Hello Mark,
Banter aside, I've looked at this piece several times now, my 1st reaction (apart from liking the wood, NE bowl etc.) was that the bowl would sit better off centre, positioned toward one corner (the intersection if you were to divide the board into 1/3s length & width ways). However then I considered this would leave a large space, that empty wouldn't look right, but if you were to copy the NE bowl form, but say a 1/3 of the size and place it diagonally opposite, might look good.
Just an idea.
Tom