Patrick Palmer

Patrick Palmer

Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom

About Patrick Palmer

Overview An artist specialising in paintings and drawings of the female form - subtle, classical nudes in oil and red chalk. I left a successful career in media at the age of 40 to pursue this childhood dream – to be an artist and try to make beauty. I work from my studio in Windsor. Training I was given years of professional tuition at a number of life drawing classes and at The National College of Art and Design (Dublin), and Heatherley’s School of Art (London). I was lucky to have been tutored by Michael Clark (a friend and contemporary of Francis Bacon) and Bobby Gill (an Honorary Fellow of the RCA). Education -Honours Degree from Oxford Brookes University. -Diploma from Heatherleys School of Art London. -Diploma from National College of Art and Design Dublin. Artist Statement Whilst an element of realism is important, I try to move beyond artistic convention and avoid an image that is too predictable. Realism is not enough – what you take away and add to what you see are what transform a picture into art. I believe the viewer wants to see a degree of draughtsmanship from an artist but they deserve more than this. Influences My favourite artists are Degas, Lautrec and Picasso who all have a subliminal impact on my work. There are 2 other things which have shaped my work: 1. Attending life-drawing classes for 15 years (with some very impressive tutors) taught me to use charcoal and tone and to blend soft edges. 2. I was PR Manager for Signal Gallery in Hoxton for 6 years. My job was to promote street and urban artists like Shepard Fairey, Dale Grimshaw, King Robbo and Byroglyphics. I really liked some of the work which was quite different to mine - the freedom and sketchiness in the work. I think an element of this style of art creeps into my work. Statement Whilst an element of realism is important, I try to move beyond artistic convention and avoid an image that is too predictable. Realism is not enough - what you take away and what you add to what you see are what transform a picture into art. I believe that the viewer wants to see a degree of draughtsmanship from an artist but they deserve more than this. I aspire to make my pictures touch people personally and to be considered simple works of beauty. Accolades I was included in the list of the 10 Best Contemporary Portrait Artists, by One Fine Bid Magazine. One of my paintings was featured in the book “Images of Women in Art', available on Amazon. And another on the cover of a book of poems by India's poet Laureate, titled 'Musings of Miss Yellow”. Again sold through Amazon. Testimonial “Patrick Palmer is a modern master of figurative art. His post-romantic nudes are not only exquisitely painted, but also dreamy, delicate and suggestive. They only hint at sensuality and evoke fantasy in the subtle and elegant manner that distinguishes art from pornography.” Claudia Moscovici, Co-founder of postromanticism.com and art critic (“Romanticism and Post-romanticism”, Lexington Books, 2007).

Education:

Honours Degree from Oxford Brookes University.

Diploma from Heatherleys School of Art London.

Diploma from National College of Art and Design Dublin.

Events:

My work is regularly shown at the galleries below.

It has also been displayed at the following:

- Home House in London
- The Royal Pastel Society
- London's Discerning Eye Exhibition
- The Affordable Art Fair
- The Foreign Correspondents Club (Hong Kong)

Work is sold through John Lewis.

Exhibitions:

Exhibitions & Galleries
I have exhibited at a number of galleries in the past including Box Galleries, Belgravia Gallery and Artpistol. My work is sold through John Lewis Partnership.
My work has been shown at:
-The Royal Pastel Society -The Discerning Eye -Home House
-The Art Gemini Exhibition -The Affordable Art Fair