Art Exhibit Opening for USUO Illustrator

Artist Traci O’Very Covey who illustrated the award-winning promotional images for the Utah Opera for four recent seasons, opens a showing of her latest paintings at Palmers Gallery on Friday, March 20 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. This solo exhibit will run from March 20 to April 11 at 378 West 300 South in Salt Lake City. O’Very Covey says her passion for music is apparent in these new paintings. “My recent paintings are colorful compositions of women, musical instruments, birds, elements from nature and mythology. I express the symbolism of my subject through an interweaving of design, dramatic color combinations and flattened stylized shapes, all defined by curving lines.” she says, “I loved illustrating each of the operatic stories and also the images for Renard, Pierrot Lunaire and La Vie Parisienne Festival that I created for the Utah Symphony.”

Her music themed illustrations have been seen locally on the posters for the Salt Lake City International Jazz Festival, the Utah Symphony banners in front of Abravanel Hall, and in New Orleans decorating the sides of buses. Educated at the University of Utah, O’Very Covey specializes in illustration and graphic design for both local and national clients. You can see more of her work at www.tracioverycovey.com