Stephen Earl Price

Born: Nov. 12, 1948, Akron, Ohio

Education:
University of Akron, in BFA program 1966 to 1970
UCLA creativity extension program 1995
Self Taught, airbrushing, photo retouching and digital imaging and trompe l'oeil

Voted number one choice for commercial photo retouching by the Orange County, CA Association of Commercial Photographers prior to Photo Shop software during the early 1980's.

Included in Marquis, Who's Who In America, Who's Who In The World and Who's Who In American Technology

Experience:
1974 to 2003 trompe l'oeil painter
1984 to 2003 plein air painting in oils and watercolors
1991 to 2003 digital illustrator and image processing artist
1978 to 1993 commercial airbrush photo retoucher and illustrator
1971 to 1978 textile painting... fine art images on clothing
1968 to 2003 murals on walls and canvas

Airbrush Illustration Teaching Seminars:
Cal State Long Beach Fine Arts Dept 1982-1983
Orange Coast College 1982-1983
Costa Mesa Community College 1983

Galleries and Shows:

San Luis Obispo, Jack House Juried Group Show 2003
Prefix 927 Show, Cambria, CA; 2003,2002,2001,2000,1999,1998,1997,1996,1994,1993,
1992,1991,1990,1989
Award Winner at 11 Prefix 927 group shows

Art and Wine Festival 2003

San Luis Obispo County Art Center group shows; 2002, 2001, 2000
Skyview Gallery, Westlake Village, CA 1999, 2002, 2001,2000
l'Artiste Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA 2002
Castoro Cellars one man show 2001
Vault Gallery, Cambria,CA 1995
Luminous Visions Gallery, Carmel, CA 1994 to 1996
Luminous Visions Gallery, Cambria, CA 1991 to 1994
Laguna Beach Museum of Art 1992
Aquarius Gallery, Cambria, CA 1993 to 1995
Aquarius Gallery, Cambria, CA 1989 to 1991
Verlingieri Winton Gallery, Cambria, CA 1989-1990
SLO Brewing Company group show, San Luis Obispo, CA 1990
NAF Gallery, Cambria, CA 1990
Reid Gallery, Carmel, CA 1988 International Group Show
Reid Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA 1988-89
Atlantia Gallery, Cretacean Show, Santa Monica, CA 1988
Westbrook Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 1987
Spectrum Gallery, Toluca Lake, CA 1987- 1988
Winter Fine Arts Festival, Laguna Beach, CA 1985
Collectors Choice Gallery, performance art, Laguna Beach,CA 1985
Sawdust Festival, performance art, Laguna Beach,CA 1985
United Artists Records, 1970, recording artist/composer
Akron Art Institute, 1969 while in art school organized an
interactive psychydelic sound and light installation.

Benchmarks:

LIsted; Whos Who In America 2004 , Whos Who In American Technology 2004
Instrumental in bringing color weather to broadcast news prior to the
launch of color weather imaging satellites.
Developed a new painting technique for dual-image luminous paintings.
Painted the first known full color 3 dimensional Qabalistic Tree of Life 1973