Studio Sale 2023 | Tracey Elizabeth Downing

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10 February, 2pm (GMT)

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Tracey Elizabeth Downing graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Exeter College of Art in the 1980’s going on to train as an Art Psychotherapist she has a Masters from Goldsmiths UCL 2009-2012. Her colourful paintings lie between abstraction and representation, informed by memory, everyday objects and ephemera and the relationship between them.

“I am interested in visual metaphor and the relationship between physical ritual and visual noticing ; how paintings function as an embodied image, containing more than meets the eye, demanding an existential response from the individual.

My process often begins with recording ‘noticings’ digitally then making drawings and studies from these, moving on to working on paintings that take on a life of their own, including reference to subconscious material that emerges during the process. Drawing is an important part of my practice more in an exploratory way than observational. I enjoy pairing back imagery to what feels important to keep in the work; in this sense my painting falls within the space between realism and abstraction”.

Having worked as an NHS Therapist and in Special Education, her Art Psychotherapy training still plays an important part in her creative process. Tracey is a member of Winnicott Wednesdays; an Artist Art Therapist Collective and is a Turps Banana Painting School alumna. Tracey works from her studio in Sutton, Surrey. Tracey is an exhibiting member of Carshalton Artists and a member of Artcan.

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