Robert Tracy; Quent Cordair Fine Art

Robert Tracy

Please scroll to view the artist's entire collection.
Click on images for larger views, additional information & pricing.

Steam to Nuclear Oil on canvas	Fallen Leaf Oil on canvas
Private Road Watercolor	Unknown Benefactor Watercolor
Burning Leaves Oil on canvas	Hmm... Acrylic on maple hardwood
Girls Pastel on paper	The Book Pencil on vellum
Two Girls Pastel on paper	My Cat Pastel on paper
Copy After Hasui, Evening Snow Oil on canvas Sold	Fare Well Pastel on paper sold
Cat in the Desert Pastel on paper sold	I Am She Silver point and copper point on watercolor paper sold
Girl's Hair graphite on paper sold	Vietnamese Boat People Pastel on paper sold
Good Morning Oil on canvas sold	Girl Working Oil on canvas sold
Small Details Pastel on paper sold	Rearden Mills Pen and ink sold
Frozen Train Oil on canvas sold	Girl Sleeping Pastel on paper sold
The Illustrator Pastel on paper sold	Defiant Captive Watercolor sold
The Valley Watercolor sold	The Wind Graphite sold
Portrait of Lillian Gish Silverpoint sold

About Robert Tracy ~

The Art of Robert Tracy — An Appreciation.
by Robert Knapp, Ph.D.

Robert Tracy is a self-taught romantic-realist artist. At the time he began his art career, non-objective art held a near monopoly to the claim of serious art. The art schools were among the staunchest supporters of that monopoly. The choice was to get on board or go your own way. Robert Tracy went his own way.

He has mastered oils, water colors, pencil, silver point, and acrylics. He is equally at home with painting the human figure, still life, portraits, and landscapes. His style is marked by a focused clarity and a keen sense of balance. The subjects are attractive and are intended to be contemplated and enjoyed.

Tracy's art is not fashionable. It does not seek to shock, affront, distort, deconstruct, or dissolve. It seeks only to invite you in to share his world.

What is that world? For the most part, it is a world of peace and absorption. It is a world of people, and sometimes animals, who are intently focused on whatever they happen to be doing. A girl lovingly holds a cat. Or shoulders a miniature alligator. Or puts on makeup or an earring. Or contemplates a vista. Or reads. Or does homework. A cat stalks its prey. Or looks out the window. Or enters the house seeking attention. Though there can be drama, there is little conflict and usually no social interaction.

Mr. Tracy was born in Lafayette, Indiana in 1948.

He married his high school sweetheart, Linda, in 1969. They have two daughters: Gretchen, 37 and Heather, 34. Both daughters married U.S. Marines. Two grandchildren: Dominic (15) and Francesca (12) as of 2007.

Mr. Tracy served two tours in Vietnam with the Marines: 1st Reconnaissance Bn., '67-'68, and 1st Military Police Bn., '69-'70.