Erica Ramsey-Bowen, Peach E PawTraits and Little Bayou Fairy Factory (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 329)
Book illustrator and artist Erica Ramsey-Bowen joins host John Ray to discuss her journey from Corporate America to her own creative business, why she’s passionate about work with children’s books, how the pandemic has affected her work, and much more. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.
Erica Ramsey-Bowen, Owner and Illustrator, Peach E PawTraits and Little Bayou Fairy Factory
Erica Ramsey-Bowen is a professional children’s book author and illustrator and pet portrait artist who resides in Smyrna, Georgia with her “long-suffering husband, Scott, and opinionated Maltie dog, Boomer”. After working in various professional corporate roles for almost twenty years, Ramsey-Bowen began her own tiny company exactly two years and one month ago with the hopes of bringing “wacky, fun, and inspiring beautiful art into the world”. Since that time, she has participated in Zoo Atlanta’s “Art Gone Wild”, has created almost 500 pet portraits (which she cheekily refers to as “PawTraits”), has donated her goods and services to many local charitable organizations including but not limited to Ahimsa House, Cobb Library Foundation, LifeLine Animal Services, Mostly Mutts, and the Humane Society of Cobb County.
She is a proud member of the Rotary Club of East Cobb and you may have recently seen some of her work within the walls of the newest addition to the Humane Society of Cobb County’s Campus as Ramsey-Bowen created the murals that now grace its hallways. Ramsey-Bowen believes that the heart of all you do in this world matters – good, bad or indifferent. That’s why her passion keeps her busy as she is currently on pace to have 8 new books illustrated by various authors in publication by the end of 2021, including her own addition to children’s literature: “The Little Bayou Fairy”.
Peach E PawTraits and The Little Bayou Fairy Factory are subsidiaries of Peach E Holdings, LLC, the company Erica Ramsey-Bowen created in 2019.
The primary product of these two companies is unbridled joy and wonderment through art and illustrated books.
Since opening her doors, Erica Ramsey-Bowen has produced over 500 pet portraits and has created beautiful, vibrant illustrations for 6 different children’s books (“A No Don’t Day” by Carla Wright-Jukes, “ommYoga Kids” by Jessica Manfredi-Carter, “Flora” by Lissette Perry, “The Mash-up Man” by Pamela Saunders and Charlie, “Mr. Fix-it Tackles the To-Do List” (coming by end of Feb 2021) by Micaela Benn, and her own first published book, “The Little Bayou Fairy”.
Clients interested in commissions can reach Erica Ramsey-Bowen by calling or directly messaging her on Facebook, Instagram, and or Twitter.
Company website, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.
Questions and Topics in this Interview:
- You began your company – an art company – at the end of 2019 after almost 20 years working in Corporate America – why the sudden shift?
- How were you able to do so much during such an incredibly strange and emotionally tumultuous time in our history?
- What have been some of the challenges doing what you do that were intensified during the pandemic?
- Who is your inspiration? How have they inspired what you do, every day?
- What have been your favorite moments, doing what you do?
- There is such a diversity within the books you illustrate/design/and write and I hear even more is coming… could you share why this is personally important to you?
North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.
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