• Poppy Illustration by Chicago area artist Tracey Capone

    Time to Pivot: How COVID-19 Blew Up my Year and Forced Me to Grow as an Artist

    A look at how COVID-19 blew up my year and forced me to grow as an artist.

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  • Life of an Artist | Competition vs. Comparison (and Robbing Yourself of Joy)

    A blog post, by Chicago artist Tracey Capone, about comparing ourselves to other artists and how it robs us of the joy of our own achievements.

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  • Original illustration of a chickadee bird holding a twig of red berries by Chicago artist Tracey Capone.

    Life of an Artist | Pause and Redirect

      “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso I have been avoiding this blog like the Plague because I wasn’t happy with the direction it was going in. I didn’t want it to be just another photography blog where I throw a bunch of my photographs out there, tell you the motivation behind them and then move on to the next post. While there is nothing wrong with that, there are so many photography blogs out there already and, honestly, my interests and passions as an artist go well beyond photography. Recently, I rebranded from Tracey…

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  • Photograph of a pink lotus flower and dark green lily pads

    lotus flowers (the dark days in the life of an artist and learning from the lotus)

    There are days, in the life of an artist, where frustration leads to questioning every decision. If we can embrace the struggle, and learn from the lotus flower, who blooms more beautifully from the deepest and darkest places, we can make that struggle worth something.

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