Tracy Helgeson
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Big Barnoil on wood panel, 48" x 36"Big Barn
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Sunset on the Farmoil on wood panel, 12" x 16"Sunset on the Farm
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Treesomeoil on wood panel, 30" x 40"Treesome
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Gambrel, Early Eveningoil on wood panel, 24" x 36"Gambrel, Early Evening
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Centeredoil on wood panel, 30" x 40"Centered
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Sky Blueoil on wood panel, 36" x 24"Sky Blue
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This is the Pointoil on wood panel, 16" x 20"This is the Point
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A Curve in the Roadoil on wood panel, 30" x 40"A Curve in the Road
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Early Duskoil on wood panel, 18" x 24"Early Dusk
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Linear Landscapeoil on wood panel, 24" x 36"Linear Landscape
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Pink with Red Treesoil on wood panel, 18" x 24"Pink with Red Trees
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Color Field 595oil on wood panel, 36" x 24"Color Field 595
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Green Surroundoil on wood panel, 30" x 24"Green Surround
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Big Red Treesoil on wood panel, 36" x 48"Big Red Trees
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Circling the Pondoil on wood panel, 10" x 10"Circling the Pond
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The Tree Comes Firstoil on wood panel, 10" x 10"The Tree Comes First
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The Red and the Pinkoil on wood panel, 30" x 36"The Red and the Pink
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A Layered Fieldoil on wood panel, 10" x 8"A Layered Field
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Pink on Greenoil on wood panel, 24" x 30"Pink on Green
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Evening Descends
oil on wood panel, 18" x 24"
Evening Descends -
Trees in the Falloil on wood panel, 10" x 8"Trees in the Fall
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The Surrounding Greenoil on wood panel, 24" x 36"The Surrounding Green
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Nearing Twilightoil on wood panel, 16" x 20"Nearing Twilight
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Green Landscapeoil on wood panel, 24" x 24"Green Landscape
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Red in the Middle, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 30"
Red in the Middle, Sold -
Pink Barn with Fence, Sold
oil on wood panel, 12" x 16"
Pink Barn with Fence, Sold -
Classic, Sold
oil on wood panel, 14" x 16"
Classic, Sold -
Pink on the Hill, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 30"
Pink on the Hill, Sold -
Barn on the Farm II, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 48"
Barn on the Farm II, Sold -
Barn has the Blues, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 8"
Barn has the Blues, Sold -
Long Day on the Farm, SoldLong Day on the Farm, Sold
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Fall Farmland, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 40"
Fall Farmland, Sold -
Pink Color Field 545, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 24"
Pink Color Field 545, Sold -
Pink Farm, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 24"
Pink Farm, Sold -
That Barn, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 48"
That Barn, Sold -
Springfield Field (Fall), Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 36"
Springfield Field (Fall), Sold -
Pink Sidekick, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 10"
Pink Sidekick, Sold -
Scene on Route 20, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 40"
Scene on Route 20, Sold -
Long Farm, Sold
oil on wood panel, 6" x 18"
Long Farm, Sold -
Pink Pops, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 30"
Pink Pops, Sold -
A Pink Pair, Sold
oil on wood panel, 6" x 18"
A Pink Pair, Sold -
Red and Red, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 50"
Red and Red, Sold -
The Vain Rooster, Sold
oil on wood panel, 18" x 24"
The Vain Rooster, Sold -
Landscape Line Up, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 36"
Landscape Line Up, Sold -
Dark Curve, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 36"
Dark Curve, Sold -
A Set of Barns, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 40"
A Set of Barns, Sold -
Country Road, Sold
oil on wood panel, 8" x 10"
Country Road, Sold -
In the Distance, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 36"
In the Distance, Sold -
Illuminated Trees, Sold
oil on wood panel, 9" x 18"
Illuminated Trees, Sold -
So Blue, Soldoil on wood panel, 36x48"So Blue, Sold
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Pink Square, Sold
oil on wood panel, 30" x 30"
Pink Square, Sold -
Color Field 314, Sold
oil on wood panel, 48" x 36"
Color Field 314, Sold -
Pink and Green Scene, Sold
oil on wood panel, 8" x 10"
Pink and Green Scene, Sold -
Farm's Edge, Sold
oil on wood panel, 24" x 30"
Farm's Edge, Sold -
Wildflower, Sold
oil on wood panel, 8" x 10"
Wildflower, Sold -
In the Mood for Fall, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 48"
In the Mood for Fall, Sold -
Otsego County Barn, Sold
oil on wood panel, 6" x 12"
Otsego County Barn, Sold -
Tall Gambrel, Sold
oil on wood panel, 10" x 10"
Tall Gambrel, Sold -
Big Red 2, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 24"
Big Red 2, Sold -
Purple Barn, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 48"
Purple Barn, Sold -
Purple Prose, Sold
oil on wood panel, 36" x 48"
Purple Prose, Sold -
Simple Landscape, Sold
oil on wood panel, 6" x 12"
Simple Landscape, Sold -
Long View, Sold
oil on wood panel, 12" x 24"
Long View, Sold -
Skinny Trees, Sold
oil on wood panel, 12" x 16"
Skinny Trees, Sold
Biography
Tracy Helgeson was born in Rochester, Minnesota. She attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, majoring in Graphic Design and then attended the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) where she studied illustration. Philadelphia was a great influence on Tracy and it was there that her work began to take on a unique style as she learned the under painting skills and glazing techniques that distinguish her current work.
In 2003, Tracy relocated to upstate New York and greatly inspired by the natural beauty surrounding the farmhouse that she lives and works in, Tracy began painting landscapes and other farm related imagery such as barns and fields. While she continues to focus on the landscape, as well as other farm related imagery such as barns, quiet country roads and the occasional livestock.
After a recent move to a different farmhouse, with all new views and a newly empty nest, Tracy is still exploring color, texture, and form in the land and structures around her and keeps busy with gallery shows and a recent museum exhibit
Artist Statement
My work is greatly inspired by the landscape, as well as the barns, structures, roads and farm scenes that surround my home in the Cooperstown, New York area. I often paint the same scenes over and over, deriving great comfort from portraying what is familiar as well as noting the small changes that occur over time in my environment. Yet within that framework of the familiar, the start of each painting brings me the exciting challenge of finding new ways to express what I see and feel.
I strive for simplicity in my work; in color, form, composition, and subject matter. However, complexities inevitably find their way in via texture, handwritten elements and small bits of painted details.