists
2000
Editors, Art of the West
64 pages (color)
California Art Club: 90th Gold Medal Juried Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Stern, Jean; Jeffrey Morseburg
156 pages (color)
Art of the West Guidebook Of Western Artists
1998
Duerr, Allan; Tom Tierney
64 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
New Beginnings A Group Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)