Leecia Price

Artist Statement

My art has become the outlet for my lifelong love and concern for animals and the natural world. Conveniently, painting is another way for me to revel in nature’s beauty and grace indoors. Materiality, particularly the textures paint pigments and wax produce, fascinates me. Ideally my work sparks curiosity and conversations. The imagery comes from imagination, memorable close encounters, and the generous contributors to the photographic public domain.

A portion of your support of my art will be shared with the conservation organizations whose work carry great meaning for me. Currently (2024) I am contributing to Maine Audubon, American Bird Conservancy, and Friends of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

Biography

Leecia Price is primarily a self educated artist and has been painting full-time since 2005, she holds a B.S. in Ecology.  She worked first in information technology, then conservation where, as a naturalist, graphic design projects lead her towards illustration and painting.  Subsequently, her concern for and curiosity of the natural world are expressed largely through her artwork.  Her lifelong affinity for nature, water, and the sea, are the reoccurring themes of her work.

She continues her art training with accomplished artists and her work is held in private collections across the country.  Originally from the southeast, midcoast Maine has been her year-around home since 2013. She lives in Camden with her husband, dog, and cat.

Shows and Exhibitions

Solo:

Fellowship Hall Gallery, July/August 2018, UU Brunswick, Maine

Cafe Gallery, May 2015, Good Tern Cooperative, Rockland, Maine

Atrium Gallery, Summer 2012, Unitarian Fellowship of Gainesville, Florida

Group:

ArtFeeds AIO Food Pantry benefit 2023, 2024. Page Gallery, Camden, Maine

‘Ah, Summer’ Archipelago Gallery, July - August 2023, Rockland, Maine

Art Space Gallery, Three person show, June 2022, Rockland, Maine

Local Color Gallery, Two person show, October 2021, Belfast, Maine

‘Currents and Channels, Four Coastal Maine Artists’ Archipelago Gallery, July - October 2021, Rockland, Maine

Art Space Gallery, Three person show, July 2021, Rockland, Maine

Lemont Block Collective, February - May 2021, Brunswick, Maine

Art Space Gallery, Three person show, August 2020, Rockland, Maine

Archipelago Gallery, Featured artists, October 2019 - May 2020, Rockland, Maine

Archipelago Gallery, Featured artists, April 2019 - July 2019, Rockland, Maine

River Arts, ‘Storm’, juror John David O’Shaughnessy, March 2020, Damariscotta Maine

River Arts, juror Winslow Myers, February 2020, Damariscotta Maine

Art Space Gallery, Four person show, July 2019, Rockland, Maine

Art Space Gallery, Four person show, September 2018, Rockland, Maine

'Close to Nature', Women Artists of Midcoast Maine,  September - November 2018, Friends of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Gallery, Rockland, Maine

'Women Painting Women',  Women Artists of Midcoast Maine, March 2018, Belfast Library, Belfast, Maine

‘Home’, Women Painters of Midcoast Maine, September - December 2017, 900 Broadway Gallery, Bangor, Maine

‘Voices’, Women Painters of Midcoast Maine, River Arts West Gallery, November - December 2017, Damariscotta, Maine

‘Colorwise', Boyd Center Gallery, Bangor Maine, October - December 2017, Bangor, Maine

'Small Works’, River Arts juried show, December 2017, Damariscotta, Maine

'Artist's Choice’, River Arts juried show, May 2017, Damariscotta, Maine

‘Smalls', Rock and Art Shop juried show, December 2017, Bangor, Maine

‘Handmade', Waterfall Arts juried show, December 2017, Belfast, Maine

‘Seasons’, Women Painters of Midcoast Maine, June 2017, Bell the Cat, Belfast, Maine

‘Reaching’, Women Painters of Midcoast Maine, spring 2017, Bagel Cafe, Belfast, Maine

Gallery Under the Oaks, 2006-2012, Florida

Education

Continuing studies with accomplished artists including: Heather Neilson 2022; Steve Aimone 2021; Colin Page, workshops 2015, 2016, 2017; Kerstin Engman, ongoing classes/critiques, oil/encaustic 2014 - 2017; Kendra Denny, encaustic workshop 2016; Anne Blair Brown, workshop, 2016; Catherine Gill, workshop, 2014; Elayne Dubin, ongoing classes 2006 - 2009.

BS Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University of Florida