Tell us about your art.

My name is Tracey Babin. I am a painter and a collage artist.  The subject matter of my paintings has changed throughout the years, but I’ve always been interested in texture and atmospheric light.

When I first started painting, I focused mainly on people and portraiture. Throughout college and into my twenties, I studied the people around me, eventually transitioning into painting figures within certain spaces. At some point, the figures disappeared and only the backgrounds were left. I started to study more landscapes in an abstract way, using acrylic paint, college, and found objects to tell the story of my work

What inspires you? 

I grew up on Cape Cod with an artist as a mother. She always taught me to observe nature and be inspired by the world around me. Being surrounded by such beauty has had an impact on the way in which I look at the effect of light, shape, and mood. Most recently I’ve been interested in how different textures play against each other in a painting.