Art, Advocacy, and Ending Child Slavery through Destiny Rescue with Tracie Eaton

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Tracie Eaton is an Internationally-renowned & award winning Australian artist with an artistic career spanning over 17 years. Tracie’s studio is located on the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Her personal experiences with burnout propelled Tracie to transition from corporate to creative pursuits, emphasizing the importance of listening to one’s inner needs and embracing purposeful change.

With a background in occupational therapy, Tracie explores the emotional impact of colours in her art, using them as a therapeutic tool to unlock and express feelings.

Tracie utilises art to inspire and fundraise for Destiny Rescue, highlighting how creativity can drive social and emotional transformation, and uplift exploited communities.

Tracie addresses sex trafficking head-on, advocating for societal awareness and action, while illustrating how collective efforts can lead to significant impacts on global and local scales.

Tracie’s connections with Hollywood celebrities amplify her mission, using their influence and reach to raise awareness and support for rescuing children from exploitation and trafficking.

Biography

Tracie is a self-taught artist with a painting style that is expressive & unique, with her creativity knowing no bounds. Her luxurious artworks are bold, textured with loose form & brush strokes, and has been described by curators as ‘passion-art’ – “everyone who sees it loves it.”

Tracie specialises in creating original acrylic & mixed media artworks for the luxury art sector. Tracie is often referred to as a ‘Celebrity Artist’ following her exclusive 3-year commissions (2019-2021 and 2023 -2005) to create bespoke artwork for Oscar’s nominees & winners, with an impressive list of Hollywood A-listers,

In 2024 Tracie won the international Masterful Minds award by Circle Foundation. She has also been recognised as International Acrylic Artist of the Year Award (Australia) by Lux Life).

Tracie has also established the Art for Rescue initiative, an approved fundraiser for the Charity Destiny Rescue, established to eradicate sex trafficking and exploitation of children.

In 2023 Tracie was awarded the Best Acrylic Artist – Asia-Pacific by APAC. Additionally, Tracie was the only international artist invited, and participate in a joint digital exhibition in ToDA(Dubai).

In 2022, she recognised by Lux Life as the Leading Luxury Art Company - Australia and has been awarded the Leonardo Da Vinci International Artist Award for Outstanding Artistic Merit for her acrylic & mixed media piece ‘Flowers In Bloom.’

In 2022 Tracie was recognised by APAC Best Original Painting & Art Studio QLD & Most Creative Australian Arts & Painting Company.

In 2021 Tracie Eaton was recognised by GAA as one of the Leading & Investable Contemporary Artists worldwide and included in their Curated publication for distribution to galleries, collectors, art museums & art fairs around the world.

She was listed by Herrington Publications as one of the top 25 Global Woman Change Makers of the year. During the last five years Tracie was involved in over 20 live art performances, solo or joint exhibitions.

Social Media

ART FOR RESCUE:

https://artforrescue.com.au/

https://www.instagram.com/art.for.rescue/

TRACIE EATON:

https://www.tracieeaton.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TracieEatonArtist

https://www.instagram.com/tracieeaton/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracie

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Theme Song: "Broken" by Colin Lillie

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