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Lee Tracy Blackhawk Studio Studio 3 and nature
We moved! img_3347 I chose the loading dock. The door is huge. The dock went into the earth. The drain had to be raised. It was filled with dirt. Next, covered with concrete. Now one level surface. Friends gave us a wood floor. Ready to work. The door is huge. Inside and out. My desk on wheels. Enough storage A press. A curtain and door to Joel's shop. My rocker. my ladder. enought tables. enough walls. taberets. floor space New ideas. cozy crates new paintings Upstairs an old grocery cart IMG_3284 IMG_8200 copyIMG_7649 copy Bronze tears return from the ocean. img_3169 living and workroom plants light img_0743 peace books more room painting new work new direction southwest the romantic train trackd birds sunsets img_3099 img_6464 img_5573 img_8610 img_3103_1 img_3098 img_8622 img_8652 In the country IMG_4897 img_2886 img_3296 img_3401 img_4938 img_4978 img_5854 img_4984 img_4990 IMG_4838 IMG_4890 IMG_4795 wild turkey deer deer toad toad turtle beehive buttterfly moth ladybugs img_9871 IMG_6124 copy owl img_0913 img_0884 img_0917 img_0926 IMG_1724 IMG_1723 img_9775 img_9770 img_9884 frost cardinals img_4203 img_3954 img_4219 img_3937 img_3869 img_3785 img_3813 img_8955 img_8966 img_8942 img_1289 img_1287 img_1292 img_9847 img_0103 img_5512 img_8968 img_1288 img_9020 img_9081 img_9056 IMG_4794 IMG_0482 IMG_4871 IMG_1734 IMG_2568 IMG_5914 (1) IMG_1838 IMG_1732 IMG_4742 IMG_4748 IMG_4745 IMG_1963 IMG_9170 IMG_4715 IMG_5717 IMG_6243 IMG_6071 IMG_6064 IMG_6075 IMG_6076 IMG_0655 IMG_4874 IMG_9166 IMG_9092 img_0207 10562708_10154456299635441_1324378844828667032_o 10450082_10154456299200441_8983226163340801937_o 10497411_10154456299215441_2317163124284432524_o img_8950 IMG_3227 IMG_2193 IMG_6260 IMG_6278 summer squash brussel sprouts tomato tomatito (1) grape berry IMG_1184 spinach spinach lettuce garlic chive morels apple hazelnut IMG_1966 IMG_4770 (1) IMG_1969 IMG_5777 IMG_1972 IMG_4761 IMG_2933 IMG_0506 IMG_6006 IMG_5998 bee bee bee bee IMG_1017 IMG_0342 IMG_5931 IMG_6038 IMG_1962 IMG_0490 lady slippers IMG_0223 IMG_4754 (1) IMG_1039 IMG_0340 IMG_4760 IMG_5772 IMG_2836 IMG_1020 IMG_1030 IMG_5920 IMG_0678 IMG_0194 IMG_1180 IMG_3287 IMG_3354 (1) IMG_1116 IMG_0356 IMG_3415 IMG_0634 IMG_5047 IMG_1027 IMG_1029 IMG_1035 IMG_0385 IMG_2132 IMG_0218 IMG_5995 IMG_6028 IMG_0326 IMG_2548 IMG_2760 IMG_3407 IMG_5055 IMG_0463 IMG_0465 (1) IMG_1046 IMG_5895 IMG_6011 IMG_6015 IMG_5222 IMG_4991 IMG_0423 IMG_8665 IMG_8673 IMG_9190 IMG_4814 IMG_8704 IMG_5336 IMG_5331 IMG_1101 IMG_4703 IMG_9690 IMG_9690 IMG_9690 jquery lightbox wordpress by VisualLightBox.com v5.7m

  My new studio is a large ground level loading dock and a loft overlooking the train in Chicago. I am also in a little craftsman house and outdoor camp situated directly on the edge of a protected forest preserve, designated by Marshall Fields, west of the city. The location is unexpected and welcomed explosion of nature.



PAINTING
1991-1995
1996-2000
2001-2005
2006-2010
2011-2014

MINI-SERIES
1990 Peppers, Seeds, and Rotting Vegetables
1996 What I painted when I could not paint
2005 For the Birds
2007 Butterflies are free
2011 The Year The Permafrost Softened

WORKS ON PAPER
1988-1989 Chairs
1989-1990 Umbrellas
1991-1998
1997 The Chase
1998 Dismantled Sketchbooks
1999 Ragdale Series
2000-2004 Collage Art
2002 Charcoal
2000-2004 Figure Drawing
2000-2005 Project Art
2000 Spinning Plates
2002 Fan Collages
2001 Screaming In Places Where I Can't Be heard
2004 Wonderscapes
2005-2006 The Story of the Universe
2008 Buddha Was Here
2009 Life On Hold (NFS)
2010-2016 The Demandments (NFS)

MIXED MEDIUM
1995-1998 Sectioned panels
1997-1998 White Paintings and Furry Work
1998 Red Dot Series
2001-2009 Wax, Wire, Gold, Globe, and Glass
2001 How Things Pile Up
2002 Retablos, oil on metal

OBJECT ART
2002-present Project Items
Historic-present Fane Items
1550-1560 Ancestral Figure Drawings

INSTALLATION
2002-2016 Paradise
2006 Negative to Positive
2007-present Four walls*
2008 Found
2010-present Teacups for Reading Tea Leaves
2011-present Waterworks*
2000-present My Crates

PERFORMATIVE
2004 White Sands
2006 Blue Clouds

LIBRARY OF BOOKS 2000-present
Painting Inventory
Book of Days
Whitewash
The Ragdale Book
Brain Book
Ransom Magazine
Box of Tears
Pocket Full of Cries
Europe
Mongolia
Flower Book
Retablos: How I Got From Here to Here
The Fane Pamphlet
Scroll of Influence
The Story of Red Trees
Red Trees History
Red Trees Chronicle
Red Trees Prayerbook
Red Trees Kakemono
Book of Leaves
Elemental Communion
Found: Journals from the future
Symbol Book
Books of Sense
Organ Origin
The Wedding Program
The Wedding Book
I Must Go
Ladder Book*
Book of Stairs*
The Studio Visit Playbill*
Flower Book 2*
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STUDIO PRACTICE
Studio 1: Dayton and Blackhawk
Studio 2: Hubbard and House
Project scouting and on location
Works in progress
Exhibits, happenings, homes
Studio clippings and announcements
Artist

WORLD RIVERS PROJECT overview
World Rivers: Curtain
World Rivers: Participants
World Rivers: Rivers
World Rivers: Cloth
Visit the River Log

TEXT ARCHIVE
Artwork
Installation
Books

* documentation is forthcoming
This archive is a creative history spanning two decades.
The documentation is comprised of many technological
formats ranging from slides, 4x5s, photographs, and
straddles the introduction of digital formatting of the time.
The goal was to preserve images, whether high or low resolution.






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