ARTIST STATEMENT
I am interested in the way my body wants to move, hold the brush, and honor my inward experience. I am a great believer in the power of presence and embodiment. If I can be honest about what is happening inside right "now" and express it fully, I get to experience myself fully and authentically. This creates acceptance, belonging, and curiosity, pushing me to go deeper, feel more and know myself. There are often competing emotions, sensations, or thoughts creating an internal paradox, yet as they flow through me and I make art with it, I find it to be the most satisfying act. I feel alive. I revel in knowing myself as the awkward and the elegant, the bold and the insecure, the honest and the exaggerated. I can be all of these things and more with ease, and so can you.
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As a practice, I apply paint spontaneously, creating wildlife, figures, landscapes and abstracts with emotive mark making that bubbles up spontaneously. Using brush and knife, I paint alla prima in either oil or acrylic. My gestural lines, sweeping brush strokes, and curious color combinations mimic the way I move in the world. Ultimately, I'd like to think I approach the canvas with the grace and humor I do my best to live by.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Jacquelyne Sharee Price (b. 1984, in California) was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her BA in Studio Art with a painting distinction in 2007. She paints and exhibits in her own by-appointment gallery and studio in Soquel, California.
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Jacqué is represented in the Bay Area and Northern California by Piper J Gallery, in Truckee, Madsen Gallery, in Los Altos, the Brass and Oak Home show room in downtown Placerville, as well as the trade showroom Shop the Studio in Los Gatos. Jacqué was one of two owners of Mountain Arts Collective Gallery from 2021-2023, before returning to the Bay Area. Her work is available online on ArtfulHome.com, and has been featured in Artists Magazine, Style Magazine, and in collaborative ventures with BLICK art materials. Jacqué currently accepts limited commissions from the public, licenses work to interior designers for private projects, and works on both residential and corporate projects in partnership with Interior Designers throughout the US.
