NEW WORK
My paintings often reference films, both visually and narratively. For the longest time, I have wanted to make a movie, but I don’t believe I have the ability or the wherewithal. These new paintings are my attempt to dive deeper into the idea of film making. When I started to these new works, I tried to think of a story or plot that my imaginary film would tell. I tried to imagine the characters, their traits, mannerisms and so on. As the story unfolded in my head, I started to pick various points in the tale to depict in the paintings. Some of the paintings are moments of action while others are just before or after an event. Some works take the look of an advertisement for this imaginary film. The basic plot revolves around two main characters living out a stylish Bonnie and Clyde type adventure. Other elements repeat in the paintings such as the Marlboro Man advertisements and various Ford Mustangs all of which become characters in the story.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Tracy Stuckey: New Work” Schmidt Dean Gallery, NJ 2021 “Extranjero: Recent Paintings from Mexico” Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO 2020 “Shared Space: Tracy Stuckey and Erika Osborne” University of Wyoming Visual Arts Gallery, Laramie, WY
2019 “Tracy Stuckey: Works on Paper” Schmidt Dean Gallery, NJ 2018 “Nocturnes,” Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO
2017 “Stranger in These Parts: Recent Paintings by Tracy Stuckey,” NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
2016 “The Western CinemaScape,” Visions West Contemporary, Denver CO 2015 “Suburban Cowboy,” Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO
2013 “Tracy Stuckey: Refashioned Fables: Icons & Tribes of the Disbanded West,” Visions West Gallery, Denver, CO “Pecos Bill and Other Tall Tales,” Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 “New Paintings: Tracy Stuckey,” Annex Gallery, Charleston WV
2010 “Tracy Stuckey: New Work,” Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA “Tracy Stuckey: New Paintings,” James David Brooks Memorial Gallery, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV
2008 “Tracy Stuckey: New Work,” Inpost Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
2005 “The Higher the Marble Content, the Better the Meat.” Bivouac Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
2003 “Meaty, Beaty, Big, and Bouncy,” The Walls, Albuquerque, NM
Two Guns, 2022
Pencil on Bristol board
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