Artist Statement

I am forever grateful for the influence of my grandmother, who I witnessed from a very early age painting for sheer pleasure. Patiently she would add layers of colour to finally reveal the most beautiful images of delicate roses or moody landscapes. Watching her enabled me to be drawn into the whole process of creating, developing and producing beautiful images full of life and soul.

When I approach my easel to paint I am excited by the prospects of what I might create, colours I will use and what technique will best express the mood of the painting. It is the most joyous journey I can think to be on. I hope collectors of my work will feel like they have taken the journey with me.

Creative Background

Australian born artist Tracey Creighton knew early in life she was destined for a career in art. At the age of 16, she attended the Queensland College of Art and completed a 3 year Commercial Illustration Course.

Tracey went on to work as a graphic artist, and in 1982 established Queensland�s first private commercial art college in Brisbane, opening a branch on the Gold Coast in 1989. Fourteen years later, preparing for an impending move to America with her family, she decided it was time to sell her business.

It bought about a whole new direction in her artistic life. After arriving in the United States, having now discovered a love for painting, she promptly enrolled in classes with prominent contemporary artist, Chris Gwaltney.
Tracey’s first exhibition was in Newport Beach, California which was a culmination of 27 oil paintings completed during the 6 months she resided in America.

Since returning to Australia in 1998, Tracey has held a number of exhibitions including one on Hamilton Island, where she was invited to teach art classes to guests at the resort.

Tracey works from her gallery, Boardwalkart in Merimbula on the Far South Coast of New South Wales where she continues to develop her style and technique, exploring the unlimited capabilities of oils, acrylic and mixed medium. Whatever the subject, each painting reflects a vibrant kaleidoscope of colour ensuring every canvas comes to life in its own unique way.
One thing Tracey�s formative years in advertising taught her was to be diverse. She is constantly developing her techniques, exploring all her creative options, and finding new ways to interpret the world the way she sees it. She doesn�t limit herself to any one style, colour palette or subject, instead she revels in the whole creative process making each painting as individual as the next.

Her very distinctive �Raked� paintings and �Sculptured� paintings are highly sought after by collectors, but these make up just two of the techniques Tracey has developed over the last decade.

Exhibitions

Winner of a number of regional art awards, a prize winner and finalist in national landscape competitions, as well as a featured artist in the Australian Artist magazine, Tracey Creighton paints from the core of her existence. She finds inspiration in all things and her paintings depict a diverse range of techniques, style, and colour.

She has held exhibitions of her work in the United States of America, Hamilton Island -Queensland, and NSW, with paintings currently on display in Sydney, and a select number of galleries on the Far South Coast, NSW, Australia.

Website: Australian Artist - Tracey Creighton
Contact email: tlcr8on@bigpond.net.au

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My practice as an artist has been a growing experience. Having worked in both the technical and creative areas of art I have become more in tune with its processes. Through my artwork I have explored many avenues of inquiry, such as personal and social attitudes towards sex from the 19th to 21st century and issues surrounding General Anxiety Disorder and depression. More recently I have begun to make work that deals with the family unit and the politics it encapsulates.

The steel thread running through all my endeavors is a willingness to reach diverse audiences on a level which supports a common understanding and perception of the world around us. The psychological and physiological aspects of being draw me into a creative space occupied by the base thoughts and feelings experienced by mankind. Such states as hunger, lust and anger become us all in varying degrees and it is on this premise that I begin to make art.

Both in theory and in practice the human condition plays a vital role in my work, relentlessly nudging its way into manifestation through painting, sculpture, video and sound. There are no limitations on the mediums I choose to work with -the concept dictates its form- because for me it is foremost that the message should be translated to the curious observer by any means necessary.

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