Tracey Moscaritolo loves to paint and she loves color! Her acrylic paintings exude vibrant and deeply rooted emotions. Detail, sharp contrasts, and a wonderful ability to blend hues combine to create vivid landscapes, rich seascapes, and extraordinary little houses that welcome the viewer. Tracey's paintings impart a true sense of peace and tranquility, transporting them to some of the world's most serene locations.
Tracey's unique expressions on canvas are created in a Fauvist Impressionist style which carefully balances and harmonizes her response to life. Her subjects are straightforward - filled with excitement and emotion. Her work has been described as “sophisticated simplicity." Her paintings make people happy!
Born and brought up in the West End neighborhood of Boston, she was inspired at an early age by plein air painters of Provincetown during summer visits with her sister. Tracey has been hooked on painting ever since!
"I was a metal sculptor for several years, but once I began to paint, I knew I had found my true path." Evolving from metal sculpture, Tracey studied with well-known painters at the Art Institute of Southern California in Laguna Beach.
Tracey maintains a studio gallery, located along Artists Row at 422 North Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, where clients are invited to casually come by to meet the artist and browse through her body of work. Tracey exhibits in various art shows throughout the year and in private collections. She has been a Sawdust Festival artist since 1970.
Exhibitions, Awards, and Accomplishments
1969-Current Sawdust Art Festival, Laguna Beach
1968-Current Laguna Beach Fine Arts & Crafts Guild Shows
2000-Current La Jolla Festival of Arts, La Jolla, California
2011 West Coast Artists, Palm Springs, California
2011 Calabasas Fine Art Festival
2009 Van Gogh - Brush With Genius- Macgillivray Freeman Films IMAX Premiere Invitational - Live Demo
2008 Taste of Art, Del Mar, California
2002-2005 Scottsdale Arts Festival Museum Center for the Arts
2003-2005 Indian Wells Arts Festival
2002-2005 Brentwood Art Show, Brentwood, California
2004 Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Fundraiser
2004 Solo Exhibit/Featured Artist, Grand Opening, South County Bank, Laguna Beach
2003 Featured Artist, Mazda International Event, Montage Resort, Laguna Beach
2003 Hartford Insurance TPA Honors Conference, St. Regis, Selected Artist/Achievement Awards
2003 St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Event: Art for AIDS II/Laguna Art Museum, Art Donor
2003 Solo Exhibit - Wells Fargo Bank, Laguna Beach, Main Floor
2002 Feature Article "Happenings", Coastline News, Laguna Beach
2002 Beverly Hills - Affaire in the Garden
2002 Sawdust Festival - featured artist - LA Times & O.C. & Coastal Mag.
2002 Artwalk/Studio Tour participant, Sawdust Arts Festival
2002 Southwest Arts Festival - Featured Artist - Advertising
2001-2003 Southwest Arts Festival - First Place Award - Painting
2002 Fountain Hills, Arizona
2000 ArtFest of Scottsdale
Current Studio Gallery owner, 422 No. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, California