Artist Interview: Lindsey Price

Lindsey Price is an artist and designer who was born in Boston, and is currently living and working in Los Angeles. She creates collage, painting, design, and animation works inspired by retrofuturism, psychedelia, brutalist architecture, and vintage fashion.

The artist’s art envisions possible dimensions for a harmonious, matriarchal future, bridging the digital and physical realms – the result is a visual paradise where one can escape and reimagine oneself.

We asked Lindsey about her art, creative process, and inspirations.

neon odyssey by lindsey price — *Art by Lindsey Price: Neon Odyssey*

Can you tell us about your background as a digital artist? How did you get started in this field?

I started as a painter and then made my way into photography. I was looking for a medium where I could utilize all my skills and interests in one place, and I've always been interested in art as a general form. I started getting into digital art while I was in college. I found digital art allowed me to explore multiple dimensions of art in a way that I couldn't explore physically.

As my art developed and my style shifted, I eventually found a medium that allowed me to use all my expertise: experimental mixed media. I combine my love of photography, painting, design, and animation into one medium I like to call “collage paintings.”

What appeals to me most about collage is that it lets me take on the role of an architect to create and build my worlds. It’s a mix of the old and the new in a future context. It’s about turning “what we could have been” into “what we can become.”

“My work reflects our innermost desires, fantasies, and dreams.”

— Lindsey Price

What inspires your art? Are there any particular themes or subjects that you enjoy exploring through your artwork?

I've always had a mind that runs constantly. My work acts like a release of thoughts all at once that I want to express visually from my ever-wandering mind. I just follow where it leads.

I'm inspired by what I'm physically surrounded by and my experiences. That can be our cultural environment, literal environment, generation, social media, printed matter, and so many other things.

I focus on psychedelic color schemes, shapes, and textures. I'm greatly influenced by architecture and spatial design. Retrofuturism, surrealism, harmony, and mixing the past and present are some themes I enjoy exploring through my work.

*Art by Lindsey Price: Storm on the Horizon*

Can you tell us a little about the interplay between your analog and digital art and the ways they complement each other?

When a viewer sees a physical piece of art, they can see the work that has gone into it. While the same may be true with digital art, it’s in a completely different way. With my physical works, you can see the textures of the paint, the paper, and the gloss from the resin. You can see all the physical elements that have gone into it. With digital art, it can be a little more complicated because not everyone understands it as a medium. I find that it's still misunderstood.

Regarding the impact on the viewer, my work, physically and digitally, follows the same theme of escapism. All my work takes you to another place. Digital art allows me to make my work move, which is an entirely different experience and can take the viewer even deeper.

With my physical art, I often plan and design a piece before I execute it. I compose my works digitally and perform them physically. This is often a challenge for me, but I enjoy the experimental process of bringing work from the digital realm into the physical world.

Can you tell us about some of your favorite pieces? What makes them special to you?

All my work is a reflection of my current mindset. My environment and what happens in my life dictates how a piece comes out. In that way, they’re a development of my own psyche. I have a notion that I need to see through until the end. Once I work through it and see the visual outcome, it becomes clearer, but along the way I'm not entirely sure. The pieces I put together guide the outcome.

I believe envisioning the future is an inherent part of making it a reality. This is what I mean when I say the imaginary is just as real as what we consider “real life.” Whether digitally or physically, I am visually bringing my fantasies into the world, giving them a life of their own.

Art has the power to traverse these environments, impact us as human beings, and inform our perception of the world around us.

*Art by Lindsey Price: Supernova (still from animation)*

What would we most probably find you doing if not creating art?

When not creating art, I love hiking and adventures with my dog, Zorro. I also love to travel and experience new cultures and environments, but you will most likely find me exercising. I love to dance in particular.

*Art by Lindsey Price: Rose bath bomb on a flower moon*

What advice would you give to aspiring digital artists who are just starting out? Are there any resources or learning materials you would recommend to help them improve their skills?

I would suggest that artists use as many resources as possible. With AI, digital art has taken on a whole new meaning.

I advise upcoming artists to utilize AI as a tool, not an outcome. Artists should learn After Effects, Photoshop, Cinema 4D, and many other programs to achieve their aesthetic goals.

The more innovative you can be with your tools, the stronger the outcome.