John Palmer Portfolio
“...in high school, I was constantly drawing or painting. I pushed it all aside when I began developing a creative edge using ordinary lawns as my canvas. I owned a landscape design company for seven years, until I realized I was hiring subcontractors because I was so incredibly busy, and I wasn't doing the 'fun stuff' any longer--I needed more. I wanted to go back to the basics of fabrics and paints.”- John Palmer
John Palmer was born in Houston in 1974. A fifth generation Texan, he is living his dream as he continues to create the life he wants to have. And, at one painting at a time, he is making a name for himself as a fine artist.
John describes his work in more emotional than technical terms. He sees his art as free-form, full of energy, life, and movements. He sees it as Escapism, which is the title of his new book (his first book, Deliverance and More Than Words, was published just over a year ago.) While he loves the sense of freedom and fun, he approaches his work quite seriously.
John's preferred medium is a mix including oils, pastels, graphite, and oil sticks. He also likes to paint in the old masters technique that he learned when he studied in Florence, Italy. There he learned the old egg tempura techniques that involve the use of an egg emulsion that actually absorbs the light.
His exuberance and energy continue to flow through him, onto the canvas. He loves the way people react to the feelings in his work, and continues to grow, realizing that his paintings are ever changing and always evolving, just as he is. This is in large part what creates the excitement for John as well as his many clients. John is pure energy, and it's when that energy is translated onto canvas, the real magic occurs.
EDUCATION
John studied art at Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy. He also studied in Cadaques, Spain (former home of Salvador Dali) near Barcelona. He has also studied with Master Painter, Philip Rubinov Jacobson in the Austrian Alps, just outside Vienna.
SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004
- “One Man Show”, Fairmount Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- Bayou City Art Festival (Spring) Houston, TX
2003
- “One Man Show”, Fairmount Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- Bayou City Art Festival, Houston, TX
2002
- "The Foundation", The 17th Gallery, Houston, TX
- "One Man Show", Betz Gallery, Houston, TX
- "New Views", Agora Gallery, Soho, NYC
- "Comfort Without Shifts", John Palmer Gallery
2001
- “The Inner-circle", John Palmer Gallery
- "Tuscany 2001", The KGA Compound presents recent works by John Palmer
- "Views Across Continents", Santa Reparata International School of Art
- "Collaboration", KGA * John Palmer, Art & Nall, Atlanta
- "Collaboration/Bayou City Cat Fish", KGA * John Palmer Art / The Compound Bayou City Art Festival, Houston
- "Removal of the Dark", ComSpace.Com, Houston
2000
- "Combining Forces", KGA * John Palmer The Compound, Houston
- "Never Regression II", Bocado's, Houston
- "Lofty Ideas", Featured Artist/John Palmer Canadian Television
- "Intuition II", Belle Ami, Houston
- "Tilt", Collaboration/KGA * John Palmer The Compound/Houston
- "Never Regression", Bocados, Houston
- "Oxide", The Mercantile, Houston
- "Compromised Decision", Body, Mind and Soul, Houston
- "The Beginning", Karen Derr and Associates, Houston
- "I Left Time", Bank of America, Houston
1999
- "Couldn't be More", Barnaby's, Houston
- “Intuition", Belle Ami, Houston
- “Latest Works", Bayou City Art Festival, Downtown, Houston
- "The Pull Between Two: Empower 1999", George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston
- "Just Behind the Door", The Galleria, Houston
- "Bending is not to Break", La Strada, Houston
- "Three Artists", John Palmer/Kermit Eisenhut/Lark Bella Corium, Post Oak, Houston
- "The Combination", Bank United, Montrose, Houston
- "Muted Voices", Saks Fifth Avenue * The Grille, Houston
- "The Next Movement", Picasso's, Houston
- “Landscapes of the Mind", J.R.'s, Houston
John Palmer is represented by:
The Fairmount Gallery in Dallas, Texas,
Coda Gallery in New York, NY; Palm Springs, CA; and Park City, UT,
The 17th Gallery in Houston, TX,
Also galleries in Paris, Milan, Chicago.
