Tracey-Ann begins her work with an abstract expressive style and then sub-consciously connecting with figures, animals, scenery and concepts to develop the message about our connection with life and our place in it.
Cherry eyes reach through the blur,
Sweet secrets scatter and hide,
A hand extends for one more taste,
The thief and dreamer collide.
In Who Stole the Cherries, I let the story unfold in fragments—brushstrokes chasing each other, colours colliding like whispers of mischief. At the centre, there’s a figure emerging, its eyes bright and round like cherries, alive with curiosity and a hint of knowing. It reaches—not greedily, but instinctively—towards more of those cherry red moments scattered through the painting. For me, it’s about desire and innocence, about the playful question of who takes what we long for—and whether, perhaps, we are both the seeker and the thief.
