Eric Price
Artist's Statement
Nature and the human form, especially the male figure, have inspired my work. I grew up hiking, swimming, sailing, canoeing, and fishing. I found both solace and uncertainty sitting on a beach, by a riverbank, swimming in open waters, or hiking in dense woods. Being in, on, or near water was liberating and helped me come to terms with my sexuality. My love of the outdoors and being queer is central to my identity.
A large part of my studio practice is to paint en plein air. It allows me to express the emotional freedom I feel in nature. I strive to capture light, color, and texture that connects me to my environment. I have been inspired by the American Impressionists as well as such artists as Joaquín Sorolla, Henry Scott Tuke, John Henry Twachtman, Edwin Dickinson, John Koch, and Walter Stuempfig.
As a book publisher I was drawn to multilayered, deeply emotional narratives and characters. As an artist I wish to create psychologically complex visual stories in my landscapes, still-lifes, and figurative work. In all of my art I seek an outward calm coupled with an inward unease. It is through this tension that I hope my work connects emotionally with others.
Biography
Eric Price received his Masters in Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art in 2019. He has studied painting with Vincent Desiderio, Peter Drake, Michael Grimaldi, Edgar Jerins, Bernardo Siciliano, Manu Saluja, Patrick Connors, Roberto Osti, Wade Schuman, Audrey Flack, Dan Gheno, Marshall Jones, and Sam Adoquei. Price is a Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, Inc. board member, on the the Treasurer of the Alumni Association of the New York Academy of Art, and served on the the Advisory Board of the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA.
Price has held successful executive management and marketing positions at Grove/Atlantic, Melville House, Quercus (a division of Hachette), and Henry Holt.
Eric Price lives in New York City and Provincetown, MA with his husband. Eric Price can be reached at eric@ericpriceart.com.
Solo Art Exhibitions
Moments in the Sun, Greg Salvatori Gallery, Provincetown, MA, June 2024
The Beach Only Few Can See, Greg Salvatori Gallery, Provincetown, MA, June 2023
Group Art Exhibitions
Art Students League of New York, Student Salon, New York, NY. May 2024
Greg Salvatori Gallery, Provincetown, MA. May 2023
Art Students League of New York, Student Salon, New York, NY. March 2023
The Red Inn, Provincetown, MA, Summer 2022
Nomo Soho’s Nina’s Liquid Lounge November 2021
Provincetown Art Association and Museum Members' Juried Exhibition, October 2019
New York Academy of Art’s Paddle8.com Tribeca Ball Auction, April 2019
The Red Inn, Provincetown, MA, August 2017
“RivertArts Studio Tour,” Irvington, NY, April 2017
"Creative Mischief," National Academy Museum, New York, NY, May 2015
"Nature and Color," Union Square Studio, New York, NY, December 2014