fine arts , bronze casting / media-arts

creative arts , multi-media / language arts / sculpture

French- American Artist:

Resided in Liverpool NY from childhood to the age of 28,  where Tracee had strong foundations of education in the fine arts and world culture at elementary levels of her schooling.  At age 14, she won awards at the local museum in the city of Syracuse.  With two awards from the Everson Museum, by age 17, the young artist began selling works of art  to a main stream gallery, owned by Gail Willshire, (a former director for PBS) in downtown Syracuse NY.  

Continuing to create works to sell / as well as taking on an 8 year career at one company as a busy caterer / worked in upper mgmt., of three companies for a total of 13 years.  
Then moving to SMKY. Mts. to open an INN and reside near her mother who had had a bout with cancer for a few years.
The cancer never returned and Tracee made a decision to leave for Chicago.

Upon leaving the Mts. the artist sold several rental properties she owned as well as some valued antiques bought in Syracuse in the mid-1980. Originally purchased for reinvestment and the rental flats, to revitalize a beautiful but slightly tired part of the city then. 
She was headed for Chicago to attend college for the first time and needed to pay for living expenses to attain a formal education in the arts as she continually suffered the loss of use of her hands. 

Tracee moved to Chicago near the arts circle of NWU area with a studio of favored antiques surrounding her, to seriously study in a Mecca for the arts and business as her hands continued to fail. She returned to college at age thirty, continuing to create works of art and work for other companies in the Chicago loop and Winnetka. There, the artist made long lasting friendships.

Later, returned to the Mts. due to a accident in early 2000. 

In 1997, the seriousness of injury of her hand remained unknown to her friends or family. The trauma of her failing hands was horrific, but the artist continued to work with a staffing company in the loop.  Tracee's internal drive overpowered Tracee's initial injury,  leading to a serious fall less than two years later off the top of cement steps of a the Metra-Train station nearly four flights down, while she was on her way to work in the 25th floor at Dain Rouscher's beautiful corporate office that overlooks the cities buildings and streets onto lake Michigan with the marina's magnificent sail boats in view. That fall off the Chicago train stop caused even more serious damage, that took many years of regaining her memory and ability to even read or to travel short distances away from home at that time. Then, Tracee had even learned to sail. Some of the Macinaw Crewmembers were her shipmates and Tracee tried to stay in the wonderful city of Chicago. She left employment for companies such as, Dain Roucher, and MSNBC, The Merck , Brambles USA,...because of a traumatic brain injury that would not be discoved and was misunderstood by doctors for many more years.  
While in Chicago, Tracee was even offered an internship with FOX NEWS in her first year of studies at college through an adult classmate who was a director for the station. Incidently, during her life in catering, Tracee worked with FOX TV in NY creating commercials with foods in them.  
In Chicago, the opportunities were plenty and after the fall, the devastation of it all was much to much for her as she experienced great shock. It was an unfathomable and difficult storm of life, as she had felt she had lost all of her dreams.

Many years later the dream is still in her heart. 
Tracee Pickett has completed a book titled, A Painter's Poetry Book, which reveals her personal journey. She has developed (over 1000 lessons in the fine arts) with a new book in 2010, and instructed fine arts educational programs for a diversity of groups. Including several state agencies / universities / public and private schools / art centers / corporations.  And perhapsTracee has accomplished more in the business sector. 
read more about the artist and the arts:  www.traceeandcompany.com