Michael Tracey was born in Cairns, North Queensland. Michael is married, with four children, nine grandchildren and three great-grand children. He was educated at Our Lady’s Mount, Christian Brothers College, Townsville and Mount Carmel College, Charters Towers. Upon leaving school he undertook an apprenticeship as an electrical fitter mechanic. He was conscripted for military service and served in the Royal Australian Engineers at the School of Military Engineering. He was honourably discharged in 1969. While undertaking military service in Sydney he studied still and cinematic photography and later established an industrial photographic studio. During the 1970s he was the Graphic Designer for an electricity authority in Queensland before becoming taking up sculpture as a profession.

Sculptural exhibitions presented from 1979 to 1988 depicted characters from Australia's history, traditional music, poetry and folklore. Pioneers presented in London in 1981 was his first exhibition in the UK. Michael has had considerable experience in lecturing, teaching and publication. He is a qualified and practising maritime archaeologist. In 1994 Michael graduated with first class Honours from the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Faculties, Australian National University, Canberra. He was conferred with his PhD in Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology at the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University. 

In 2008 he relocated to Queensland after 25 years in Canberra and is currently publishing his research and acting as an archaeological guide on tours that include Vietnam, Egypt, Israel, Scotland and Tasmania.

Di-Choric Prints

The name Di-Choric print is derived from the Greek ‘Di’ meaning an object containing two groups, e.g. digital graphics and pen and ink drawing. ‘Choric’ is from the classical Greek theatre performance art and means performed by or written for a chorus, e.g. the combination of many layers of colours and graphics form the final chorus or multiple layered prints. These limited edition prints are reminiscent of photographic solarisation processes popular in the 1960s. The final photographic print was augmented with hand drawn graphics evidenced in the print drawn by the artist at that time titled ‘Tree’.

This modern collection of prints continues in this tradition and is assembled from high resolution digital photographs. The photographs are divided into as many as fifteen layers of individual colours. The layers are then combined and registered with several layers of hand drawn, pen and ink graphics. Once printed on acid free paper the prints are heat sealed to provide protection from humidity and to assure the vibrant colours retain their vitality.        

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	Prints on exhibition Bribie Island Library Gallery  July 2009

Each framed print depicts plants ‘… in my sister’s garden’ at Caboolture. The prints, produced especially for this exhibition are in limited editions of 15. Each print is individually signed by the artist.

Frame size 20 x 16 inches (30 x 40 cm); Print size  7  x  14 inches (18 x 35 cm).

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Palm		Bromeliad Yellow
Royal Wine		Calathea
Cordyline		Tree Fern
Succulent Yellow		Succulent Green
Melaleuca		Bottlebrush
Bromeliad Red		Calliandra White
Succulent Blue		Maiden Hair
Tillandsia Green		Dancing Lady
Paradise		Cordyline Green
Banana		Calliandra Red
Camiellia		Bromeliad Pink
Beetle		Golden Cane

Other limited edition print by the artist