Angelique Price - Artist Information

Artist Information

To purchase originals, order limited edition prints or contract commission work, contact Angelique Price at eliqart@gmail.com You may also purchase standard prints, mugs, magnets etc @ http://eliq.deviantart.com and you may purchase standard prints and t-shirts at http://redbubble.com/people/eliq

Artist Statement:

I feel that being an artist is a very special gift. It is my way to inform and inspire others. I am dedicated to knowing the importance of gratitude and accountability for having such a wondrous ability. We artists are channels. Our art is for the world, not just ourselves.

Every original piece is scanned and has limited editions and standard prints available because it is essential to me that those who cannot afford the originals get to have the images hanging in their space as well. My work is to be shared and enjoyed. That is the purpose of it.

I collect originals and prints of other artists' work as well to create flow and ease among us. Because I believe that there is always enough to go around, when I am blessed with a sale I return the favor to another who inspires me. That is my responsibility as an artist and my method of honor. I am so grateful for my talent, it has brought me healing and joy my entire life. May that gratitude guide me always.

Biography:

Art permeates every aspect of my life. I have been a professional fine artist for ten years, a tattoo artist for one year and am now specializing in henna art as well. It is my desire to succeed at whatever medium calls to me. I am skilled with oils, acrylics, watercolor, graphite, and my latest love, markers. Every medium creates a different style within me and broadens my artistic abilities.

In 1996 I was awarded a scholarship to Belmont University. I studied there for a year and then moved on to hone my skills at Watkins College of Art and Design for two years. Finding it irrelevent to have a degree in fine art, I took every art and studio class available, won two awards for sculpture and left school behind.

My career accelerates with persistence. Since the beginning of 2008 I have twice been featured on Juxtapoz.com, a very well known art website for pop culture, for my marker drawings and to showcase my portrait of "Barack Obama" titled "Metamorphosis." I have been featured on the international artist community deviantart.com for my piece titled "Balanced Vulnerability", a nude done in sharpie markers. In addition I have twice been featured on redbubble.com, another international art website for two of my t-shirts. My work has been shown throughout the hemisphere, from my home state of Tennessee to the Northeast, California, and the Caribbean. I have participated in shows at venues such as The Belcourt Theatre Gallery, Muse Haven, The Art and Invention Gallery, The Ninth Life Gallery, and MuseX Bazaar where I was the resident artist. I have filled two model homes with commission work for Haury and Smith Contractors as well as the hotel, Steeple Chase Inn and have been active in donating art to the AIDS foundation "Artrageous." I was also the featured artist at Edgehill Studios, a cyber cafe that opened its first location in Nashville and I am a core member of the "Nashville Craft Apocalypse" a large group of artists who show and sell our work around Nashville.

For the past three years I have been working on a series of work done entirely in sharpie, prismacolor, and bic permanent markers. I have over 70 pieces completed now. My pieces are available for limited edition prints and standard prints. I have two websites where I sell reproductions of my work as prints, t-shirts, mugs, magnets, puzzles, greeting cards etc. It is my wish for everyone who would like to have my art hanging in thier house to have access to it in some way. Not everyone can afford the originals. I love the digital world because of this.

I am continuously commissioned to paint and draw portraits. These have an essential impact on each individual's self-objectivity and self-acceptance. I am expanding this awareness with my series "Real Beauty", depicting the natural beauty of the female body. So far, every woman I have painted or drawn has cried when she has seen my interpretation of her. It is very rewarding. Likewise, an inspirational body of political work is emerging with portraits such as Benazir Bhutto, Mariane Pearl, Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama. I have many more planned with this political series with the intention to inform and inspire others to become more involved in creating peace and equal abundance across our earth. I'm also working with my seven year old son, Josiathe, on a series called "The Child Within", a spectacular body of work showcasing the talent and freedom of the art of a child. He and I draw the pieces together and I complete them. These are beautiful and whimsical. He is my greatest inspiration.

Art is my passion. It is the way in which I understand myself, others and our world. Through my creations, I find answers and revelations. I am able to see the world in its inspirational truth. Every person's eyes have a story, every tree and flower is a mystery. The world around me is a perfect intricacy. I am in constant awe and appreciation. I feel honored to be a channel of such a vast loving perfection.

Angelique Moselle Price