Downes
Museum & Art Gallery in Sacramento, CA
Eileen Downes is a native of California. Always drawn to art, Eileen pursued a career in graphic design and scientific illustration working for a local civil engineering company. She gained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Studio Art from California State University, Sacramento, and a Graphic Design Certificate from the University of California at Davis. She has developed an exceptional artistic style utilizing the medium of collage and specific layering techniques. She married her high school sweetheart, and they have three daughters.
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Eileen Downes the collage artist
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Eileen Downes the collage artist
read moreWhat is Collage? Collage, pronounced ko-lahj', simply means pasting or glueing papers or objects onto a surface. When did Collage start as a fine art form? In the early 1900's the modernist avante-garde movement began using collage as a fine art medium. Artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque were atracted to the use of everyday materials from which to create their works of art. How long does it take you to make one of your collages? OK, the question that artist's hate to hear, but a reasonable question none the less.