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SALISBURY HISTORYGLEN FOWLERSALISBURY ARTISTGlen Fowler was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts onSeptember 27, 1934, the son of Clyde and Edith (Dobson)Fowler. He was the grandson of the well-known gospelsinger Caleb Fowler of Seabrook, New Hampshire.Glen was sixteen years old, attending Newburyport HighSchool, when an automobile he was riding in hit a tree inExeter, New Hampshire. With no visible external injuries, itwas believed Glen was unhurt. This proved to be untrue. Inactuality, he received a broken neck and three broken vertebrae.This left him paralized, forcing him to spend the nextfive years in hospitals and rehabilitation centers.Glen was determined to rebuild his life. His love of arthelped him through those first few years. He turned topainting as a means of supporting himself, no easy task for aparaplegic. He learned to paint holding the brush betweenhis teeth.While in the hospital school in Canton, Massachusetts,Glen met Joanne Rogers who was taking a nursing course.They fell in love and were married in April of 1958 in theNewburyport Baptist church. They lived on Sandy Lane inSalisbury, and were later blessed with a son, Wayne. Joanneworked with her husband to help him become the artist hedreamed of becoming. She would drive him around while helooked for a scene to paint. Joanne would then take a photograph.From the photo, and from Glen’s memory, he wouldthen paint the scene.In 1957 Glen submitted one of his paintings to theFamous Artist’s School in Westport, Connecticut. He won a142