Tracy Rocca "New Paintings"

Tracy Rocca New Paintings

October 29 - December 23, 2013

Winston W채chter Fine Art

Garden, 2013, oil on canvas, 44 x 65 inches

Tracy Rocca New Paintings October 29 – December 25, 2013 New Mexico based artist, Tracy Rocca, returns to Seattle this fall for her third solo-exhibition at Winston Wächter Fine Art. Please join us for the opening reception on Tuesday, October 29, from 6 – 8 pm.

Rocca’s newest paintings revisit themes from her exhibition in New York, just prior to Hurricane Sandy. Rocca felt it important to reconnect with her paintings from that period.

With her newest work she continues to explore her environment through highly saturated color field paintings, engaging the viewer to interact with the work, deciphering the familiar yet unspecified landscape. Her finely painted works act as a passageway from reality into a meditative space through her trademark brush stroke. These are expertly painted vibrant works inviting the viewer to approach the paintings on a cerebral level and lead with pure imagination.

Rocca was raised in the Northwest and one can easily catch glimpses of the misty Cascade environment in her work. In her signature soft focus paintings, landscapes are shrouded in haze yet contain bold colors reflective of the vibrant flora one finds as seasons change.

Rocca’s goal is to “create a place where the mind can rest” and she accomplishes this with uplifting hues that meld to a soft white, allowing the viewer to have an introspective experience with each piece. Rocca begins first with a location then makes a conscious effort to slow down and reveal each setting through her blurred lens. Using oil paint, walnut oil and mongoose brushes, each painting is softer than one would imagine possible having been created with a brush.

Winston Wächter Fine Art

203 Dexter Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109 TEL [206] 652 5855 EMAIL gallery@winstonwachter.com www.winstonwachter.com

Submerge, 2013, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches

Emerge, 2013, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches

Ignite, 2013, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Rise, 2013, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Cadmium, 2013, oil on canvas, 42 x 42 inches

Float, 2013, oil on canvas, 42 x 42 inches

Coral, 2013, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Surface, 2013, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Ignite Study, 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches

Emerge Study, 2013, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches

Coral study, 2013, oil on canvas, 18 x 18 inches

Rise Study, 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches

Float Study, 2013, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches

Submerge Study, 2013, oil on canvas, 18 x 18 inches

For more information, please contact the gallery at gallery@winstonwachter.com