Harry Price studied at Hereford College of Art and the West of England College of Art in the 1950s, later gaining an MA from Middlesex Polytechnic. Since retiring from the School of Art at Coventry University he has devoted himself to painting full time.

As an art student in the 1950s, Harry Price faced the choice of going in either of two directions – one of academic training allied to craftsmanship, and the other promoting abstract expressionism. After practising both, the tension between them still finds echoes in his painting. When he was a student, watercolour as a medium was hardly mentioned, yet Harry became captivated by the delight of its translucency and fluidity.

Harry Price's awards include the Patchings Open Award (RK Burt Prize) and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (RI Award 2005).  In 2006 he won the RI Winsor & Newton Award for the most outstanding group of paintings and wrote for the International Artist magazine.