ART CLOTH MASTERY PROGRAM 2014: TEN VOICES FROM ONE: Eileen Donovan

BIOGRAPHY

Eileen Donovan is a fiber artist and photographer. Donovan began her early work with paint on fabric and later with dyes. Her experiences with dye and paint have been in workshops with Elin Noble, Melanie Testa and Elizabeth Busch. Presently under Jane Dunnewold, Donovan is enrolled in The Art Cloth Mastery Program studying surface design on fabric in San Antonio, Texas. When the ability of using photographs put to fabric became available, a new world opened for her. She could now take her images into Photoshop to edit and print them on fabric to begin creating her art.

Donovan’s work has been juried in to The Houston Quilt Festival in a special exhibition called Digital Alchemy (2015), View at Old Forge in The Central Adirondack Art Show (2015), and The Lapham Gallery in Textures (2014). Her work has also shown at The Shirt Factory Gallery, NY (2015), and Saratoga Arts Council, NY (2014). Donovan has received awards for her work. Her work is currently part of a traveling exhibit with the Adirondack Regional Textile Artists’ Alliance in Quiltfest under Mancuso Management. Donovan is a member of Studio Art Quilt Associates, Adirondack Regional Textile Artists’ Alliance, Saratoga Arts Council, and Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council. Her work is included in a number of public and private collections.

At the 2016 Houston International Quilt Festival, Donovan exhibited 3 works as part of the special exhibit TEN VOICES FROM ONE: Work by the Art Cloth Mastery Program 2014, curated by Jane Dunnewold (November 2016).

STATEMENT

I would say that I am an observer; I watch the world around me. Sometimes nature and humanity are spectacular or sometimes solitary and quiet. I try to convey the sentiments and feelings that nature and humanity evoke in me through my photography and art quilts. To me, my art is a mirror of my feelings, my understanding of a subject, and it is this blend that inspires me and the materials and techniques I use. Photographs printed on fabric, dyes and paints are some of the techniques used to create my images.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Website: eileen-donovan.com