Silver Airplane Painting

Eamonn Dowd is originally from rural west of Ireland, but spent most of his adult life in Dublin. He has been painting since childhood and has been involved in several exhibitions over the years. He has also designed record sleeves, and contributed illustrations for the music and fashion magazine D-SIDE. His paintings are mostly acrylic on canvas. He often deals with themes of an occult nature and personalized myth. Occasionally representational themes are taken on, yet all are presented in a primitive new expressionist style. He has exhibited in Ireland and Sweden. Exhibitions Of Note ______________________________________________ - Paint and Noise - Nuns Island Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland - Western Artists - Galway Arts Festival - Framing Dowd - Head Gallery/Ormond Multi-Media Centre, Dublin - Eamo - The Front Lounge, Dublin - Combinded Exhibition with Jessica Carlsson - Cafe Chao, Göteborg, Sweden - Combined Exhibition with Jessica Carlsson - Dergårdsgalleriet, Lerum, Sweden As a songwriter and performer he has been involved in several bands from 1980 until the present day. He also wrote the music for a play based on the writings of Patrick Kavanagh, which had a two-week run at Dublin Castle in 1993. Since 1996 he has fronted The Racketeers, releasing six albums of original songs and he continues to tour, both solo and with the band. In recent years he has performed throughout Germany, Denmark, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Belgium, Canada and east coast USA. Dowd currently lives in Göteborg, Sweden.