Tracye Sowders: Melancholy’s Epiphany

May 5-26, 2023
Tracye Sowders: Melancholy’s Epiphany
Opening reception: Friday, May 5, 5:00-9:00 PM
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Friday, May 12, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, and Saturdays (May 6 & 13 only) 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.

This new exhibition includes watercolor and oil paintings. Melancholy’s Epiphany is about infractions, labels, assumptions. It’s about a stand. It’s about her, and all of her almost-epiphanies. It’s about a fragmented chain of her. It’s not about then. It’s not about when. It’s about now.

The golden thread of sheer existence that binds us to one another and with the universe pulls me further onward through this exploration of color, light, trickery and enchantment. I am inspired to create pieces that convey freedom of spirit. I paint about the light that settles in our souls and the idea that there is a natural touchstone for all of us as humans.

Tracye Burnett Sowders (b. 1965) is a prolific painter in various media including watercolor, oils, pen and ink, and alcohol inks. She is also a calligrapher, hand quilter and needleworker, illustrator, portrait artist and pianist. She exhibits regularly throughout Knoxville, Sevierville, Gatlinburg, Nashville, and parts of New England including Manhattan and Staten Island. Her original watercolors, oils and quilts are in private collections all over the United States, Australia, Canada, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, England and New Zealand. She regularly participates in various festivals and exhibitions across the southeast and New England. Locally, her works may be found at Smoky Mountain Art in Gatlinburg, Knoxville Visitors Center, Tea & Treasures, Knoxville Soap Candle and Gifts, Ijams Nature Center, Alice in Appalachia, Mystical Beginnings, and The Holistic Connection in Knoxville.

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