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 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) and
Collage for the Soul, by Holly Harrison and Paula
Grasdal (Rockport Publishers, Inc., 2003)
For info. on upcoming exhibitions or workshops send
mail to: spad4@charter.net
