Bathing on the Roof by Tracey Rhys Barry Hill part of the permanent collection

part of the permanent collection in the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield

unflinching excavation of motherhood

myths and complexities of masculinity and fatherhood

melancholic heart

 Ideas of belief and truth play out in various ways

Bathing on the Roof by Tracey Rhys Barry Hill part of the permanent collectionRhys voice is strong and expertly controlled, yet so often calm, contemplative and punctuated with such moments of beauty that I have been one moment swept away upon the tide, and in the next moment, have quieted, and have sighed. Jane Burn Tracey Rhys has the knack of getting so close to the reader there is nothing else for it but to hold on for the ride Samantha Wynne Rhydderch These characters capture the power, chaos and vulnerability within us