Work samples

  • Concessions (after David’s The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries)
    Concessions (after David’s The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries)

    Oil on Canvas, 48in x 36in, 2023

  • Tiger Ripping a Man off a Horse
    Tiger Ripping a Man off a Horse

    Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 36in x 48in 2023

  • Automatic (after Rubens’ Rape of the Daughters of Leuccipius)
    Automatic (after Rubens’ Rape of the Daughters of Leuccipius)

    Oil on Canvas, 2023, 36" x 36"

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About Tracey

Baltimore County

Tracey Halvorsen (American, b.1971) is a Contemporary painter, whose work encompasses both representational and abstract elements in energetic and vibrant interpretations of the impressionists and great masters, intertwined with her own narratives of savagery and turbulence, sadness and longing, nature and beauty.

 

Halvorsen was born in New York City, NY, and went to the Cleveland Institute of Art where she studied painting and photography. She received early acclaim for her… more

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Stories

In the “Stories” collection, Halvorsen takes from artists like Rembrandt and Delacroix

and from her own early work to present a collection that is as disciplined as it is unrestrained.

Frame-shifting the old masters, she pierces interpretation - connecting with tradition while

relegating its authority to fluidity. Revisiting line art and stroke patterns that evoked curiosity in

her early work, she layers her evolution as an artist with a whisper of objection, offering the

viewer a freedom to create their own narratives as she does.

  • Through the Echoes (after Delacroix’s The Lion Hunt)
    Through the Echoes (after Delacroix’s The Lion Hunt)
  • Cavalry Advancing, Battle of Austerlitz
    Cavalry Advancing, Battle of Austerlitz
  • Ghost Painting (after da Vinci’s The Battle of Anghiari)
    Ghost Painting (after da Vinci’s The Battle of Anghiari)
  • Convergence (after Delacroix’s The Lion Hunt)
    Convergence (after Delacroix’s The Lion Hunt)
  • Builder and Black Dogs
    Builder and Black Dogs
  • Hunting and Attacking
    Hunting and Attacking
  • Naked Woman Seated
    Naked Woman Seated
  • Everything Attacking Everything All the Time
    Everything Attacking Everything All the Time
  • Concessions (after David’s The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries)
    Concessions (after David’s The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries)

    Oil on Canvas, 48in x 36in, 2023

  • Automatic (after Rubens’ Rape of the Daughters of Leuccipius)
    Automatic (after Rubens’ Rape of the Daughters of Leuccipius)

    Oil on Canvas, 2023, 36" x 36"

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