Brian Palmer
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'My work is about the joy and sorrow, light and shade and fact of being alive. Consider the alternative."
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'My work is about the joy and sorrow, light and shade and fact of being alive. Consider the alternative.
In these images, my aim has been to express the maximum of meaning with the minimum of artistic means.
Influences on my work include Classical vase-making, William Blake, Matisse, late Picasso and Basquiat.
Date of Birth : 1929
Education : B.A. (Hons.) Fine Art
Exhibitions/Prizes/Awards :
Talent Store Gallery (Solo exhibition)
Lauderdale House
Highgate Gallery
New Ashgate Gallery
Chocolate Factory
Haringey Open
Tavistock Institution
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Affordable Art Fair, London
Affordable Art Fair, Bristol
Marks and Spencer Head Office
Northumbria University Collection
Beardsmore Gallery
Contemporary Print Show, London
Small Print Biennale
Will's Art Warehouse
Llewellyn Alexander (Fine Paintings)
Reform Club
Big Green Door
Affordable Art Fair, London, 2005-8
New British Artists, 20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Art, 2009
Brian Palmer was taught at school by R.B. Talbot Kelly and gained a British Travel Association Poster Prize and a Royal Drawing Society Award. His career then took a different turn and he was for many years a Sunday painter, before returning to study with Janet Unwin at The Campden Institute. He subsequently studied under Sir John Cass and has recently gained a Fine Arts Honours Degree. His work appears in both corporate and private collections.
Brian Palmer made the first television commercial to be shown on UK television, for Gibbs SR toothpaste.