Heidi Palmer

I was born in Geneva, Switzerland, have lived in Canada, and currently reside in Connecticut. In college, I had a very academic education and, realizing that I had to make a living, majored in printmaking and illustration. After graduating, I became a full-time freelance children's book illustrator. I started painting mid-career and have been painting professionally ever since. Four years ago I revisited my past and started making monotypes. I have been influenced by a number of artists and artistic movements over the years but those that really resonate with me are Vermeer, Hammershoi, Randall Exon, Diebenkorn, and Homer. My preferred medium is oil on canvas. However, I also enjoy creating monotypes because there is a degree of freedom and serendipity that characterizes the process.
Light, air, and the meaning of time are the three elements that I try to address in my paintings and prints. Light governs the compositions both in my landscapes and interiors. It is the foundation from which I depart on the journey to find the meaning of the painting. I start a canvas by addressing all the formal and traditional aspects such as composition, color, design, and so on. Light defines form, which is very concrete, but it also ...

Ecole Des Beaux Arts de Montreal, Canada

Pratt Institute, B.F.A.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:


2018 “Island View,” Jessie Edwards Gallery, Block Island, RI
2011 "Mindscapes," Southport Galleries, Southport, CT
2010 "Heidi Palmer'" Eisenhauer Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA
2005 “Inside Out,” Eisenhauer Gallery, Block Island, RI
2004 “Inside, Outside,” Southport Harbor Gallery, Southport, CT
2003 “Reflections,” Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
2002 “Observations,” Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1999 "Heidi Palmer," Eisenhauer Gallery, Block Island, RI

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2020 Hudson Valley Art Association, Annual Juried Exhibition, Irene P. Hewson Memorial Award
2019. American Artists Grand National Exhibition
2019 Hudson Valley Art Association, Annual Juried Exhibition, Frank and Marjorie Van Steen Award
2018 New Britain Museum of American Art
2016 FootPrint International Exhibition
2015 Jessie Edwards Studio, Block Island, RI
2014 Pendle Gallery, Lancashire, England
2012-2015 Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, ME
2011 Dean Day Gallery, Houston, TX
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