Drawing and coloring continued through her school years, and took her to Seattle's School of Visual Concepts. SVC began in 1971, at which experts in the field do the teaching. These experts had a huge positive effect on Traci, who studied there for four years. She says " I took everything from figure drawing to pastel, oil painting to color theory. But when I took the watercolor class, my heart just soared. I had found my medium."
Moonlight Picnic |
Traci's paintings have an illustrative approach, and seem to lend themselves to telling a story. She tries to capture the images and feelings she sees in her head and her heart. According to Traci, "sometimes I'm overwhelmed with those images and feelings and the best way to express them is through my paintings." Her most successful works lead viewers to dive in and participate in the story, adding their own imagination to it.
Studio Set-up: easel, light, laptop, straight edge, and color options |
Sweet 16 |
Traci at the drawing board, at the table seen in the image above in her studio |
Magnolia |
Meet Traci in person on Thursday, June 21, from 5 - 8 pm! She'll bring along her paint and paper and do a demonstration for us, too. You can purchase prints and greeting cards, and perhaps some other little lovelies, too. And if you can't make it, find her cards on hand at the gallery any time!
Hope to see you,
Manya Vee
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