“Polly, Pearl, Pam, Penny, Patty, Pippa and George” | Watercolor Print | 17x17 inches

This is my VERY first artwork that I have done on my own without a commission, donation or competition since I’ve been selling my work (34 years)! I’m so super excited! Peonies are my favorite. I’ve titled this 17x17 inch watercolor painting “Polly, Pearl, Pam, Penny, Patty, Pippa and George”.

The original is for sale, direct message me if interested. *SOLD

Limited Edition 100 prints available

17x17 inch prints with embossing are also for sale at $40 each with $10 shipping.

You can place an order request through my email at tracey@traceyjotaylor.com where I'll send an invoice via my Square business account.

This is all me- what I wanted to paint and how I wanted to do it. Proud of myself for finally being brave enough to try and super duper grateful for my family, friends, classmates, teachers and my hometown who have supported and encouraged me along the way. #growing

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Karen O'Neal | Gigi's Shoes | Grandmother & Granddaughter | First Time Author

A few years ago I was contacted by Karen O’Neal about a story she had written. It was about herself and her granddaughter and their shared love of shoes and hearts for helping others. She needed guidance having her vision come to life in book form. She hired me to illustrate, format, layout the text and help get the book into print. She sent me many reference photos of her and her granddaughter, her puppy dog, and even favorite outfits… all to be included as personal details in her book. It makes me so happy to see the book in their hands and out in their community making some sales! It’s such an honor to be asked to do something that’s so important to someone else. I love my work.

Chapter Book Illustration | Roaming Riley Series | Delmarva | Books Ready-for-Print

A few years ago, I worked with Allison Weist… a local teacher from Selbyville, DE, on a book series involving the Delmarva Peninsula including Chincoteague Island! It was so fun to work with a local helping her longtime vision come to life! I even used my friend’s dad as one of the characters pictured in the book. I feel so fortunate to be able to assist in not only the illustration work, but I can also layout the text, place the illustrations, design the cover and have it ready-for-print. I’ll even help with the publishing and printing process. If you are sitting on book that you have written, let me help you! There are no upfront fees if you publish on Amazon with their platform. I’ll help you with the entire process

Art Contest | Soft Pastel | Jerry's Artarama | Victoria

When my daughter first started school, I wasn’t sure where to pick up where I had left off with my art career. I had owned a paint-your-own-pottery studio, taken freelance commissions and given art lessons while she was little. I took her with me to my studio. Now that she was in school, it gave me a lot more time to pursue my hands-on art. Jerry’s Artarama (an art supply store) online had several art contests listed. There was one for soft pastels. I had never used them before, but thought it would be fun to give it a go. Several years prior I had taken photographs of the girls making clover jewelry in our front yard. I used one of Victoria as a reference. I place 2nd in the contest… and I still love using the soft pastels today!

Car Portrait | Ferrari | Acrylics | Father's Day

I was asked to paint a father’s beloved Ferrari as a gift from his daughter for Father’s Day. The coolest aspect I can share about this particular painting is that I use what is referred to as “a limited palette”. I only use three colors to paint with… magenta, a bright yellow and turquoise. Although this car is red, I never use red paint (I mix it from magenta and yellow). Though there is white, I don’t use white paint ( instead I let the white from the canvas show through). Though it looks like there is black, I don’t use that color of paint either (I mix the dark color from magenta, yellow and turquoise). When painting with acrylics my go-to brand is Apple Barrel, sold at Walmart. I love them because they are already thinned down… the way I like my paint to be. If you look at the zoomed in image of the car, the light areas aren’t actually “painted” I painted around them to let the canvas show through… sorta like using watercolors.

Chincoteague Island Town Banners | Miles Hancock | Decoy Carver

My step-father, Larry Williams is from Chincoteague Island, VA originally. HIs birthday always falls near Chincoteague’s most famous event, Pony Penning. This event was made so popular by the book Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry. She was awarded the John Newberry Medal for her writing. Later, Paramount Pictures made a movie based on the book. They used a lot of local people for extras in the movie. One of my favorite scenes features Miles Hancock carving decoys in his shop. Larry’s family helped raise Miles, he referred to him as Uncle Miles growing up and helped him in his Terrapin business. For his birthday one year, I drew a portrait of Miles for him as a gift. Later the town of Chincoteague printed it on a banner when they chose to decorate the town with local art. The piece was drawn in pencil. I was really young, maybe 20 years old when I drew it? Still one of my favorites because of the story behind it.