Stripe and Stem Painting

Where the delicate meets the defined, somewhere between the wild and the refined... As and artist and graphic designer Carla Tracy’s artwork sits between instinct and intention — where expressive marks meet the quiet order of design. Her paintings explore sensory fragments of experience: the lingering feeling a moment leaves behind — a mood, a texture, the quality of light, or a fleeting sense of place. Drawing inspiration from, everyday rituals, nature, female form and her lifelong love of travel and photography. Her paintings explore themes of connection to our surroundings and ourselves, living in the moment, sometimes with a quiet humour. With an eclectic background in Art and design. Carla’s work blends the freedom of painterly gestures with the discipline of design, creating work that lives between spontaneity and control. “I’m always chasing the feeling a moment leaves behind, Not only the view…but the mood, the texture, the light—even the smell, sound, feel or taste. It’s everything happening all at once in a single, fleeting moment.” Each painting begins with a quiet moment — a shadow on a wall, the hush of wind through trees, the memory of somewhere half-forgotten. My work lives between the wild and the refined, guided by texture, feeling, and form. I’m drawn to the details that hold emotion — the kind you don’t always notice, but never forget.