Artist Phyllis Tracy

BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 is pleased to welcome painter Phyllis Tracy to its cooperative gallery. Phyllis Tracy lives and paints in the beautiful Mount Washington Valley of northern New Hampshire.

An artist all her life, she has used her artistic talent in all of her career choices. Graduating from Massachusetts College of Art with a BFA in Art Education and Painting, she began her journey as a public school Art Teacher. Growing up in Marblehead, MA, a quaint harbor town North of Boston, the love of ocean and seaside life was inspirational for her interests in painting. The coves and marshes of the East Coast are some of her favorite go-to places when she feels the need to create. She tends to find beauty in what nature so generously shares.

She moved to the Rockies in Sun Valley, Idaho with her High School sweetheart (soon-to-be husband) to ski and hike. There she found work as a picture framer for a local artist. The incredible beauty of remote hiking and backcountry skiing of Idaho gave inspiration to much of her painting. The White Mountains keep that inspiration going.

A move back East to her hometown of Marblehead, MA to begin a family led to being a full-time Mom of two energetic boys, which meant little time for painting. As soon as they were in school, she developed her own company of Faux Finishing and Mural Painting for homes on the North Shore and Boston, MA. These opportunities exposed a need to provide Color Consultations for individuals struggling to find the perfect palette for their residences. In turn, she took those skills to develop her current business of 20+ years, Phyllis Tracy Interiors.

Always looking for the silver lining, when Covid created a hardship for going into people’s homes and traveling for interior design, she decided to pivot her attention back to her fine art painting.

Please visit her website: https://www.phyllistracyfineart.com to see her most current art prints available from her original oil and watercolor paintings and photographs. Phyllis’s original oil paintings and prints are featured at Marblehead Frame and Art in Marblehead, MA., in addition to local shows at Marblehead Arts Assoc. and Mount Washington Valley Arts Assoc. She is a juried member of Oil Painters of America and American Women Artist.

Ms. Tracy’s paintings can be found at Gallery 302, located at 112 Main Street in Bridgton, ME. For more information, call 207-647-2787 or visit gallery302.com.