Joining Carl Paoli on the show this week is contemporary painter and art activist Tracy Piper, known for her vibrant portraits and figurative acrylic paintings. With an abstract-realist style, Tracy tackles social constructs in her work.

Tracy Piper is a contemporary painter and art activist known for her vibrant portraits and figurative acrylic paintings that tackle social constructs in an abstract-realist style. With a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration from California College of the Arts and representation by Voss Gallery, Piper has exhibited her work at SCOPE and SELECT in Miami, stARTup Art Fair in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and SCOPE New York, as well as internationally. In 2017, Piper won the GSNTV show "Skin Wars: Fresh Paint" and has recently completed several murals in the Bay Area in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and community safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her first published book, "Worthy," is available at Voss Gallery. With a mission to create inclusive, thought-provoking artwork that celebrates diversity and challenges societal norms, Piper believes in the power of art to change the world.