Patrick Palmer

Patrick Palmer

Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom

About Patrick Palmer

Patrick is one of the UK's leading figure artists, specialising in the female form and portraiture. He is also the life-drawing tutor at The Fire-Station Arts Centre in Windsor.   He studied at Heatherley's School of Art in London and at The National College of Art and Design, Dublin. He was also given extensive personal tuition by  Michael Clark, (a friend of Francis Bacon) and by Bobby Gill (an honorary fellow of The Royal College of Art). He exhibits through galleries in London, New York, Paris and Glasgow.   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 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. “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). Patrick was included in the list of the 10 Best Contemporary Portrait Artists, by One Fine Bid Magazine. He was featured in the book “Images of Women in Art', available on Amazon. And one of his paintings was used on the cover of a new book of poems by India's poet Laureate, titled 'Musings of Miss Yellow”. Again sold through Amazon.

Education:

Honours Degree from Oxford Brookes University.

Diploma from Heatherleys School of Art London.

Diploma from National College of Art and Design Dublin.

15 years attending life-drawing classes in London.

Events:

My work has been displayed at Home House in London and will be on show later this year at London's Discerning Eye Exhibition.

Exhibitions:

I have work on display at these galleries:

1. Box Galleries (London)
2. Belgravia Gallery (London)
3. Carlos Reid Gallery (USA)
4. Art Pistol (Scotland)