About the Artist

Greetings! I'm Tracy Parker, and I'd like to welcome you to my site. Thanks for stopping by!

I'm a Louisville, Ky based artist of many talents. I exhibit locally in various galleries, tattoo parlors, and dive bars.
I have a background in commercial art, and studio photography. I'm especially fond of nature and macro photography.

I was fortunate enough to stumble into apprenticing ceramics with world renowned Master Potter, Melvin Rowe.
I apprenticed with Melvin for a little over 6 years at his studio, Pottery Rowe, on historic Frankfort Avenue, here in Louisville. It had a profound effect on me as an artist, and as a person. In the Summer of 2014 however, after over 30yrs on Frankfort Ave., Melvin decided to scale back all Pottery Rowe operations to his personal ranch in Henry County, Ky.

After repeatedly hearing that a lot of my photo manipulations were very fractal in appearance, and because I was basically clueless as to what fractals were, I began researching them. I found an old documentary on YouTube from 1995 called "Colors of Infinity". It was hosted by the famous science fiction writer, Sir Arthur C. Clarke. It pretty much blew my mind. I learned how Benoit Mandelbrot was able to give visual life to mathematical equations using computers. During this research, I came across fractal art made with a program called "Mandelbulb 3D". It opened up a whole new artistic outlet for me. Most of my fractal art is made with the Mandelbulb 3D fractal rendering software.

There is a small gallery in Louisville, KY called OPEN. It's in what looks like a warehouse, along with other businesses, across from the University of Louisville football stadium. I helped hang drywall as part of the preparations for it's opening. Most of my work that has been shown in recent years was through there. I was part of a show there for Gonzofest 2014 that allowed me to show my work alongside the great Ralph Steadman. Was quite an honor to say the least. OPEN is divided into spaces for various artists. I did a residency there for 6 months in 2017. The gallery is still in operation and has frequent events.

I'm a proud two time graduate of the Code Louisville program. I have a certificate in both Front End and PHP. I originally built this site under the guidance of their mentors, and the teamtreehouse.com staff. I cannot say enough about the Code Louisville program, or the people I encountered through it. It was life changing for me.

I currently work at the US Census Bureau's Jeffersonville IN installation, NPC. I'm a Cartographic Technician. I work with digital mapping programs, GIS, databases, and whatever else they throw at me. I'm proud and honored to make a living serving my country.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all those who shared their knowledge and creativity with me over the years. The pride in my accomplishments belongs to you as well. Thank you!