A Life of Music and Color Oldfield Bowles lived a life that balanced the quiet rhythms of music with the visual textures of paint. Born in 1739 in Hampshire, England, he was a man of many talents, finding expression both as an amateur painter and a musician. His world was centered around North Aston in Oxfordshire, a place where his creative pursuits could unfold away from the larger pressures of the London art scene. His personal li…