John Ross Palmer                                                                   John Ross Palmer

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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