Price took only a single drawing class at Saddleback College, he said, and taught himself most of his technique.
Three years after he started drawing, his persistence paid off with a show at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana.
“I didn’t know how to draw or paint or anything,” Price said. “I just had the desire to do it.”
Price, who works during the day as a clerk for OC Public Libraries, never uses models for his images, but he sometimes doesn’t have to look far for inspiration.
One of his favorite pieces in “New Paintings” depicts a girl pulling a wagon full of bones while a mysterious creature with a suitcase walks behind her — an image that Price saw in a nighttime reverie.
“A lot of my ideas just come from daydreaming,” he said. “And some of them come from dreams themselves.”
If You Go
What: “New Paintings” by Matthew J. Price
When: 2 to 6 p.m. today through Saturday. Closing reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday
Where: OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art, Old World Village, 7561 Center Ave. No. 32, Huntington Beach
CONTACT: (714) 421-0476 or www.omc-llc.com
