Tracy Kay Fraker

Portraits
I have been making portraits in pencil for eight years. I am fascinated by the power and nuance of facial expression. After approximately 300 portrait sessions, and countless quick sketches of people at different events, my perceptions of who I was drawing began to morph. Capturing the likeness of the individual became secondary to observing the person they were on the inside compared to what they looked like on the outside.
I then did a series of conceptual portrait drawings, and composed them using a grid format I had invented for my painting work. This was my breakthrough. It was another short step to finally bring my portrait work into the medium of my heart, the flowing brushwork and patina of paint.
I have only begun experimenting with incorporating my portrait observations into conceptual paintings. These are reflective pieces that have to do with introspection, self-awareness and perception of the individual. I am interested in visually representing the dichotomy of these ideas. My goal is to make the images compelling and open to interpretation on several levels. I am excited to explore this this as a series to see how far I can take it.

Acrylic with collage, ceramic and silver foil leaf
30x40" Painted Edge Canvas

Jury Accepted to International Society of Experimental Painters, Grand Rapids Michigan, June 2010

$1600

Careful In Her Choices

Acrylic with netting and metal plate
24x30" Painted Edge Canvas

$1250

Facing Forward

Acrylic with metal and fabric collage. Can be shown in either orientation.
Diptych, 2 @ 12 x 24" overall 24 x 24" Painted Edge Canvas

Parklane Gallery Juried Show 1st Place Award, January 2010. Kirkland, WA

$935

Girl: Labeled

Acrylic with collage and metal brackets
24 x 24" Painted Edge Canvas
$935

Good & Clever

Acrylic with multiple collaged items, and poem by Elizabeth Whitworth
24 x 24" Painted Edge Canvas
$935

Forever Young & Beautiful/Detail on right

Acrylic with metal and fabric collage (full painting and detail image)
24 x 24" Painted Edge Canvas

Sold

Nice Girl

Jury Accepted 2009 Edmonds Art Festival

Acrylic with pattern pieces, yarn and definition of "nice"
24 x 24 Painted Edge Canvas

Sold

Place
Finding a sense of place within ones self.
Awarded 3rd Place Paintings: Arts Council of Snohomish County 16th Juried Show, Everett WA

Acrylic 20x16 Black Frame
$950

Ikebana

Acrylic 20x16 Black Frame
$950

	She 24x18 Painted Edge Canvas Sold
	Many Thousand Sighs 24x18 Painted Edge Canvas Sold
	There's Language In Her Eye 24x18 Painted Edge Canvas Sold
	Vulnerable 14x11 $650
	Measure of a Woman 14x11 $650

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All images property of the artist. Not to be copied, reproduced or altered in any way.
Measurements in inches, height first.