Tracy Helgeson
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Starknessoil on wood panel, 36" x 24"Starkness
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Last of the Morning Fogoil on wood panel, 40" x 30"Last of the Morning Fog
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A Landscapeoil on wood panel, 24" x 36"A Landscape
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Trees in the Pinkoil on wood panel, 24" x 30"Trees in the Pink
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A Lone Barnoil on wood panel, 24" x 18"A Lone Barn
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Edgedoil on wood panel, 30" x 24"Edged
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Red Pairoil on wood panel, 8" x 8"Red Pair
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Drive Aroundoil on wood panel, 18" x 14"Drive Around
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Purple Fieldsoil on wood panel, 24" x 30"Purple Fields
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Relaxoil on wood panel, 10" x 8"Relax
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A Field in Falloil on wood panel, 12" x 16"A Field in Fall
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Spring Magnoliasoil on wood panel, 24" x 18"Spring Magnolias
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The Neighbors Placeoil on wood panel, 36" x 48"The Neighbors Place
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Linear Landscapeoil on wood panel, 24" x 36"Linear Landscape
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Pink Popsoil on wood panel, 8" x 10"Pink Pops
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Green Dayoil on wood panel, 36" x 48"Green Day
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This is the Pointoil on wood panel, 16" x 20"This is the Point
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The Red and the Pinkoil on wood panel, 30" x 36"The Red and the Pink
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Pink on Greenoil on wood panel, 24" x 30"Pink on Green
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The Surrounding Greenoil on wood panel, 24" x 36"The Surrounding Green
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Color Field 595, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 24"
Color Field 595, Sold -
Falling Clouds, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 10"
Falling Clouds, Sold -
Spare Barn, sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 40"
Spare Barn, sold -
Centered, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 40"
Centered, Sold -
The Tree Comes First, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 10"
The Tree Comes First, Sold -
With a Red Tree, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 10"
With a Red Tree, Sold -
Two Barns, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 10"
Two Barns, Sold -
A Fine Barn, Sold
oil on wood panel, 14" x 18"
A Fine Barn, Sold -
Flower No. 1, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 10"
Flower No. 1, Sold -
Blue Around the Moon, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 30"
Blue Around the Moon, Sold -
Sky Blue, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 24"
Sky Blue, Sold -
Red Flowerbed, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 18"
Red Flowerbed, Sold -
Big Barn, Sold
oil on wood panel, 48" x 36"
Big Barn, Sold -
A Layered Field, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 8"
A Layered Field, Sold -
Two as One, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 50"
Two as One, Sold -
Pink with Red Trees, Sold
oil on wood panel, 18" x 24"
Pink with Red Trees, Sold -
Red in the Middle, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 30"
Red in the Middle, Sold -
Pink Barn with Fence, Sold
oil on wood panel, 12" x 16"
Pink Barn with Fence, Sold -
Pink on the Hill, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 30"
Pink on the Hill, Sold -
Barn has the Blues, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 8"
Barn has the Blues, Sold -
Long Day on the Farm, SoldLong Day on the Farm, Sold
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Fall Farmland, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 40"
Fall Farmland, Sold -
Springfield Field (Fall), Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 36"
Springfield Field (Fall), Sold -
Pink Sidekick, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 10"
Pink Sidekick, Sold -
Scene on Route 20, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 40"
Scene on Route 20, Sold -
Long Farm, Sold
oil on wood panel, 6" x 18"
Long Farm, Sold -
A Pink Pair, Sold
oil on wood panel, 6" x 18"
A Pink Pair, Sold -
The Vain Rooster, Sold
oil on wood panel, 18" x 24"
The Vain Rooster, Sold -
Landscape Line Up, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 36"
Landscape Line Up, Sold -
Dark Curve, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 36"
Dark Curve, Sold -
Country Road, Sold
oil on wood panel, 8" x 10"
Country Road, Sold -
Illuminated Trees, Sold
oil on wood panel, 9" x 18"
Illuminated Trees, Sold -
So Blue, Soldoil on wood panel, 36x48"So Blue, Sold
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Pink Square, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 30"
Pink Square, Sold -
Color Field 314, Sold
oil on wood panel, 48" x 36"
Color Field 314, Sold -
Farm's Edge, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 30"
Farm's Edge, Sold -
Wildflower, Sold
oil on wood panel, 8" x 10"
Wildflower, Sold -
Otsego County Barn, Sold
oil on wood panel, 6" x 12"
Otsego County Barn, Sold -
Tall Gambrel, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 10"
Tall Gambrel, Sold -
Big Red 2, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 24"
Big Red 2, Sold -
Purple Barn, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 48"
Purple Barn, Sold -
Simple Landscape, Sold
oil on wood panel, 6" x 12"
Simple Landscape, Sold
Biography
Tracy Helgeson was born in Rochester, Minnesota. She attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, majoring in Graphic Design and then attended the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) where she studied illustration. Philadelphia was a great influence on Tracy and it was there that her work began to take on a unique style as she learned the under painting skills and glazing techniques that distinguish her current work.
In 2003, Tracy relocated to upstate New York and greatly inspired by the natural beauty surrounding the farmhouse that she lives and works in, Tracy began painting landscapes and other farm related imagery such as barns and fields. While she continues to focus on the landscape, as well as other farm related imagery such as barns, quiet country roads and the occasional livestock.
After a recent move to a different farmhouse, with all new views and a newly empty nest, Tracy is still exploring color, texture, and form in the land and structures around her and keeps busy with gallery shows and a recent museum exhibit
Artist Statement
My work is greatly inspired by the landscape, as well as the barns, structures, roads and farm scenes that surround my home in the Cooperstown, New York area. I often paint the same scenes over and over, deriving great comfort from portraying what is familiar as well as noting the small changes that occur over time in my environment. Yet within that framework of the familiar, the start of each painting brings me the exciting challenge of finding new ways to express what I see and feel.
I strive for simplicity in my work; in color, form, composition, and subject matter. However, complexities inevitably find their way in via texture, handwritten elements and small bits of painted details.