Born and Raised in New Orleans La, Craig Tracy, American painter, has always been an Artist.
Craig credits New Orleans with it's authentic and vibrant culture as a significant factor in what is at the heart of his passion, creativity and bliss.
His parents and their “Hippie” nonconformist principles were instilled firmly in the young artist.
Coincidentally, it was that same hippie movement that re-ignited the soon to be interest and practice of Bodypainting in the western world.
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As a graduate with honors from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, It was his regained freedom to paint for himself and individuals and on a limitless variety of surfaces that lead him to his inclusion of faces and then full bodies.
Considered a cornerstone in Bodypaintings progressive movement, today Craig Tracy Bodypaints exclusively as well he owns and operates the very first art gallery in the world dedicated to fine art Bodypainted images.
The gallery allows even the most seasoned art collectors and novices alike to see and experience first hand what Bodypainting is ultimately capable of expressing.
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Tracy's artworks relate to techniques of combining traditional paintbrushing and finger-painting with modern airbrushing.
The majority of his art is the result of the combination of bodypainting and imagery with minimal digital influences.
His compositions are inspired by a specific body shape combined with cultural and natural influences.
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Many of Tracy's artworks includes manual creation of backdrop which complements the required visual.
An amalgamation of the bodypainting and the backdrop are photographed simultaneously in order to minimize the need of intertwining the artwork.
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In an interview, Tracy suggested that the artists like Norman Rockwell, M.C. Escher, Boris Vallejo, Chuck Close, Robert Mapplethorpe, H.R. Giger and Gottfried Helnwein have been an inspiration to his artworks.
Tracy's work represents surreal moment captured in the artwork which makes the viewers question the visual reality.
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