Tracey Moscaritolo loves to paint and she loves color! Her acrylic paintings exude vibrant and deeply rooted emotion. Detail, sharp contrasts and a wonderful ability to blend hues combine to create vivid landscapes, rich seascapes and extraordinary little houses that welcome the viewer. Tracey's paintings impart a true sense of peace and tranquility, transporting them to some of the world's most serene locations.

Tracey's unique expressions on canvas are created in a Fauvist Impressionist style which carefully balances and harmonizes her response to life. Her subjects are straightforward - filled with excitement and emotion. Her work has been described as "sophisticated simplicity." Her paintings make people happy!

Born and brought up in the West End neighborhood of Boston, she was inspired at an early age by plein air painters of Provincetown during summer visits with her sister. Tracey has been hooked on painting ever since!

"I was a metal sculptor for several years, but once I began to paint, I knew I had found my true path." Evolving from metal sculpture, Tracey studied with well-known painters at the Art Institute of Southern California in Laguna Beach.

Tracey maintains a studio gallery, located along Artists Row at 422 North Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, where clients are invited to casually come by to meet the artist and browse through her body of work. Tracey exhibits in various artshows throughout the year and in private collections. She has been a Sawdust Festival artist since 1970.