Tracy Fetter - Fine Artist
I find abstraction a never ending fascination. I love exploring how to express my love, frustration, inspiration and contemplation with color, texture and form. I tend towards the school of thought that less explanation the better, so if you like it, you like it. No diatribe.
Just a tip: beware, as with any fine art, in traditional mediums, they don’t necessarily translate to the web well. Since photography does not capture these pieces entirely. Many of my works look great online, yet look even better in person. Texture, brush strokes, interference colors, reflectance, and especially colors that are outside the gamut of computers just are not conveyed. A great example is how various gold paints and leaf (a common participant in my art) is darn near impossible to convey with a photo.
I admire shock art, but life is shocking enough and it's been done. Beautiful images and happiness is what I try to achieve within the viewer of my art. Who wants a ‘Piss Christ’ or polycarbonate impregnated, segmented horse in their living room? It’s great to see in a gallery but…
Depending on the piece, there may be an influence or relationship to the rest of the series, as a step in the exploration of a meme or method, but each piece I display in galleries stands on its own. Both antiquities and modern art inspire me. I like the classical arts of the Roman, Egyptian, Greek, and Chinese Empires. I also like modern art from the Bauhaus particularly Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer, and Walissy Kandinsky.
I have a hard time remembering artwork titles like 'Red River Valley' or 'Plight of Rwanda'. However, I can remember the titles to my paintings if I give them regular people names then I can remember people with those names too. Thus most of my artwork is titled with common names.
90% of my current work is non-representational. With non-representational art it may be easier for the viewer to talk about specific parts of each piece, but not society or a fable. I am happy when people genuinely say, 'Nice', or 'this reminds me of ...my favorite sheets, table cloth, color, etc.' I have thick enough skin that I won't lock myself in the bathroom and cry because someone thinks my painting looks like wall paper or wrapping paper. I do understand that it is hard to find commonality in speech let alone ideas. So if my images make you happy or at least conjure up the word nice then I'm happy. Now the word interesting is a whole other story...
Personal Stuff --- I have been happily married since 1991. We have a daughter. Everyone likes to know about the artist's travel and school. I have a BA in Drama from the University of Washington (1994) and a Museum Studies Certificate also from the University of Washington (1999). AA of Liberal Arts from N. Seattle Community College.
I have been to all forty-eight congruent United States Canada and Mexico. North America is a continent of extremes; hot to cold, gorgeous to ugly. The people are extreme too. I don't like snow or piety. I prefer to live in the San Francisco Bay Area. My worldly travels have taken me to the beautiful Island of Bali and amazing city of Hong Kong (and Kowloon). The plane had to refuel for hours in Taipei Taiwan so I'm counting it.
I have shown in art galleries, clubs, restaurants, and salons in the San Francisco, San Jose areas, and Seattle.
All works on this site are copyright cc. Tracy Fetter 2010
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