I NEVER REALLY HAD A CHOICE. ART CHOSE ME.

I've been creating for as long as I can remember. Long before I knew what it meant to be an artist, I was already leaving my mark on the world around me. Even the underside of our dining table wasn't safe from my creativity.

What started with a pencil, a brush and an unstoppable curiosity became something that has accompanied me throughout my life.

And perhaps, in some strange way, creativity was part of my story before I even picked up that first pencil.

My parents named me Tracy Janet Weber — after Tracy Chapman and Janet Jackson. Two remarkable artists, two entirely different creative voices.

Looking back, I can't help but smile at the coincidence. With a name inspired by music and performance, perhaps it's no surprise that I've always been drawn to so many different forms of artistic expression.

From visual art to music, film and performance, I've never felt the need to choose just one creative world.

Art was never just something I did. It was always part of who I am.

I'm a self-taught artist. Always have been.

My artistic journey has never followed a traditional path. Instead, it's been shaped by curiosity, determination and the willingness to figure things out for myself.

If there's something I want to create, I'll find a way to make it happen. Even if that means learning something entirely new along the way. For me, the challenge isn't a reason to stop. It's part of what makes creating worthwhile.

Inspiration rarely announces itself.

Sometimes it's a song that stays with me long after it ends. A film that makes me see the world differently. A passage in a book, the quiet beauty of nature, the character of an animal or simply a moment in everyday life.

I'm drawn to the things that make us feel, question, remember and imagine.

Some ideas turn into something delicate and emotional. Others demand to be loud, unconventional or even a little rebellious.

I don't believe art has to be one or the other. It can be beautiful and unsettling, quiet and powerful, deeply personal and universally understood.

What matters to me is that it means something.

I've never been interested in limiting myself to what I already know. A canvas, a guitar, a camera or an entirely unfamiliar medium — each offers a new possibility to explore.

I'm just as fascinated by creating something behind the scenes as I am by the possibility of becoming part of the story in front of the camera.

Because to me, being an artist isn't about mastering one way of creating.

It's about never losing the courage to try another.

Tracy Weber

Multidisciplinary Artist & Creator