TS HARRIS Exhibition
Summer 2018 Nantucket
Tracey Sylvester Harris Solo Artist Exhibition of New Works Quidley & Company - Nantucket, MA Opening July 13, 2018 Quidley & Company gallery is pleased to present a new collection of paintings by artist Tracey Sylvester Harris. Her works are soaked with vintage summer vibes. Working in her California studio, TS Harris creates figurative paintings that are influenced by imagery from the ‘golden age’ of Hollywood glamor, retro-postcards, and the spirit of mid-century American optimism. (Artist TS Harris with gallery director Adam Sodofsky at the exhibition opening.)
About the Artist Raised by two professional artists – Harris’ father was a commercial graphic artist and her mother was a popular impressionistic painter—T.S. Harris’s art career began at an early age. Harris’s parents moved to California when she was a teenager and opened an art gallery featuring her mother’s work. Far from being an “easy in,” Harris worked hard to create an artistic identity separate from her parents’ and to hone the quality of her paintings to earn an invitation to exhibit in the family gallery. Since that time, Harris has been represented by galleries nationwide, exhibiting in group shows from San Francisco to New York City. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held in New York, and on the west coast in Carmel and her hometown of San Luis Obispo. Harris’s recent series, entitled “Lost Holiday,” was inspired by a candid photograph of a woman from the 40s or 50s that the artist discovered online. She was struck not only by the subject matter and composition, but by a sense of identification with the idea of the woman herself, in spite of the gap of almost two generations. The resulting painting was the beginning of Harris’s self-described obsession with bridging the past and present. “The exciting challenge is to keep the paintings relevant and current even though the subjects come from another era. To avoid sentimentality, I keep the compositions bold and cropped, the paintwork loose, drippy and rough, even pushing some areas into abstraction… The large format paintings of beach, poolside and travel portraits express a bit of California glamour, they also carry hints of nostalgia and contemplation.” – T.S. Harris
Surfer
oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
Colorful Kayaks
oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
Beach Beauty
oil on canvas, 60 x 36 inches
After Sunset
oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Summer Swim
oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches
Summer Days
oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches
Sky Gazing
oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Yellow Row Boat
oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Soft Sea Breeze
oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Beach Cottage
oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
Refreshing Swim
oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches
Seaside
oil on canvas, 48 x 24 inches
Hello, Summer
oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches
Flying
oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches
Diving Girl
oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches
Clear Blue Pool
oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches
Backyard Swimming Pool oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
Beautiful Beach Girl oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches
Woman at the Shore oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
Lost Holiday
oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
In Love
oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
Peaceful Afternoon
oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
Surfers
oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
Beach Sunlight
oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
A Place in the Sun
oil on canvas, 60 x 40 inches
Beach Beauties
oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches
Summer Madras
oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches
Dreamy Afternoon
oil on canvas, 36 x 60 inches
Pool Reflections
oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Mod Girl
oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches
Reflection
oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Beach Noir
oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches
Radiant
oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches