Tracey Adams

Anything You Lose Comes Round in a Different Form (Abstract painting) Collage, Encaustic, Charcoal and Ink on panel - Unframed. Adams works on panel and paper, using a mixture of p...

Anything You Lose Comes Round in a Different Form (Abstract painting) Collage, Encaustic, Charcoal and Ink on panel - Unframed. Adams works on panel and paper, using a mixture of p...

Tangle 17 (Abstract painting) Mixed water-based drawing media on Arches paper - Unframed. Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice. For almos...

Tangle 17 (Abstract painting) Mixed water-based drawing media on Arches paper - Unframed. Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice. For almos...

Balancing act 2 (Abstract Painting) Gouache, graphite and ink on Rives paper. Unframed. Balancing Act 2 is part of a series of works on paper started in 2016. They are created in the evenings and aptly named after busy days of teaching and other responsibilities. The artist establishes parameters involving the use of a particular palette, certain mark-making gestures and amount of time spent on each drawing. This work incorporates graphite, ink, and gouache, and is a combination of intuition-based and planned execution. Tracey Adams is an American abstract painter and printmaker. Her artworks reflect a strong interest in musical patterns, rhythms, lyrical compositional elements and what she calls a sense of performance. She lives and works in Carmel, California. Work by Adams is part of the permanent collections of several museums, including the Bakersfield Art Museum, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Fresno Art Museum, the Tucson Art...

Balancing Act 1 (Abstract painting) Gouache, graphite and ink on Rives paper - Unframed This work (unframed) incorporates graphite, ink, and gouache, and is a combination of intuit...

(r) evolution 28 (Abstract painting) Graphite and oil on panel - Unframed. This painting is part of a series titled (r)evolution which started in 2014. This process-based series i...

Linear momentum (Abstract painting) Pigmented beeswax, oil and Collage on wood panel. Unframed. This work was created and exhibited at the same time as the series (r) evolution, and was conceived using a similar process: many layers of encaustic are applied, then hand cut squares of Japanese paper which have been dipped in encaustic are mounted on the panel. Finally, each square is covered with clear encaustic medium, then painted with oil to create spatial depth. It was inspired by the artist’s ongoing interest in music and music theory. It is about pattern, rhythm, and intervals of notes as exemplified by the choice and placement of color. Adams has been intrigued by math and serial systems since her days of graduate school at New England Conservatory (Boston, Massachusetts) when John Cage was composer in residence at Harvard University. Tracey Adams is an American abstract painter and printmaker. Her artworks reflect a strong interest in musical patterns, rhythms, lyrical compositional elements and what she calls a sense of performance. She lives and works in Carmel, California. Work by Adams is part of the permanent collections of several museums, including the Bakersfield Art Museum, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Fresno Art Museum, the Tucson Art...