About
eileen eilis morey is a third-generation* artist born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
From earliest childhood, Eileen was immersed in the art world.
Eileen was raised in Belmont, Massachusetts and summer’d in Rye and Wentworth-by-the-Sea, New Hampshire.
She sold her first art dolls at age 13. Within a year, she was also a professional illustrator. She attended Colby-Sawyer College (Class of ’71) and then studied art history at Harvard University.
From there, she moved to California where — after many years in fashion — she pursued a full-time career in fine art. Eileen’s was a familiar face in the L.A. arts scene, and her work was exhibited in a variety of venues around Hollywood and Malibu, and in Northern California.
In the late 1970s, as Eileen Newton, Eileen’s quilts appeared in Quilter’s Newsletter magazine, and her art (and articles) were featured in Professional Quilter magazine and on CNN.
She and her family returned to New England, where her fabric art career soared.
You may have seen or purchased Eileen’s quilts, wall hangings, and art dolls at these galleries and shops:
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in Perkins Cove, Ogunquit & Auburn, Maine |
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In the early 1990s, as Eileen MacIntosh (another marriage), her quilts and wall hangings were exhibited–and won awards–in Salt Lake City, Utah. Eileen also gained attention for her “renegade art doll classes” in Centerville, Utah.
During this time, she studied with elinor peace bailey, a kindred spirit.
In the mid-1990s, Eileen was drawn back to her New England roots. She focused on sunrise skies and snowy reflections. Her oil paintings earned awards in Lexington, Massachusetts and York Harbor, Maine.
She also ventured into the (then male-dominated) online world as Aisling D’Art, a pen name that she continues to use for artists’ journals, paper arts, art shrines, digital images, and related popular art.
By 2003, a long-overdue divorce triggered important and dramatic changes in Eileen’s life.
Eileen resumed her maiden name for her artwork, and moved to Texas for a complete change of scene. There, she rediscovered her creative voice, and found a loving, supportive and creative partner. With renewed energy, Eileen began a journey back to her artistic roots. This has been an adventure with many challenges, but the results are evident in her most recent art.
After nearly five years of self-discovery, she was ready to return to New England with a fresh outlook and restored confidence in her innate artistic talents.
Eileen currently lives in New Hampshire with her wonderful husband. She is working on a series of projects, including plein air oil landscapes in a neo-Impressionist style, Luminist works, some semi-abstracts, and a variety of other art projects.
In her spare time, Eileen enjoys baking cookies and homemade bread, letterboxing, hiking, genealogy… and writing nonfiction books (under a pen name) about unusual events and travel.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Ms. Morey is a juried member of EBSQ Plus. She is also a member of the York Art Association (ME), Concord Art Association (MA), International Plein Air Painters, and NH Plein Air.
*Eileen’s mother was fine artist Muriel Joan Bernier (1919 – 2010), from Mass. Art’s Drawing & Painting Class of 1940. Eileen’s grandfather was ceramics artist Napoleon Bernier (founder of California Paints, California Stucco, and California Products), and her father was calligrapher and photographer William B. Morey, Jr.
Eileen is the mother of three young adults, each of them working in creative fields.
Eileen’s given name is also spelled “Eibhlin” in the Irish tradition.
