Tracy Burke was born in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1971 and currently resides and works in Orlando, Florida.  She received a BFA in Fine Art from the University of Central Florida in 1995.  Tracy explores color and pattern in her large abstracts, and demonstrates presence and confrontation in her stylized figurative work. Her art is collected throughout the United States and Canada. Tracy is also the founder of ArtSmart-Online.com, a website created to showcase both her work and the work of her husband, artist Ralph Verano. Both Ralph and Tracy maintain an online blog featuring day-to-day activities of the artists, as well as works in progress at www.gooddaytopaint.blogspot.com.