ERIC PRICE invites viewers into quiet moments of stillness, vulnerability, and reflection—scenes drawn from the edges of Provincetown’s shifting tidal landscapes. Nature and the human form, especially the male figure, are central to his practice. His time hiking, swimming, sailing, and fishing offers both solace and uncertainty, sparking the emotional tone of his work.
Price often paints en plein air to engage directly with light, texture, and atmosphere. These outdoor studies form the foundation for his studio paintings, where he refines the relationship between figure and environment. His brushwork shifts from loose gestures in the landscape to more defined modeling in the figures, creating a rhythm between movement and repose.
Influenced by American Impressionists and artists such as Joaquín Sorolla, Tom Thomson, Henry Scott Tuke, John Henry Twachtman, Edwin Dickinson, John Koch, and Walter Stuempfig, Price builds his palette with earthy tones and subtle color transitions. His canvases evoke sunlit dunes, tidal pools, and the fleeting play of light across skin and sand.
Provincetown, a longtime refuge for queer artists, is more than backdrop—it is an emotional and symbolic landscape where queerness, memory, and myth converge. In these coastal scenes, the body becomes part of the terrain, and the terrain becomes part of the body. Through this interconnection, Price seeks to create images that are both personal and universal—fragile and rooted, intimate yet expansive.
ERIC PRICE is a contemporary figurative painter whose work captures the quiet power of the male figure in natural settings. A graduate of Bates College, Price earned his Master of Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art in 2019. He is he recipient of a prestigious artist residency at The Kylemore Abbey Global Centre Art Residency in Connemara, Ireland and a Patricia & Scott Moger Research Grant. He has studied with acclaimed artists including Vincent Desiderio, Peter Drake, Audrey Flack, Michael Grimaldi, Manu Saluja, Dan Gheno, and Marshall Jones. Beyond the studio, Price serves on the Board of the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, is the Treasurer of the Alumni Association of the New York Academy of Art, and was a member of the Advisory Board of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Before devoting himself fully to painting, Price held leadership roles in the book publishing industry, including executive management and marketing positions at Grove/Atlantic, Melville House, Quercus (a division of Hachette), and Henry Holt. He edited and published such authors as Larry Kramer, Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter, Tony Kushner, and Terrence McNally.
Eric Price lives in New York City and Provincetown, MA with his husband. Eric Price can be reached at eric@ericpriceart.com.
Eric Price is represented by Greg Salvatori Gallery in Provicnetown, MA