Artist Statement

Tracey Coverley is a fulltime artist based in the Peak District.
She studied Fine Art at Loughborough, training as a painter in the late ‘80s. However, she is currently working with fabric and thread as her preferred medium. Self-taught in this field, Tracey has spent the last eight years exploring various techniques, often unwittingly breaking with convention to develop her own visual language. She predominantly produces textile portraiture; subject matter often deriving from classic cinema and pop culture. Limiting her palette leads to largely monochrome works reflecting the drama of black and white cinema and press photography. Recently her palette has included colour, and her subject matter has broadened but ultimately, she still considers her work as portraiture.
Often misinterpreted as drawn or printed, her work needs to be viewed in the flesh to realise the textural and sculptural qualities achieved within a ‘flat’ plane.