Tracy Murrell is drawn to images of the female form; it is the silhouette of women that are of particular interest to her. She sees the poise and energy women inhabit in the world, which is so often commodified in popular media. In response to this, Tracy offers counter symbols of women as figures personifying grace and strength. In her work, she explores the use of silhouettes by re-contextualizing images from popular culture to use as entry points for deeper conversations on gender, race, and the perceptions of beauty. In her current body of work, Tracy is focusing on the themes of identity, migration, and displacement in the human narrative by incorporating hand cut patterns, encaustic painted papers that she collages with the silhouettes.