Alison Price’s work is where texture meets storytelling, where sculptural paintwork becomes a language for memory, nature, and emotion. A Minneapolis-based artist with a global reach, Price sculpts and paints work that spans continents, cultures, and communities, blending the tactile and the symbolic in vibrant, dimensional paintings that speak to place and purpose.
Her artistic vision is informed by a BA in Studio Arts from Augsburg University and an MA from the University of Wisconsin. Price’s award-winning work is collected across the U.S. and internationally, from the Mayo Clinic to the Louvre Palace in Paris, where she exhibited 45 Purely Textural Map Points paintings in 2022. But for Price, the true heart of her art lies in exploration, of landscapes, identities, and the connections that bind them.
Purely Textural Map Points: A Sculpted Geography
In her Purely Textural Map Points series, Price captures moments from her travels in 12″ x 12″ canvases, each a rich, dimensional portrait of a specific place. From the lava fields of New Mexico to the shimmering wet sidewalks of Portugal, each painting is both a snapshot and an emotional map.
“I’m inspired by the tiniest moss growing near a tree in my backyard to the glow of Mediterranean light,”
she shares. Her materials reflect the same diversity: metallic leaf, handmade paper, failed paintings, found metal, tumbled glass, and a proprietary texture compound developed during her graduate studies.
The result is an irresistible surface, crunchy, layered, and alive with color, that invites not only the eye but the fingertips.
The series has recently shifted its focus to the American Southwest, with its striking red earth and cornflower skies. Monument Valley, Arches National Park, and Little Colorado Canyon have all found their way onto her canvas, rendered in sun-warmed hues and sculptural gestures. And it is not only the grand vistas that find their way onto the canvas, but quiet moments too, a fluttering blue flax, Arizona thistle, and a small patch of snow, nestled in shadow.
Designed to be arranged in countless combinations, the grid, row, and solo pieces are each a standalone story, but together they form a mosaic of experience. Collectors are encouraged to mix and match, crafting their visual travelogue.
The Heart of Her Practice
Whether she’s painting glacial mist or the rustling leaves of home, Price works with a consistent ethos: attention to detail, reverence for materials, and a belief in the power of place.
Her home studio is where Price wields her brush and palette knife, surrounded by plants, paints, and canvas. As a full-time artist, Price is very aware of her carbon footprint and has adopted a zero-waste initiative. Studio waste becomes art. A failed painting is torn apart and collaged; leftover paint is incorporated into a new work, and each addition sparks new creativity.
This initiative extends to her gallery in the historic Northrup King Building in Minneapolis. The Price Krishnan Gallery, founded by Alison Price and Kathleen Krishnan (artist and business partner), is the home gallery to thirteen artists, each excelling in their field. Sustainability and intention guide both her process and her philosophy.
To walk through Alison Price’s body of work is to journey through time and space, traversing awe-struck travel, deep-rooted history, and shared human experience. It is to be remembered that beauty exists not only in sweeping vistas or grand monuments, but in moss, in bark, in conversation, and in welcome.
Explore more of her work at: [www.alisonpricestudios.com](https://www.alisonpricestudios.com)
