Tracy Thomas is an Australian painter and artist who lives and works in Lake Macquarie. She uses contemporary abstract and impressionist approaches in her paintings.
From a young age, Tracy has been artistic. A natural gift brought forward by tragic loss, blessed her with eyes to see the world from a different view and perhaps select a brush of kindness, love, and healing. She paints because she feels compelled to. She awakens from her slumber and begins to doodle her thoughts. She senses the energy flowing through her hands and knows she has to paint or write it down as soon as possible. She can flick a rag, hurl paint, or brush a stroke; either way, she’s lost in an amazing meditative state.
Tracy is so engrossed in her art, that she would even set an alarm on her phone to remind her to do the dishes and pick up her children from school. It’s as if there’s a great universal flow coursing through her entire body and onto the canvas, potentially similar to electricity. “When you know you are painting something that will heal someone else or that will bring a smile into a room, you start to see the vision so clearly from the beginning. The old cliche that art heals the world is not incorrect. Art does move the world and does heal it. Many of my paintings have brought my clients to tears and moved them to buy many. The feeling of joy overcomes me simply knowing this and that is why I must create and I must paint,” says Tracy.