Biography from a third party submitted on 09/29/2005:
| Eileen Downey was born in San Francisco and received her art education
at UC Berkeley with a B.A. in 1959 and M.A. in 1960. There she
studied under Karl Kasten, Erle Loran and John Haley and was greatly
influenced in her figurative painting during her last year by her
teacher, David Park.
In addition, in 1957, she studied painting with Ruben Tam at the
Brooklyn Museum School of Art in Brooklyn, New York. In 1979, she
also added an M.A. in drama from the San Francisco State University.
As a peer of Joan Brown she was early influenced by Brown’s use of
color, texture and composition. In later years, Downey focused on
the landscapes of her San Francisco surroundings and figurative
paintings of musician friends.
In the most recent past, she has focused on watercolor paintings
particularly of mountains and forests. She has had numerous solo and
group exhibitions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area as well as New
York City, Canada and France. |
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