JOSEPH SPENCER TRACY
Joe Tracy was born in 1955 to Nadine and John Tracy at St.
Joseph's Hospital in L.A. His grandmother, Louise, founded
John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles in 1942; and the clinic named
after John who was born profoundly deaf.
Joe's grandfather is the world renowned actor Spencer Tracy.
Spencer received nine Best Actor nominations and two
consecutive Oscars for his performances in Boys Town and
Captains Courageous. The legacy continues...
Joe, the only grandchild of Louise and Spencer Tracy, has
been drawing since the age of four and followed in his father's
footsteps. In the 1960's, John worked at the Disney Studios as
an artist in the props department. Joe self- taught himself for
over thirty years with a few years of art classes. His work is
currently on display at the Fort Lewis Military Museum in
Tacoma, Washington.
After serving in Desert Storm in 1990/91,
Joe was assigned to the Army Museum where he created the
Desert Storm War display. In addition, Joe donated his military
uniform and the surrender flag that he kept after he aided in the
capture of several Iraqi soldiers. Joe's artwork also appears on
several military aircrafts such as helicopters, hummers, and other
military vehicles. Joe was a Crew Chief on the OH58 Scout Helicopters
during his Army tour. After completing his military assignment in
1995, a total of 11 years, (he served in the U.S. Marines Corps from
(1974-78) and the U.S. Army from (1988-95), Joe directed his focus
on his passion and talents as an artist.
Joe enrolled himself in Associates in Arts, California Art Institute,
attended Moorpark College and the Learning Tree University. He
chose to be in a professional artistic atmosphere and to explore
different mediums which included, Life Drawing, Head and Figure
Drawing, Quick Sketch, Illustration, Script Analyst, Graphic
Design, Animation Layout Design, Storyboarding for Animation,
Animal Life Drawing, Marker Rendering Techniques among others.
He experienced all of his professional education in the Los Angeles
area. Today, Joe Tracy is a freelance illustrator in the Los Angeles
area, his client list consist of Davis and Glick Productions in Hollywood,
California, creating storyboard layouts for Soldier of Fortune, Power
of Attorney, and Kick Boxer and the Kid.
He also created storyboards for American Television in Santa Monica,
CA., new season trailers for Baywatch, T.W.Is.M. Records, (a Division
of A&M Records), as well as developing presentation storyboards for
a possible two hour animated film. His impressive list also includes
product illlustration and design for Bright Ideas, Westlake Village, CA.
Joe Tracy has done artwork for Clint Walker, John Amos, The Will
Rogers Family, Jack Lemmon, Nicolas Cage, Anthony Hopkins, Tom
Cruise, Rosie O'Donnell, Ardeshir Radpour (USC'S Tommy Trojan) Adam
West, Stanley Kramer, Danny Devito, Morgan Freeman, and The Carol
Vitale Show among others. Joe recently created web-site designing for
Clint Walker and Carol Vital. Joe specializes in creating all kinds of
portraits, caricatures, storyboards, character design, and illustrations
for his Custom Cards. He also specializes in creating cards for holidays,
birthdays and special occasions.
Portrait Society of America - click here for article
Joe Tracy's Online Website:
You may contact the artist at his
e-mail address: joe@art2order.net
for questions or orders.
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