Lois Bartlett Tracy

I am sitting in the Wise County Public Library using a public computer, and seeing a painting by Lois Tracy on the wall above the main desk. This Library is on the site of a former apple orchard used by Lois Tracy to teach alfresco painting to her art students at Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia at Wise, Virginia. The painting behind the main desk is, appropriately, of two apple trees in bloom - white blossomed - and a splendid example of Ms. Tracy's...

I am thankful for all the many things that Lois could "see", even with diminished vision, that she shared with the rest of us. She was truly a woman ahead of her times who paved the way for so many. It was always a memorable and enriching experience to be in her presence. Though almost fifty years older than me, I always found it impossible to match her energy and enthusiasm.
She was truly one of a kind -- Today's world is in despearte need of many more Lois Tracys. My deepest condolences...

Lois Tracy's friends and art students in Southwest Virginia will always remember her fondly as artist, art teacher and a community developer, during -and after- the years she lived at Wise, Virginia. While her husband Harry managed the Inn at Wise, where she had her studio on the upper storey, Lois fell in love with the mountainscapes and the artifacts of Appalachian mining culture. She brought for the first time to this area, and taught, the principles of modern art she learned from...

The world will miss Lois Tracy. She was kind and caring and shared so much with me about how to live the life of an artist. What an amazing life she had. What an amazing world she experienced in all those years. She inspired me to be a better artist and a better person and to enjoy the simplest things that life has to offer. I will never forget the love and caring way she spoke to me "artist to artist" as she always used to say. I promise to continue the adventure...

Lois was a kind person and an amazing artist. I am pleased to have known her over these many years. I am a better person for it! Our only condolence is imagining the wonderful things that she can "see" now. It is a great loss to Englewood as well as the arts community.

Dear Todd & Mary,

Our deepest sympathies on the loss of an amazing woman, and one who was so kind to us, just as you were.

Love & Blessings,
Pastors Joseph & Lorraine Schroeder

Leah: What a great loss to you and your family...my sincerest sympathy