Painter Phyllis Tracy is new to Gallery 302’s cooperative gallery. Submitted photo
BRIDGTON — Painter Phyllis Tracy is new to Gallery 302’s cooperative gallery, at 112 Main St.
She lives and paints in the Mount Washington Valley of northern New Hampshire.
An artist all her life, she has used her artistic talent in all of her career choices. Graduating from Massachusetts College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in art education and painting, she began her journey as a public school art teacher, according to a news release from the gallery.
Growing up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, the love of ocean and seaside life was inspirational for her interests in painting. The coves, marshes of the East Coast are some of her favorite go-to places when she feels the need to create.
She moved to the Rockies in Sun Valley, Idaho with her high school sweetheart (soon to be husband) to ski and hike. There she found work as a picture framer for a local artist.
A move back East to Marblehead to begin a family led to being a full-time mom of two energetic boys, which meant little time for painting. As soon as they were in school she developed her own company, Faux Finishing and Mural Painting, for homes on the North Shore and Boston, Massachusetts.
These opportunities exposed a need to provide color consultations for individuals struggling to find the perfect palette for their residences. In turn she took those skills to develop her current business of 20-plus years, Phyllis Tracy Interiors.
Always looking for the silver lining, when COVID created a hardship for going into peoples homes and traveling for interior design, she decided to pivot her attention back to her fine art painting.
To see her most current art prints available from her original oil and watercolor paintings and photographs, visit phyllistracyfineart.com. Her original oil paintings and prints are featured at Marblehead Frame and Art in Marblehead, in addition to local shows at Marblehead Arts Association and Mount Washington Valley Arts Association. She is a juried member of Oil Painters of America and American Women Artists.
For more information, call 207-647-2787 or visit gallery302.com.
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