Tracy Eve Olan

A visual artist living and working in a downtown art centric city that nestles a great lake, I gather materials and collect inspiration through an intuitive process that presents ideas that inevitably lead to a wider understanding of a personal theme in my own life, and to the larger picture of our shared human experience.

Recent work has been an exploration of subconscious narratives formed early in childhood and development, largely without our understanding, and has inspired a fascination with how they impact our adult lives and often influence relationships, our mental and physical health, and how we navigate everyday life. My latest work explores these underlying root formations which inform process across several mediums including painting, felt making, and collage, to tell a visual story and reveal what can often not be seen plainly in everyday life.