TRACI WRIGHT MARTIN
Medium: Drawing & Paper Arts , Mixed Media , Painting , Open Studios , Visual Arts
Contact Information
www.traciwrightmartin.comhttps://twitter.com/tracimartinarthttps://www.instagram.com/traciwrightmartin/https://www.facebook.com/TraciWrightMartinArtist Statement
In all my years as an artist, my subject matter always comes back to portrait and figurative work. I am fascinated by people and their individual, complex stories. It is important to me that each and every viewer sees themselves somewhere in my work. I marvel at how we are able to build community with one another, even by the smallest threads of commonality. With these ideas in mind, the overall narrative in my work weaves in and out of a conversation on identity and representation.
I carefully choose symbolic design elements to represent larger and more specific themes within each series I produce. Using charcoal realism as my primary medium and anchor, I am continuing to explore abstract and contemporary elements in different combinations through a variety of mixed media. The colorful pastels, patterned papers, and paint techniques in the finished product create a unique identity for my body of work.
