Gwen O’Dowd, a Dublin native, graduated from the National College of Art and Design in 1980. O’Dowd would use demure labels of abstract or figurative to describe her work. They are intellectual, emotional and observed responses to nature and the environment.

“‘Tonn is the title of this piece it is also one of the Irish words for wave. Coming from a series of paintings of the same name it is interesting now to see another interpretation in a new medium.”