BIOGRAPHY

Maxine Graham Price was born on an Army Base and grew up in a military family. She moved with them to many postings in the southern and eastern areas of the United States as well as Germany. Being a shy child and finding it difficult to make new friends easily, Price found the one constant in her life, other than family, to be her ability to draw and paint.

Her first remembered experience in art was in kindergarten.  Price’s teacher remarked positively in front of the class about a face she had drawn and proceeded to post it on the bulletin board.  Price believes that teacher’s encouraging remark thrust her into the lifelong pursuit of being an artist.  She studied art in college, earning a BFA in studio art (that included four years of life drawing) from the University of Texas at Austin and in many ways has never stopped learning about art and painting.  She has always liked faces and had a successful career for many years doing portraits in black and white pencil, watercolor and oils.  Many of her oil portraits hang in the collections of the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University and St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.

In 1992 Price decided to leave portraiture and make independent painting a full time pursuit. She began a journey of experimentation and exploration, working in various media.   She studied with many well known teachers, including Skip Lawrence, Doug Walton and Leo Smith (watercolors), Maxine Masterfield (liquid inks and acrylics),  Mary Wilbanks (collage) and Ray Vanilla and Ann Templeton (oils).  Price was encouraged in her intent to work more from her imagination and ultimately she developed a method and style of working with oil and palette knife that is recognizably individual and unique.     

Price began showing her new creative work in many juried outdoor shows in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.  Along the way she has gained gallery representation and has shown in galleries in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. Price has participated in over 20 one-woman gallery exhibitions and many dozens of two person, three-person and group gallery exhibitions. In 2017 a  major retrospective of her work was held in the Royston Nave Memorial Museum in Victoria, Texas.  She has worked with several art consultant firms that have commissioned large paintings for hotels and resorts from coast to coast. Also in 2017, her painting, “In Transition”, a 48″x48″ oil, was chosen by the Art In Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State to be exhibited at the United States Ambassador’s Residence in Lome, Togo in West Africa.

Post college, Price lived in Austin, Texas until she moved to Wimberley, Texas in 1996 where she currently resides. Her work is shown in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Wimberley, Texas and in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

 “ Maxine Price works in many different series but works equally well in them all. One reason for this is the evolved and consistent level in which she works. Price has great facility with her chosen technique, an instinctive sense of color and harmonic composition. Her choices, placements and handling of deep saturated color are inspired and cannot be taught. Her work is always fresh, alive and never overworked. This comes only from experience. Price makes the most of the impasto effects and has a sure and confident gestural hand. These paintings have great appeal and the sculptural effect of the paintings provides them with a corpo and presence that gives them the impression of being objects themselves.”

David Genovesi
Director, Artrom Gallery
Rome, Italy

As a Wimberley artist her works include:

– Contemporary paintings
– Abstract paintings
– Texas contemporary abstracts
– Palette knife paintings
– Oil paintings
– Southwest expressionistic paintings
– Abstract oil paintings
– Abstract paintings

Maxine Price has been described as an

– Abstract Painter
– Austin abstract painter
– Texas expressionistic painter
– Contemporary landscape artist
– Palette knife artist
– Contemporary abstract painter
– Southwest abstract expressionist painter
– Abstract painter, Austin and the Southwest

ARTIST STATEMENT

The focus of my work for the most part is abstraction or non-representational painting.  I concentrate on texture, color harmony, design, composition and a layering method to achieve texture. My approach is intuitive, exploratory and experimental.  I find inspiration in nature, dilapidated buildings, rocks and rusty things as well as in my dreams and writings.  For over 20 years I have been working primarily with oils using palette knives in an effort to capture layers and textures that are not achievable with just a brush.

With the palette knife I work wet into wet, layering thicker pigment over thinner pigment. This becomes a journey with unpredictable detours and outcomes which must be resolved along the way. Once I begin, I work spontaneously and intuitively, allowing the painting itself to lead me to the next stroke. For me, painting with some degree of speed is a necessary part of the process of working wet into wet. It allows me to be able to scratch and scrape into the wet surface and allows the layers of pigment to interact in ways that can’t happen once a painting is dry. I like the final results to show the energy and emotion that are a part of the creation of that painting. The residue of accidental happenings can also contribute to keeping my work fresh, exciting, alive and full of unplanned surprises.

Recently, I have begun a new body of work that combines oil paint with cold wax. This is also a layering process but it is different in that there is a slower drying time allowing the surface, not only to  be added to, but subtracted from, and is workable for longer periods of time. I still and will always work with oils and the palette knife for the excitement and energy it brings to my work but I’m enjoying the slower process of exploring and experimenting with oil with cold wax as it allows me to to achieve a greater depth that retains the history of each painting’s journey.

