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John Ross Palmer (Artist, )

Personal Life Story

John Ross Palmer was born on January 10, 1974 in Houston, Texas. He is a fifth generation Texan and a third generation Houstonian. He has Canadian roots on his mother's side of the family that connect him to his great-great-grandfather, Philip S. Ross, an icon of the accounting industry. From an early age John Palmer exhibited a self-taught talent for art, but unlike a great number of artists, an uncanny ability to conduct business. One of John's first businesses was selling soft drinks to his four siblings. He ran the business out of his closet and charged a quarter per drink. John's inspiration, for both his art and his business prowess, is his mother Ada Palmer. John Palmer's mother ran a successful "yards" business, where she and her two boys mowed lawns for those in and around the Alief suburb of Houston, Texas. Her business flourished until John, age 16, went into direct competition with her. She taught him well. In addition to his thriving landscaping business, prior to working as a full-time artist, John loved working as a bartender at the legendary J.R.'s Bar and Grill in Houston, Texas, operated a local Houston convenience store and even for a brief stint (as a young and impressionable man) sold products for the multi-level marketing company Amway.

In high school, John excelled at a number of activities including his high school football team, student government and scouting. John is extremely proud of earning his Eagle Scout badge by his senior year. Only an incredibly small percentage of scouts achieve the honor of Eagle Scout. As a method of coping after the unexpected death of his father, John gathered up the money he had, went to Michael's on Weslayan to buy paints, brushes and canvases, and used these tools and strokes on the canvas to heal. Painting allowed John Palmer to release the inner grief, frustration and pain after his father's untimely death.

Life Story: Professional:

Although for the most part self-taught, artist John Ross Palmer first studied art professionally at the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy in 2001. In 2003, he studied under Robert Venosa in Cadaques, Spain (the former home of Salvador Dali). John spent the summer of 2004 working with Master Painter Philip Rubinov-Jacobson in the Austrian Alps. In 2005, Palmer studied mono-printmaking on Skopelos Island, Greece under the direction of California artist Linda Goodman. Other travels which inspired unique travel bodies of artwork include his journeys to Cape Town, South Africa, Tokyo, Japan and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

During the course of his more than a decade-long career, John has self-published three books: Deliverance and More than Words, Escapism and Seven. His critically acclaimed fourth book, The Art of Meaningful Living, a collaborative project with Houston psychotherapist Christopher Brown, debuted at the Book Expo America in May of 2009. John Palmer's fifth book, the self-titled John Palmer, is scheduled to be released in 2010.

John's work has been featured in many restaurants, publications, homes and businesses around the country. His art has appeared in the Houston Chronicle, Inside Houston, The Voice, Outsmart, Prime Living Magazine, Houston Modern Luxury, PaperCity Magazine and Fox News. John was selected as the Featured Artist of The Periwinkle Foundation's "Making a Mark", in partnership with Texas Children's Hospital as well as the 2006 Via Colori Featured Artist, to benefit the Houston Center for Hearing and Speech John has also worked closely and made generous contributions to some of his favorite Houston charities, including S.I.R.E., the Arthritis Foundation, the Montrose Clinic and the Houston Heights Association. In August 2009, John Palmer was the Featured Artist for ARTcetera, benefitting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In 2010, John Palmer has served as Featured Artist at Art4Life benefitting AIDS Foundation Houston and the 2010 Hearts & Buckles Art Auction sponsored by Cowboys & Indians Magazine and benefitting Texas ranch families. In April 2010, he will serve as Featured Artist at Art with Heart benefitting the San Jose Clinic.

As Johns’ art career has grown and expanded, so has his showplace. Initially in a 400 sq. ft. apartment, John was forced to paint on his driveway because he had no studio space. After many years of saving money from both bartending and selling art, John purchased a bungalow on West 17th Street in the Houston Heights in 2002. There, John showed his work in a small art studio, his original bungalow and a second home that he acquired on the neighboring lot in 2005. After selling those two properties, John moved onto Winter Street Studios where he displayed his art from 2006 until 2008. In May of 2008, John finalized his 4,500 sq. ft. private residence, studio and gallery on Heights Boulevard by not only preserving a historic bungalow but also adding on a chic, museum-quality showroom. John Palmer has not only placed hundreds of art pieces in incredible private collections, his work has been displayed in the following public forums: The Santa Reparata International School of Art (Florence, Italy); The Jung Center (Houston, Texas); The Skopelos Foundation of the Arts (Skopelos Island, Greece); The Children's Museum of Acadiana (Lafayette, Louisiana); The Pagosa Springs Hospital (Pagosa Springs, Colorado); Texas Children's Hospital (Houston,Texas). In 2009, the first retrospective of John Palmer's artwork was held in Houston, Texas to celebrate a spectrum of original pieces from his first ten years as a professional artist. Notable private collectors of John Palmer original artwork include Dr. Carolyn Farb, hc, Sir Roger Moore, Olympic Gold Medalist Carl Lewis, famed Texas litigator John O'Quinn, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Joan Rivers, American filmmaker John Waters and Houston Mayor Annise Parker.

2009 marked the rise of John Ross Palmer's career to the international stage when he began displaying as the gallery John Palmer Fine Art at international art fairs including Art Chicago, Art Toronto and the Red Dot Fair Miami during December's Art Basel week. For his many years of service to the Space City, in 2009 John Palmer was selected as a member of the My Houston Campaign by the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau along with a small number of other notable Houstonians including Beyonce Knowles, George Foreman, Hilary Duff, Clay Walker, ZZ Top, A.J. Foyt and George & Barbara Bush. 2009 also marked the rise of John Palmer's colossal online following. With thousands of fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter, many people around the globe are following the whirlwind life and career of this larger-than-life artist, mentor, author and celebrated founder of Escapism.

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