Author Archives: tracyquinsey

The travelling series continues and takes us into psychological landscapes. It is inescapable, as I stand at my easel and the news of the war in Ukraine plays in the background. I chose war symbols and hues from the past to construct this narrative. Again my palette is subdued with earthy tones of yellows andContinue reading “Tea with Teddy”

This is the second painting in the Travellers series. The palette is an earthy natural one which is my favourite choice for colour. Again, as in “The Travellers” both subjects look out to the viewer with minimal expression or gesture. The representational figures are definitely recognizable as woman and young zebra, however the painting doesContinue reading “Passing By”

“Is there anybody there?” said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door….. from The Listeners by Walter de la Mare The Travellers is a 36 x 48 oil painting that went through a chaotic metamorphosis beginning as a circus theme and ending as a travelling narrative. Originally there was circus tents, floating jack rabbits andContinue reading “The Travellers”