Tracy Spadafora

encaustic painting

email : spad4@charter.net

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about the artist

Tracy is a painter who teaches studio art classes at colleges and museums in the Boston area, and private painting instruction in her studio at 20 Vernon St. She specializes in an ancient wax-based painting technique called encaustic and has given workshops and demonstrations in this technique at locations throughout the northeast, including Peter’s Valley Craft Center, the Worcester Art Museum, DeCordova Museum School, Women’s Studio Workshop, and R&F Handmade Paints, Inc. Tracy has received grants from the Frances A. Kinnicutt Foundation, the Blanche E. Colman Foundation, the Somerville Arts Council, and the St. Botolph’s Foundation. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the U.S.

Tracy’s paintings are included in the following books:
Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax by Joanne Mattera (Watson-Guptill, NY, 2001);
Collage for the Soul by Holly Harrison and Paula Grasdal (Rockport Publishers, Inc., 2003);
Mixed-Media Collage by Holly Harrison (Quarry Books, 2008); and
Embracing Encaustic by Linda and William Womack (Hive Publishing, 2008).

To see more examples of Tracy's work go to her website at www.tracyspadafora.com. For info on upcoming exhibitions or workshops send mail to: spad4@charter.net