Tracy Helgeson

My work is greatly inspired by the landscape, as well as the barns, structures, roads and farm scenes that surround my home in the Cooperstown, New York area. I often paint the same scenes over and over, deriving great comfort from portraying what is familiar as well as noting the small changes that occur over time in my environment. Yet within that framework of the familiar, the start of each painting brings me the exciting challenge of finding new ways to express what I see and feel.

I strive for simplicity in my work; in color, form, composition, and subject matter. However, complexities inevitably find their way in via texture, handwritten elements and small bits of painted details.

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Tracy Helgeson was born in Rochester, Minnesota. She attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, majoring in Graphic Design and then attended the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) where she studied illustration. Philadelphia was a great influence on Helgeson and it was there that her work began to take on a unique style as she learned the under painting skills and glazing techniques that distinguish her current work.

In 2003, after relocating with her family (husband and four kids!) to upstate New York and greatly inspired by the natural beauty surrounding the farmhouse that she lives and works in, Tracy began painting landscapes for the first time. She has continued to focus on landscapes as well as other farm related imagery such as barns, quiet country roads and the occasional livestock.

After a recent move to a different farmhouse, with all new views, a newly empty nest and now as a mid-career artist, Tracy is still exploring color and form in the land and structures around her and keeps busy with gallery shows, and a recent museum exhibit.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY

2017 The Fenimore Museum, Cooperstown NY
2017 Greylock Gallery, Williamstown MA
2017 Place. Gallery, Millerton NY
2016 535 Gallery, Rochester MN
2016 Filsinger Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2015 Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
2015 The Harrison Gallery
2014 The Harrison Gallery
2013 The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, NY
2012 The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, NY
2011 Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
2011 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2011 The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, NY
2010 The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
2010 The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2009 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2009 The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2008 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2008 The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2008 Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
2007 Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Salt Meadow Gallery, East Sandwich, MA
2007 Enderlin Gallery, Roxbury, NY
2007 The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2006 “Color Visions” Salt Meadow Gallery, East Sandwich, MA
2005 The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
2005 Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
2002 Fuhriman’s Fine Arts, Logan, Utah

Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 'Hudson Valley Landscapes' Group Exhibition,
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY
2017 "Homeland" The Art Garage, Cooperstown NY
2016 "30th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition" Saratoga Arts Center, Saratoga
Springs, NY
2016 "81st Annual National Juried Exhibition" Cooperstown Art Association,
Cooperstown NY
2015 "Americana" Group Exhibition, transFORM Gallery, New York, NY
2014 “Modern Artists” Group Exhibition, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2013 “Portraits” Member Show, Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
2012 “Art in America” Group Exhibition, The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2011 “For Truth Or Beauty” 3 person Exhibition, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center
for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
2011 "Rural" Group Exhibition (with Wolf Kahn) Smithy-Pioneer Gallery,
Cooperstown, NY
2011 “Fur, Fins and Feathers” Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown NY
2010 “75th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition” Cooperstown Art Association,
Cooperstown, NY
2009 Affordable Art Fair (with Behr-Thyssen Ltd), New York, NY
2009 Member Show, Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
2009 “Baby Botanicals” Invitational Group Show, Cooperstown Art
Association,Cooperstown, NY
2008 Affordable Art Fair (with Carrie Haddad Gallery), New York, NY
2008 Group Show, Gallery 100, Saratoga Springs, NY
2007 "Significantly Small" Group Show, Gallery 100, Saratoga Springs, NY
2007 "The Blogger Show" Group Show, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA and
New York City
2007 “Six of One” Group Show, Twinhouse Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 “Floral and Fauna” The Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
2007 “Le Petit Lac” Group Show, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
2007 Affordable Art Fair (with Multiple Impressions Gallery), New York, NY
2006 “Significantly Small” Gallery 100, Saratoga Springs, NY
2006 “Old Barns/New Perceptions” Anderson-Soule Gallery, Concord, NH
2006 “White Mountains Revisited” Anderson-Soule Gallery, Concord, NH
2006 Three Person Exhibition, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2006 Three Person Exhibition, Enderlin Gallery, Roxbury, NY
2006 “Upstate Landscape” Group Show, Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
2006 6th Anniversary Exhibition, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 “The Flower Show” Group Exhibition, Enderlin Gallery, Roxbury, NY
2006 “Snowscapes” Group Exhibition, Enderlin Gallery, Roxbury, NY
2006 Spring Group Exhibition, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
2006 “Three Landscapists” The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005 ”Significantly Small” Gallery 100, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005 “The Barn Show” Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY
2005 “Upstate Landscape” Group Show, Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown
2005 Member Group Show, Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
2005 70th Annual Juried National Art Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association,
Cooperstown, NY
2005 Three River Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
5th Anniversary Exhibition, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 “Three Solo Shows” Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2005 International Small Works Exhibition, Red Dot Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe,
2005 Spring Group Exhibition, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
2004 Regional Small Works Painting Exhibition, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
2004 Two Person Show, Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts, Oneonta, NY
2004 “Upstate Landscape” Group Exhibition, Smithy Pioneer Gallery,
Cooperstown, NY
2004 “Essential Art” 13th Annual Regional Art Show, Cooperstown Art Association,
Cooperstown, NY
2003 Group Show, National Women’s History Exhibition, Alliance for the Varied Arts,
Logan UT
2001 Two Person Show at the Alliance for the Varied Arts in Logan, Utah