Maxine Price works in oils applied with palette knife and prefers to work in series. For "Terra Firma", Price presents her "New Phase Series." As she says, "It is a new phase I am going through." Working with a palette knife, Price creates a body of work in slightly skewed, abstract designs using thick juicy textures and bright, clear, unglazed colors. She describes these works as having a happy, playful attitude.
Price is a self-described "layerist" using thick, substantial applications of pigment skillfully laid on top of under-layers of color that peep through intentional openings left in the surface. Price prefers to work " wet on wet," i.e. applying thick wet paint over thinner layers of wet paint and still more thick paint on top of that. "It's sort of like putting white icing on a moist chocolate cake" she says laughingly. "You have to have a clear idea of where you want to go and a delicate touch, or you will end up with a lot of pure mud."
"I've always thought I need to know "how" to paint in all mediums--which I can--and for a lot of my career I've been a "realist." However, after a trip to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 1998, I became attracted to the colors of Mexico and the abstract patterns seen in the ancient walls. I started experimenting with oils applied with the palette knife and eventually decided to paint only in palette knife but not to restrict myself as far as subject matter."
Price received her BFA degree in Art from the University of Texas at Austin. She has had a varied background in the arts, spanning forays into fashion illustration, book design, graphic art and portraiture. Many of her portraits hang in the halls of such esteemed institutions as the University of Texas at Austin, St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio and Texas A&M University in College Station. Her creative work is also in collections of IBM, Valero, Marriott Hotels, Red Rock Hotel in Las Vegas and hundreds of other corporate and private collections.
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Sinking Fast
Oil with palette knife on canvas
New Phase Series
Unframed Size: 24 X 24"
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Inventory Number: MP6
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Baseline Blue
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24 x 24"
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Inventory Number: MP0713
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Baseline Orange
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Sold
Unframed Size: 24 x 24"
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Inventory Number: MP0714
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Sinking Fast #2
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24 x 24"
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Inventory Number: MP0719
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Just Because 1&2
Diptych - Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24 x 24 x2"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0729
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Baseline Cobalt
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48 x 48"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0744
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Baseline Orange
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24 x 24"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0808
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In Transition
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48 x 48"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0810
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If These Walls Could Talk
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48 x 60"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0811
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Jazz, Sweet & Lovely
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36 x 36"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0812
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Baseline Green #2
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0917
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Baseline Red #2
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0918
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Cross Currents (Diptych)
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48""x48""x2.5""each
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0911
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Directions #2
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0922
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House with Cobalt Sky
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0908
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House with Cupola
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48""x48""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0910
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House with Lighted Window
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0907
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House with Red Tear
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0909
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House with White Window
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0906
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Jazz, Rain Falling Down
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0912
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Long Time Ago
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0919
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Looking Back
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0920
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North Star
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0914
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Northern Lights
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0913
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Some Sunny Day #1
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0915
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Some Sunny Day #3
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0916
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Travelin', Going North
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x18""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0923
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Travelin', Heading South
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x18""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: MP0924
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Big Red
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 72""x72""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp09091
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Chasing out the Night
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090902
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Meditation in Green and Blue
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 2@48""x60""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp09093
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Red Letter Day
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 30""x40""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp09094
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Small Happiness
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp09095
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Transitions #1
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48""x48""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp09096
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Triumph
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp09097
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Variations on a Theme #1
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp09098
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Variations on a Theme #2
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp09099
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One of the Memories
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48""x48""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090910
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Cool Depth
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090911
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Dream Shadows
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090912
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Morning Reflections
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48""x48""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090913
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Muy Caliente
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090914
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On a Clear Day
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090915
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Portrait of a Memory #2
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090916
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Reeds and Water
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090917
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Split Differences
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090918
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Sunset Over Water
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090919
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Early Morning Night
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090920
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Girl in Black Stockings
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090921
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Girl in White Stockings
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x36""x2.5'
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090922
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Joy
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090923
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Thinking Outside the Box
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090924
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Jazz for a Rainy Day
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090925
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Jazz Vibrations #1
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090926
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Fall Grasses
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090927
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High Meadow
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48""x48""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090928
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Morning Glow
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48""x48""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090929
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Mountain Glory
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090930
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Rain in the Mountains #2
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x72""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090931
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Sunday at Oak Creek
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 60""x60""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090932
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Tree Tops
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 36""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090933
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#13 Green
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090934
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High Def Blue
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090935
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How It Came About
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 48""x48""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090936
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OK Blue
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24'x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090937
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Red #12
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090938
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Yellow No
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090939
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Angel
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 60""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090940
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Celebration
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 2@12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090942
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Cobalt Square
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 4@12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090943
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San Miguel Patterns
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 2@24""x24""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090944
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San Miguel #5
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090945
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San Miguel Squares
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090946
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Small Portal #1 & #2
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 2@12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090947
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Topsy Turvy
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 2@18""x36""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090948
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Trey
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090949
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Window
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 12""x12""x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090950
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Happy Places
Oil with palette knife, mixed media sculpture
Unframed Size: 12""x26""x3"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090951
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Mayan Magic
Oil with palette knife, mixed media sculpture
Unframed Size: 12""x26""x3"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090952
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Solar Ice
Oil with palette knife, mixed media sculpture
Unframed Size: 12""x26""x3"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090953
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Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Oil with palette knife, mixed media sculpture
Unframed Size: 20""x60""x3"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090954
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Cinco
Oil with palette knife on canvas
Unframed Size: 60x24x2.5"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: mp090955
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