Tracie Thompson, Artist

I spent much of Sunday creating very quick sketches of animals, using cell phone photos -- yes, still on the phone, on that tiny screen...

"Whatchya Got?", 10 x 8" watercolor on Ye Olde French Printmaking Papier. I had this great photo of this horse, one of the...

This is Jasmine, who knows she's upper crust and is quite selective about the company she keeps. The source photo had her on a crea...

Robin of Dogwood Forest , 10 x 8" mixed media on paper, from a photo I took of Marley the Min-Pin Meet the daring legend who steals...

Or in this case, the drawing coffee table. This was yesterday afternoon as I was getting started. Click to enlarge the photo. And sev...

"I expect you to die, Mister Bond" is available here , $69. Everyone posts pictures of their pets on Facebook. Lots of people ...

These are both of Darla, an adorable Gypsy Vanner mare. I had two fantastic photos, couldn't choose, and painted them both ... whic...

Below is the photo I was using for reference. I printed it out, then sketched the changes I'd need to make -- primarily, correc...

Portrait of Zeke, 8 x 10" mixed media on cotton paper. This is a commissioned birthday gift for his person -- so I finished it a few...

Portrait of Lady, 11 x 11" mixed media on cotton paper. This elegant little girl passed away earlier this year, and I had the honor ...

    Blue is a mostly-Arabian gelding who's one of the herd where my mare lives. He's a bright, sensible fellow with one of the m...

Royal Eli Jake , 10 x 8" mixed media on paper I had such a blast with this kitty. I was working from a black and white snapshot for...

Monkey got her name for her habit, as a kitten, of climbing on everything in sight. She grew up to be a soft, kind, patient soul who is n...

While I was at St. Paul Art Crawl over the weekend, I found the photo below on my iPad and decided to sketch the little guy. It's...

A Streak of Paint, 10 x 8" watercolor and pencils on cotton rag paper This darling pony mare belongs to a friend of mine and is cur...

11 x 11" mixed media on cotton rag paper. Gracie was a whole bucket full of sass.

Saint Paul Art Crawl  Friday, April 26, 6- 10 pm; Sat., April 27, 12 - 8 pm; Sun., April 28, 12- 5 pm.  Orange Ranunculus , 10 x ...

I think it was his softness that actually gave me so much difficulty with Lad. I mean, I did have to correct for lens distortion that had...

Forgive me; I am from Florida and counting stuff is hard for us. Not Plain Jane , 10 x 10" mixed media on cotton rag paper. I had ...

Bold Brigadier, watercolor, pencils and pastel with touches of white acrylic, on cotton rag paper. I used a deeper tan instead of m...