Surrey-based Tracy Goldfinch Elson was eight years old and drawing a school friend’s portrait when she discovered her artistic talent. Self-taught, a central theme to all her work is family – her husband and two daughters often sit for her paintings – still life and femininity. Mostly working in oils, she also uses photography as an outlet for her artistic expression. Making the most of Instagram as a platform to sell her work, she recently collaborated with The Royal Ballet to create the Royal Ballet Renaissance series of prints and postcards.
Drawing has been a passion of mine since early childhood. An early memory is of me drawing a portrait of one of my classmates at primary school. I remember it attracted quite the crowd of