RESUME

Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin

Teaching Experience: Private instruction to groups and individuals in painting, drawing, and portraiture

Work Experience: Book Designer, University of Texas Press; Graphic Designer, University of Texas at Austin; Free Lance Commercial Artist; Portrait Artist; Co-owner of J.Max Designs, custom designs of large fabric wall hangings and paintings; Interior Designer; Fine Artist and painter showing in galleries in the Southwest United States. I have done commission work for Soho Myriad for several years.  These works show in resorts, hotels and hospitals throughout the United States.  I have exhibited internationally through the United States Art In Embassies program in Leon Togo and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in Central Africa.

Selected Gallery Exhibitions:

2024: Two Woman Show with Pat Moberley Moore, Sculptor, Assemblage, Gallery, Buda, Texas, April 2024

2024: Ongoing Representation, Thornwood Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2023: Ongoing Representation, Art Incorporated Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2023: Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2023: One Person Show, Assemblage Gallery, Buda, Texas

2023: Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston Texas

2022: Group Show, Assemblage Gallery, Buda, Texas, May 2022

2022: One Person Show, Art on 12, @ Wimberley Inn. Wimberley, Texas, March 2022

2022-2016: Art Incorporated Gallery, Continuing Representation, San Antonio, Texas

2022-2022: Art On 12 Gallery, Continuing Representation, Wimberley, Texas.

2020-2024: Art In Embassies Program, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.  Exhibition in the Embassy

2019: Ongoing Galley Representation but no show openings because of Covid 19

2018: Art In Embassies Program, Leon, Togo.  Exhibition in the Embassy, 2014-2018

2018: Gallery Group Artists Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, March 2018

2018: One Person Show, Art on 12, Wimberley, Texas, May 2018

2017: One Person Museum Exhibition, NAVE MUSEUM, Victoria Texas, May 2017

2016: Gallery Artists Group Show, Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, March 2016

2016: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, March 2016

2016: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, May 2016

2016: One Woman Show, Arnold Gallery, Mason, Texas, May 2016

2016: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, July 2016

2016: Featured Artist, Art Inc., San Antonio, Texas, July 2016

2016: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, October 2016

2016: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, December 2016

2016: Gallery Artists Group Show, Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Lakeway, Texas, December 2016

2015: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, January 2015

2015: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, February 2015

2015: Gallery Artists Group Show, Portfolio, Ft. Worth, Texas, May 2015

2015: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, May 2015

2015: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, June 2015

2015: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, July 2015

2015: Three Women Show, Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, September 2015

2015: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, October 2015

2015: Three Women Show, Blue Print, Dallas, Texas, October 2015

2015: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, December 2015

2014: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, February 2014

2014: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, May 2014

2014: Gallery Artists Group Show, Cooper’s Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, May 2014

2014: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, June 2014

2014: Gallery Artists Group Show, Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, July 2014

2014: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, July 2014

2014: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, September 2014

2014: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, December 2014

2014: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, December 2014

2013: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, January 2013

2013: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, February 2013

2013: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, March 2013

2013: Gallery Artists Group Show, Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, April 2013

2013: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, July 2013

2013: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, July, 2013

2013: Gallery Artists Group Show, Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, September 2013

2013: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, December 2013

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, January, 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, February 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, February, 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, March, 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, March 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, April 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, May 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, July 2012

2012: One Woman Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, August, 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, October 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, October 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Portfolio, Ft. Worth, Texas, November, 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, December 2012

2012: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, December 2012

2011: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, July 2011

2011: Gallery Artists Group Show, Art Inc., San Antonio, Texas, July 2011

2011: Gallery Artists Group Show, Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, July 2011

2011: One Woman Show, Cooper Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, September 2011

2011: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, December 2011

2011: Gallery Artists Group Show, Cooper Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, December 2011

2011: Texas Best, 10 Texas artists, Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin Texas, March 2011

2011: Gallery Artists Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, March 2011

2010: “Realism to Abstraction”, One Woman Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas; July 2010

2010: One Woman Show, Paris College, Paris, Texas, February 2010

2010: One Woman Show, Gallery on the Square, Wimberley, Texas, April 2010

2009: “Diversity,” One Woman Show, The Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, October 2009

2009: One of 40 artists selected for International Show, Gallery On The Green, Taos, New Mexico, Sponsored by The Taos Gallery, March 2009

2009: Winner of the Ray Vinella Juror’s Choice Award, Gallery On The Green, Taos, New Mexico, Sponsored by The Taos Gallery, March 2009

2009: One Woman Show, Plaza Gallery, Paris, Texas, March 2009

2008: One Woman Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston Texas, December 2008

2008: Two Woman Show,  jSpace Gallery, Marble Falls Texas, June 2008

2007: One Woman Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, November 2007

2007: Featured Artist, The Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, September 2007

2007: One Woman Show, Art Divas Gallery, Taos, New Mexico, June 2007

2007: Featured Artist, Miller Fine Art Gallery, Salado, Texas, March 2007

2007: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, July 2007

2006: Featured Artist, Miller Fine Art Gallery, Salado, Texas, September 2006

2006: Gallery Artists Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, July 2006 and December 2006

2006: One Woman Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, June 2006

2006: Featured Artist, F8 Gallery, Austin, Texas, May 2006

2006: Featured Artist, Miller Fine Art Gallery, Salado, Texas, May 2006

2005: Christmas Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, December, 2005

2005: Christmas Group Show, Art Incorporated Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, December 2005

2005: One Woman Show, “Past And Present”, Shoreline Grill, Presented by City Art Link, Austin, Texas, September 2005.

