Winston Wächter Seattle: Tracy Rocca Desert and Sea

Tracy Rocca Desert and Sea

July 19 – August 31, 2016

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Winston Wächter Fine Art Seattle is proud to announce our fourth solo exhibition with painter Tracy Rocca. The artist will be in attendance for the July 19 opening reception, from 6-8pm.

Rocca has spent her life along the coast and in the desert. Combining these opposing landscapes she creates other-worldly imagery, reflecting the familiarities in all of nature. There is a sense of physical space that you can enter in her canvases. Using thin veils of color, Rocca softly blends around a focal point to induce a meditative, even hypnotic feel. Rocca’s paintings are vibrant, yet soothing, and delicate while substantial. The timelessness and universality of her paintings is immediately captivating.

Rocca’s artwork has been exhibited throughout the United States and is included in the U. S. Embassies Collection, the Microsoft Art Collection, and the University of New Mexico Collection.

Cover: Crest, 2016, oil on polyester over panel, 24 x 24 inches

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Succulant 2016 Oil on polyester over panel 36 x 36 inches

Abiquiu 2016 Oil on polyester over canvas 60 x 60 inches

Palvadera Road 2016 Oil on polyester over panel 48 x 60 inches

Sagebrush 2016 Oil on polyester over panel 48 x 48 inches

Bloom 2016 Oil on polyester over panel 42 x 42 inches

Divide 2016 Oil on polyester over panel 42 42 inches

Drift, 2016, oil on polyester over panel, 48 x 48 inches

Shore 2016 Oil on polyester over panel 36 x 36 inches

Road to Abiquiu 2016 Oil on polyester over panel 30 x 30 inches

Spark 2 2016 Oil on polyester over panel 18 x 18 inches

Spark 3 2016 Oil on polyester over panel 18 x 18 inches

Swell, 2016, oil on polyester over panel, 48 x 24 inches

Tracy Rocca

Born 1974 Albuquerque, NM

Education 2002 California College of the Arts Extended Education, Oakland, CA, Post Baccalaureate 1996 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Bachelor of Arts

Selected Solo Exhibitions 2013 New Paintings, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2012 Tracy Rocca: New Paintings, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY 2010 Wish You Were Here, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2009 New Paintings, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY 2006 Walking Distance, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2005 New Paintings, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2003 Random Order, Baran Lofts, San Francisco, CA 2001 At a Distance, Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA

Selected Group Exhibitions 2013 New Selections; Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2012 Terra Incognito:Imaginary Landscapes; The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO 2010 It's All a Blur, The Shore Institute of The Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ 2009 Exposure: focus on new artists, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Red Hot, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2008 Road Trip, Nine Artists at the Uptown, The Uptown, Oakland, CA 2006 Natural Selection, Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WA Spring Highlights, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA Review, Platform Gallery, Tuscon, AZ 2005 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA Top 40, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA Open Surface, Hollis Street Projects, Emeryville, CA

2004 December Invitational, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ Small Works, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA SF Open, Studio Z, San Francisco, CA 2002 Bay Area Artists, The Lift Gallery, San Francisco, CA Emerging Artists, The G, San Francisco, CA

Bibliography Studio Visit Magazine.2008, Vol. 11: pp 134. 2010.

Studio Visit Magazine. Vol. 2: pp. 166-167. 2008.

Upchurch, Michael. “Painter, photographer shroud their Northwest landscapes in mists of memory, mood” The Seattle Times. June 17, 2010

Collections Embassy of the United States of America, Colombo Sri Lanka Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, Washington Ritz Carlton, Scottsdale, Arizona University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico