Gary Palmer – Painter – b.1968 : Based in Los Angeles | South of France
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1968. Initially accepted to University of Edinburgh to study Theoretical Physics – eventually graduated with an MA in Architecture in 1992. The anamorphic perspective street drawings have been featured at international festivals in Europe, Australia, North America.
‘Journey to Zanzibar’, a series of narrative paintings and writings documenting travels in East Africa, from the banks of lake Malawi to the island of Zanzibar – focused on peoples who live in symbiosis with nature – published as a collection of limited edition prints by Fathom Gallery.
Publications : On the Nature of Nature – a codex – Lumen Press, 2020.Journey To Zanzibar– Lumen Press, 2018, Chalk on Street– 2015 Amazon, A Carpet of Dream – 1996 RJD Enterprises,
Selected Collections : Ulster Museum, Belfast | Catherine Zeta Jones | Jamie Harris | Halle Berry | Carlo Siliotto.
Current work – Distillations and Deconstructions – a series of conceptual studies at the intersection of Art and Science – reducing traditional modes of painting to an abstract interpretation – and separating elements to explore each in isolation.
