2018 TS Harris catalog

TS HARRIS Exhibition

Summer 2018 Nantucket

Tracey Sylvester Harris Solo Artist Exhibition of New Works Quidley & Company - Nantucket, MA Opening July 13, 2018 Quidley & Company gallery is pleased to present a new collection of paintings by artist Tracey Sylvester Harris. Her works are soaked with vintage summer vibes.

Working in her California studio, TS Harris creates figurative paintings that are influenced by imagery from the ‘golden age’ of Hollywood glamor, retro-postcards, and the spirit of mid-century American optimism.

(Artist TS Harris with gallery director Adam Sodofsky at the exhibition opening.)

About the Artist Raised by two professional artists – Harris’ father was a commercial graphic artist and her mother was a popular impressionistic painter—T.S. Harris’s art career began at an early age. Harris’s parents moved to California when she was a teenager and opened an art gallery featuring her mother’s work. Far from being an “easy in,” Harris worked hard to create an artistic identity separate from her parents’ and to hone the quality of her paintings to earn an invitation to exhibit in the family gallery. Since that time, Harris has been represented by galleries nationwide, exhibiting in group shows from San Francisco to New York City. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held in New York, and on the west coast in Carmel and her hometown of San Luis Obispo.

Harris’s recent series, entitled “Lost Holiday,” was inspired by a candid photograph of a woman from the 40s or 50s that the artist discovered online. She was struck not only by the subject matter and composition, but by a sense of identification with the idea of the woman herself, in spite of the gap of almost two generations. The resulting painting was the beginning of Harris’s self-described obsession with bridging the past and present.

“The exciting challenge is to keep the paintings relevant and current even though the subjects come from another era. To avoid sentimentality, I keep the compositions bold and cropped, the paintwork loose, drippy and rough, even pushing some areas into abstraction… The large format paintings of beach, poolside and travel portraits express a bit of California glamour, they also carry hints of nostalgia and contemplation.” – T.S. Harris

Surfer

oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Colorful Kayaks

oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Beach Beauty

oil on canvas, 60 x 36 inches

After Sunset

oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

Summer Swim

oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches

Summer Days

oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches

Sky Gazing

oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Yellow Row Boat

oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Soft Sea Breeze

oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Beach Cottage

oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches

Refreshing Swim

oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches

Seaside

oil on canvas, 48 x 24 inches

Hello, Summer

oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches

Flying

oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches

Diving Girl

oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches

Clear Blue Pool

oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches

Backyard Swimming Pool oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Beautiful Beach Girl oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches

Woman at the Shore oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches

Lost Holiday

oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

In Love

oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches

Peaceful Afternoon

oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Surfers

oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Beach Sunlight

oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches

A Place in the Sun

oil on canvas, 60 x 40 inches

Beach Beauties

oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches

Summer Madras

oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches

Dreamy Afternoon

oil on canvas, 36 x 60 inches

Pool Reflections

oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Mod Girl

oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches

Reflection

oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

Beach Noir

oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches

Radiant

oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches