Tracy Miller: Food Paintings19 January – 13 February 2011< PAST
.the circle and circular things frequently appear in your ptngs—what are they about?
Circular marks feel like familiar characters, and the repetition and patterns create new places. The circles could be stars from getting up too fast, or could be bubbles, cookies, plates, zits, marshmallows, tabletops, bugs—or just paint.

.have you any interest in making completely abstract ptngs?
Yes, but I can never figure out how to finish them.

.how about completely representational still lives?
No, the way the paintings get made now is open enough to allow me to be in the middle of the mess of them. I need the abstraction to allow the surprises.

.the images of things seem to function differently than areas or blotches of color, would you comment on how you use them or see them functioning?
For the most part, the images allow viewers to rest. The relationship between images also creates space.

.you've used a lot of pink and red, both colors with a great deal of resonance; how decided is their use?
Colors that vibrate and pop are always the ones I choose, and if they have extra associations, that’s all the better

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Tracy Miller, Just Air, 2008-10 tmf1006 Tracy MIller, Candy, 2008-10 tmf1005 Tracy Miller, Dump, 2007 tmf0710 Tracy MIller, Fudge, 2009 tmf0914 Tracy Miller, Butter, 2009 tmf0913 Tracy Miller, Wave, 2007 tmf0708 Tracy Miller, BuzzBuzzBuzz, 2006-10 tmf1001 Tracy Miller, Hydrangea, 2009 tmf0924 Tracy Miller, Trio, 2006 tmf0606 Tracy Miller, Ambrosia, 2006 tmf0603 Tracy Miller, Breakfast, 2009 tmf0916 Tracy Miller, Undone, 2007-10 tmf1007 Tracy MIller, Dolly Mountain, 2009-10 tmf1003 Tracy Miller, Pig, 2009-10;
spacer Just Air, 2008-10; oil paint on canvas; 30 x 24”  $ 7,000
if purchased with Candy as a diptych $12,000
Candy, 2008-10; oil paint on canvas; 30 x 24”  $ 7,000
if purchased with Just Air as a diptych $12,000
space Dump, 2007; oil paint on canvas; 60 x 60”  $ 15,000 Fudge, 2009; oil paint on canvas; 40 x 30”  $ 9,000
if purchased with Butter as a diptych $16,000
Butter, 2009; oil paint on canvas; 40 x 30”  $ 9,000
if purchased with Fudge as a diptych $16,000
Wave, 2007; oil paint on canvas; 72 x 72” BuzzBuzzBuzz, 2006-10; oil paint on canvas; 72 x 72”  $ 18,000 Hydrangea, 2009; oil paint on canvas; 10 x 8”  $ 2,250 Trio, 2006; oil paint on canvas; 48 x 48”  $ 11,000 Ambrosia, 2006; oil paint on canvas; diptych; 72 x 132” overall  $ 35,000 Breakfast, 2009; oil paint on canvas; 20 x 20”  $ 6,000 Undone, 2007-10; oil paint on canvas; 20 x 20”  $ 6,000 Dolly Mountain, 2009-10; oil paint on canvas; 60 x 60”  $ 15,000 Pig, 2009-10; oil paint on canvas; 72 x 60”  $ 16,000
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