Tracy earned her first art award at the age of six when her painting of a young girl surrounded by sunflowers won a blue ribbon at a Los Angeles May Day competition. She followed this during her teens, winning honors at the National Scholastic Competition for textile design, and has continued to paint over thirty years. Her favorite medium is acrylic, however she is also known for thick oil paintings of florals done entirely with palette knives. She also creates many colorful watercolor landscapes.

One of her strongest beliefs about art is that it should add joy to its surroundings. "Encircled" by trees which are backlit by the sun is her favorite place to locate an easel when working en plein air. It creates a sensation similar to being inside a great cathedral filled with stained glass windows of green, blue and yellow. In fact, during the 1970's Tracy served as Executive Assistant to Dr. Robert H. Schuller during the building of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California where her work was strongly influenced by emotional design in architecture. The vertical power of massive trees is featured in many of her current paintings.

Tracy's greatest joy is to paint daily either in her studio or in the field. She can also be commissioned to paint your favorite landscape. Please contact her for more information.

Plein Air painting at Descanso Gardens (April 2004)