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Artist Statement:
A painting in itself is no
longer a transcendental work
of heightened reality, it is
neither an idol nor an ideal,
it is merely an attempt to
reveal existence as a reason
for existing. It is a material
justification for existence
attempting to reveal the
transitory nature of human
life ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2008
Somerville Open Studios,
Somerville, MA
2007
Diesel Cafe, Group Exhibit,
Davis Square, Somerville
SoWa Art Walk, South Boston,
MA
ArtsCentral, Central Square,
Cambridge, MA
2005
The Modern - SOLO EXHIBITION,
Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA
Vento Chiaro Benefit Gala
(Silent Auction), The Longy
School of Music, Cambridge, MA
SoWa Art Walk, ...
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Artist Galleries:
Tracy Levesque is a
self-representing artist, you
can also find her work at
www.tracylevesque.us...
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Artist Reviews:
A Thin Line Between Beauty and
the Grotesque, Local Painter
relishes juxtaposition of
mood, color and
philosophy(Profile of the
Week)
By Robin Kaminski, The
Allston-Brighton Bulletin,
Published: June 2, 2005
When you walk through the door
of oil painter Tracy
Levesque's small studio, your
senses kick in - ...
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Collections:
The Casper Family
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Louis & Mary Levesque
Salem, New Hampshire, USA
Jason Dennis
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Julia Noulin-Merat
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Doug Brown
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Tina Levesque
Cheshire, Massachusetts, USA
Helen Levesque
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Michelle Doyle
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Nora Williams & Timothy Wilson
Boston, Massachusetts, ...
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Commissions:
Tina Levesque
Massachusetts, USA
Nora Williams and Timothy
Wilson
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ferdinand and Donna Carnevale
Becket, Massachusetts, USA...
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Tracy Lévesque Biography:
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| Your Personal Biography |
Tracy Lévesque is a self-taught contemporary Northern American artist. She grew up with a pencil in her hand at every moment covering paper, table tops, walls and even her own body with sketches. Growing up in rural New England, Lévesque's mentor and greatest influence was Nature itself. She wanted to be able to show the world the wonder in all that she saw by recreating it from her own perspective. Looking at her current work it is hard to believe that she actually started out as a realistic artist before finally realizing that it is impossible for a human being to compete with the perfection of the natural world. All the artist can do is interpret what he or she sees, believing that there is no school that can teach what is innately human or how a person will learn to express his or her own existence in this world. For Lévesque, existence has always meant creation.
Lévesque's father, an artist himself, was an enormous influence on Tracy's early work. He emphasized the presence of creation in every living thing he did and immortalized it in Tracy's eyes as a way to communicate what cannot be said with words or seen with the all-too-deceptive eyes. Art was not about convention or even about creating beauty, it was about trying to portray the innate beauty in every living thing whether it be a person's face or a flower's petal. Through his influence Lévesque learned to see beauty 'in' even humanity's ugliness and to appreciate the indispensable fact that emotional and mental content permeate physical reality with truth.
Obsessed with details, Lévesque sought out the select nature inherent in every thing she saw and pushed her skills to the full extent of her ability. Line, colour, texture and even form itself were her means to this unattainable end. In love with line, pen drawings and ink paintings were the foundations for what would eventually lead Lévesque to develop her unique style of painting and abandon her realistic work. She completed her first oil painting at age 14 and was thoroughly disgusted by the experience, vowing never to pick up a paint brush again. For 7 years she kept true to her promise, abandoning art completely and then one day began painting again, this time insatiably. No matter how hard she tried to escape it, Lévesque had an undeniable urge to create. So, in 1999, Lévesque began her painting career as a professional artist. Since then she has shown work in New York City, Boston and in other various outlets in New England. Her work is featured in many private collections in the US and in Canada. |
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