BARE TIDES
New Paintings by Eric Price
Opening Friday, 6/27 7pm

Eric Price’s new work invites viewers into quiet moments of stillness, vulnerability, and reflection, captured along the gentle edges of Provincetown’s tidal landscapes.

Painting en plein air to capture the essence of Cape Cod’s shifting light, Price refines his compositions in the studio, striking a balance between figure and environment. His palette—rooted in earth tones and subtle color shifts—evokes the warmth of sunlit sand, the cool blues and purples of tidal pools, and the interplay of light across dunes and marshes. His brushwork varies from broad sweeps in the landscapes to more defined forms in the figures, creating an interplay that runs throughout the exhibition.

Bare Tides centers on the male figure at rest - unposed, unguarded, and at ease by the sea. Price often employs the Rückenfigur composition, a tradition from German Romantic painting where a figure is shown from the back, gazing at a landscape. Inspired by artists like Caspar David Friedrich and Patrick Hennessy, Price uses this device to invite viewers into his subjects’ world without direct confrontation. His figures exist naturally within the landscape, embodying a space for queerness, memory, and myth.

“Eric Price’s deep personal connection to Provincetown drives the heart of Bare Tides,” says artist and curator Greg Salvatori. “His paintings are a love letter to this place, where every brushstroke reflects his intimate bond with its landscapes and the sense of belonging it fosters, inviting viewers to share in that profound attachment.”