About my work
I make work about connection — what it feels like to be human in a time that can make us forget. My images start with what’s around me: nature, found objects, the play between darkness and light. These become stand-ins for emotion, mapped through line, color, and the pressure of a hand on paper.
I’m interested in how art can stand in for the things we can’t quite say: the mix of fear, tenderness, and resilience that defines being alive right now.
Alongside my studio practice, I teach drawing and printmaking. My workshops blend traditional technique with experimentation, using low-waste materials and methods to make art accessible to anyone curious enough to try.
Biography
Tracy Coon is a visual artist and arts educator based in Somerville, New Jersey. Her work spans drawing, printmaking, and mixed media, often grounded in a long-standing life-drawing practice. She explores how emotion and environment intersect—how nature, light, and found materials can carry human feeling.
Tracy studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, focusing on printmaking and foundation studies, and later trained in stone lithography with master printers Michael Houlihan, Stephen McKenzie, and Devraj Dakoji.
As an instructor, she teaches figure drawing, community art workshops, and teaches creative professionals on navigating digital media and marketing. Her teaching emphasizes accessibility, curiosity, and connection between creative practice and environment.
Her artwork has appeared in solo, collaborative, and group exhibitions, including Floral Muse at Art629 and Woodlandia at Forage Space. She received an Honorable Mention at the 2017 New Brunswick Art Salon at Alfa Gallery.
For exhibitions, collaborations, or teaching inquiries, contact here.