2005: Group Show, 1550 Gallery, Kerrville, Texas, September 2005

2005: One Woman Show, ”What Remains”, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, August 2005

2005: Summer Group Show, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas, July 2005

2005: “Eye Candy” Group Show, 1550 Gallery, Kerrville, Texas

2004: One Woman Show, “Maxine Price, In Depth”, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas

2004: Group Show, Gallery 401, Houston, Texas

2003: Two Person Show, “New Work” with glass artist Bill Meek, Gallery 401, Houston, Texas

2003: Two Person show, “New Work” with glass artist Bill Meek, Meek Gallery, Wimberley, Texas

2003: Two Person Show, “Concrescentia” with Metal Sculptor Daryl Colburn, Thornwood Gallery,     Houston, Texas, October 2003

2003: Gallery Artists Summer Opening, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas

2003: Gallery Artists, First Thursday Opening, Zandoozi Gallery, Austin, Texas, June and July

2002: Three Person Show with Daryl Colburn, Metal Sculptor, and Mark Yale Harris, Stone and Bronze Sculptor, Zandoozi Gallery, Austin, Texas

2002: “New Works” with Daryl Colburn and Mark Yale Harris; Zandoozi Gallery, Austin, Texas

2001: Gallery Artist’s Show, Meek Gallery, Wimberley, Texas

2001: Fine Art Home Show, Group Show, Houston, Texas

2000: Fine Art Home Show, Group Show, Houston, Texas

1999: Fine Art Home Show, 7 Women Group Show, Houston, Texas

1999: Two Person Show with Daryl Colburn, Laughing at the Sun Gallery, Austin, Texas

1999: Featured Artists with Bill Meek, Glass Sculptor, Grand Opening: Sable V Gallery, Galveston, Texas

1998-1999: Gallery Artists, Pena Gallery, Austin, Texas

1996-1999: Gallery Artists, Teeks Gallery, Wimberley, Texas

1996: One Person Show, “Ancient Voices”, Omni Hotel, Houston, Texas

1996: “Grand Opening Show”, Laughing at the Sun Gallery , Austin, Texas

1995: New Artists Show, El Taller Gallery, Austin, Texas

1995: Christmas Show, Studio H, Austin, Texas

1994: Texas Watercolor Society, Annual National Juried Show, Signature Membership

1993: Texas Watercolor Society, Annual National Juried Show, San Antonio, Texas

1993: Colorado Springs Art Guild National Juried Show, Pike’s Peak Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado

1991: Gallery Artists Group Show, Gallery at the Driscoll, Austin, Texas

 

Selected Corporate and University Collections:

Warmack Investments, Research Forest Lakeside, The Woodlands, Texas: Original painting in lobby

Keller Williams Realty Corporate Headquarters, Austin, Texas: Eighteen (18) original paintings

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois: Original painting and giclee prints

Hilton Hotel, Orlando, Florida: Original painting

Hyatt Regency Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri: Original painting

Desert Ridge JW Marriott Resort, Scottsdale Arizona: Giclee reproductions (2 each) for 637 rooms,

Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai, California: Original paintings

Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa, Las Vegas, Nevada: Original painting

Tabor Center, Westin Hotel, Denver Colorado: Original painting and giclee prints for 427 rooms

IBM Corporation, Austin, Texas: Original painting

Altria Group (parent company of Kraft Foods), San Antonio, Texas: Original paintings

Tesoro Oil Corporation, San Antonio, Texas: Original paintings

JW Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas:  Original paintings

Seton Hospital, Cedar Park, Texas: Original paintings

KGA Architecture, Austin, Texas: Original painting

United Title, Austin, Texas: Original painting

The University of Texas at Austin: Portrait of “Tex” Moncrief. Hangs in the Moncrief-Neuhaus Athletic Center; the University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin: Portrait of Lee and Joe Jamail. Hangs in the University of Texas Jamail School Of Nursing

The University of Texas at Austin: Portrait of President Emeritus, Peter T. Flawn. Hangs in the Peter T. Flawn Academic Center

The University of Texas at Austin: Portrait of Mark Yudof, Dean of UT Law School, Vice President and Chancellor, University of Texas System. Hangs in the UT Law School

Texas A&M University at College Station: Portrait of John Blocker, Regent.  Hangs in the Blocker Building, Texas A& M University at College Station

St. Mary’s University at San Antonio: Portrait of James Castleberry, President Emeritus, St. Mary’s Law School.  Hangs in the St. Mary’s Law School, San Antonio, Texas

Current Gallery Representations:

Thornwood Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas

Assemblage Gallery, Buda, Texas

Art Incorporated, San Antonio, Texas

Art on 12 Gallery, Wimberley, Texas