Tracie Lyn Huskamp
Tracie Lyn Huskamp holds a B.F.A in Graphic Design and Fine Art from Wichita State University and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia. For over seven years, she worked as a Product Designer/Illustrator creating mass market products. A number of her designs sold in retail stores such as Wal-Mart, Hobby Lobby, Lowe's Hardware, and Walgreen Drugs, as well as being featured on the television show, Extreme Home Makeover.
In 2007, she left her corporate position to focus full-time on her own art. It is Tracie's passion for mixed media, painting, and nature that fuels the fires of her creative spirit and continues to lead her on a wondrous journey. She shares her love of art and nature by teaching workshops at some of the most prestigious national and international retreats/conferences and with the release of her new book, Nature Inspired (Quarry 2009).
Tracie's mixed media work has received national recognition. She has appeared on ABCNews.com in an Associated Press Interview, on the cover of Somerset Studio Magazine, along with feature articles in Cloth,Paper,Scissors Magazine, Stampington's Artful Blogger Magazine, Somerset Art Quilting Studio, and Quilting Arts Gifts Special Publications. She has contributed to a number of artist's books, such as 1000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn Sokol, True Vision by L.K. Ludwig, The Creative Entrepreneur by Lisa Sonora Beam, Creative Wildfire by L.K. Ludwig, 1000 Artisan Textiles by Sandra Salamony, and Drawing Lab by Carla Sonheim.
She eagerly awaits the debut of her new cotton quilting fabric line with Windham Fabrics/Baum Textiles due to hit retail stores in late 2010 and soon to be announced other exciting licensing news.
Links
Facebook: Tracie Lyn Huskamp
Projects at FaveCrafts
Interviews
CrescenDoh.com Interview week April 12th, 2010
ABCNews.com - Associate Press News Story: Nature Inspired Valentine
Liz Lamoreux's NINE Project Interview
Craftside Blog (Quarry Publishing) - Nature Inspired Author Interview
MMAC Marketplace featured artist
Articles
Stampington: Art Quilting Studio, Spring 2010 "Scenes from Nature" (page 2-5)
Artists' Cafe: Best of Somerset Studio Art & Design, Volume 3 2009 "Nature Reflected" (page 41-43).
Somerset Studio, July/August 2009 "Nature Inspired" (page 18-21).
CPS Studios, Spring 2009 Featured Studio (page 26-29).
Quilting Arts Gifts, Holiday 2008-2009 "Boughs of Memories, Nostalgic Holiday Ornaments" (page 62-64).
Somerset HOME, Volume 4 2009 "A Place Called Home" (page 48-51).
CPS Studios, 2008 "Studio Vignettes" (page 20).
Somerset LIFE, Winter 2008 "Lucky Tees" (page 80).
Stampington: Life Images, Winter 2008 (page 21, 48, 94).
Quilting Arts Gifts, Holiday Premier Issue 2008 "Celebrate Home, A Mixed-Media Sampler" (page 66-70).
Stampington: Altered Couture, Winter 2007 "Funky Fusion Sneakers" (page 122-124).
SEW Somerset, Volume 1 2007 "Playing House" (page 84-85).
Somerset HOME, Volume 2 2007 "Dear Sister" (page 131).
Stampington: Artful Blogging, Premier Issue 2007 (page 28-31).
Cloth Paper Scissors, July/August 2007 "A Year of Fabric Captured" (page 24-29).
Somerset Studios, July/August 2007 "Nature Reflected" (page cover, 76-79).
Somerset Studio GALLERY, Summer 2007 "Parisian Panel Art" (page 146-148).
Somerset WEDDING, Volume 3 2007 "Advise Journals" (page 95-97).
Somerset MEMORIES, April/May 2007 "Reflections" (page 112).
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