PATRICK PALMER
Patrick M. Palmer
Patrick M. Palmer is currently the Dean at The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as well as Faculty Chair of its Studio School and Department Head of Art History. He earned a BA from the University of California/Santa Barbara in 1977 and an MFA from Arizona State University in 1979. Palmer has been teaching at The Glassell School of Art, MFAH for 31 years and has been Dean for 10 years. Throughout his 50+ years of painting, Palmer placed works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and many other prestigious museum and university collections. Palmer’s current works often examine the theme abstracted figures/heads, in this case his energies are focused on the female gaze and the psychological intrigue of these quiet portraits.
Exhibition: “Woman”