Work samples

  • Shambles
    Shambles
  • Ravaged
    Ravaged
  • Back to Mother Earth
    Back to Mother Earth
  • Burnt
    Burnt

About Tracy

I grew up in a small town in upstate NY. Growing up in that environment I had a very myopic view of life and the world. I felt like it was a place where people could get stuck. It was however beautiful, in its own way in a way that I could not appreciate at the time. I am fascinated by the places inbetween. Things that are grown and collapsing at the same time.

I Rise I Fall

I have always had a fascination with the place between life and death.  I am not just speaking about the place for people, but also for the planet.  There are so many spaces that have just been left abandoned.  In that place of abandonment, Mother Nature has come back to take that space. 

I am also fascinated by pristine spaces that have been graffitied.  It seems to make that space dead and alive in the same moment.  It is the transformation of that thing that's been graffitied.
  • Burnt
    Burnt
  • Untitled
    Untitled
  • The Phoenix
    The Phoenix
  • Untitled
    Untitled
  • Something of a Dinosaur
    Something of a Dinosaur
  • Fallen
    Fallen
  • Red Door
    Red Door
  • Who Goes Here?
    Who Goes Here?
  • Guarantees
    Guarantees
  • Horse
    Horse

I Rise I Fall (2)

  • Shambles
    Shambles
  • Ravaged
    Ravaged
  • Back to Mother Earth
    Back to Mother Earth

Depression

Depression has been like a dark cloud that I could not get out from under since I was 18 or even earlier.  When I am in that place, every little thing bothers me: the paint chips on the wall, the unmade bed, the dishes in the sink that I can't seem to get washed.  I need to control everything, and yet, in that space, everything seems out of control.  I feel the need to withdraw from the world and nest under the blankets.
  • Dead Hedges
    Dead Hedges
  • The Unmade Bed
    The Unmade Bed
  • Dishes in the Sink
    Dishes in the Sink
  • The Back Door
    The Back Door
  • Unemptied Trash
    Unemptied Trash
  • Clutter
    Clutter
  • Nothing Gets Picked Up
    Nothing Gets Picked Up
  • The Plant is Dying
    The Plant is Dying
  • The Deck Hasn't Been Swept
    The Deck Hasn't Been Swept
  • Paint Chips on the Wall
    Paint Chips on the Wall

Camden Yards

Camden Yards, the place where rivalries are formed, the place where friends go to drink beer, the place where people sit out in the sun.  What is this space?  It is that space that architects, engineers and interior designers crafted.  How do we walk differently in that space? How do we sit differently in that space?  How do we think differently in that space?  That space.  What is that space?  How are we showing up for that space?  How are we leaving that space? 
  • Untitled
    Untitled
  • Looking Out Windows
    Looking Out Windows
  • What We Carry
    What We Carry
  • Essential Worker
    Essential Worker
  • Space Makers
    Space Makers
  • Haven't We Walked Enough?
    Haven't We Walked Enough?
  • Charmed?
    Charmed?
  • The Shot Tower
    The Shot Tower

Hot Pink

If the clothes make the man, then hot pink makes a statement about the wearer.  It is a color that says, 'Look at me.'  In a world of people watching, hot pink creates a sort of fascination and wonderment for me.  I tend to white here in Maryland.  It is so hot in the summer, I can't imagine wearing anything else.  What kind of person chooses hot pink?  Where are they going?  What are they doing?  Are they confident?  I would think they must be.  Hot pink is the person I would like to know.

  • Untitled
    Untitled
  • Brunch
    Brunch
  • Pulling Back the Curtains
    Pulling Back the Curtains

Dundalk

Dundalk

I am fascinated by the place shipping containers come in.  It’s not a place you can go and it’s off limits. You get the feeling of pollution and desperation.  It’s not the kind of place I would want to have to live.

But there’s a great sense of community and church there. There are also beautiful water views. 

There’s also a place called Quarantine Boulevard over there.  The diversity of both of those things is what I was trying to get.

 

  • Accomplices
    Accomplices
  • Scars Upon the Land 2
    Scars Upon the Land 2
  • What Happens When
    What Happens When
  • Dundalk 3
    Dundalk 3
  • Not Enough Nature
    Not Enough Nature
  • Razor Wire
    Razor Wire
  • Scars on the Land
    Scars on the Land
  • Time Capsule
    Time Capsule
  • Tilted
    Tilted