Past Exhibitions

Neal Palmer

Woven Paths

12 Jun - 7 Jul 2010

Exhibition Works

I'm Beginning to See the Light
I'm Beginning to See the Light (2010)
MG3
MG3 (2010)
MG1
MG1 (2010)
Woven Paths
Woven Paths (2010)
MG4
MG4 (2010)
MG2
MG2 (2010)
Focus
Focus (2010)
Having Arrived it Seemed There Was More Than One Possible Departure
Having Arrived it Seemed There Was More Than One Possible Departure (2010)
On The Whole The Crowd Had Regained A Sense Of Balance
On The Whole The Crowd Had Regained A Sense Of Balance (2010)
Bridget Knew It Was There But She Couldn't Quite Place It
Bridget Knew It Was There But She Couldn't Quite Place It (2010)

Exhibition Text

Neal Palmer establishes pattern by using repetition, scale exaggeration, the tension of intersecting angles, the sliding geometry of arcs and the power of line. His blend of naturalism and elements of photo-realism traverses the tradition of botanical painting with demonstrably brilliant technique. He also evidences an unusual and quite remarkable ability to deliver compelling, complete, works of vastly different dimension and shape.

His palette is constrained but deeply expressive. His core subject for this exhibition is flax and his goal is as much to celebrate it as to make us look anew at what we could so easily take for granted. His works are front loaded and use linear rhythms to carry the viewer’s eye in and about the composition. Important also is Palmer’s fascination with sculptural form which is revealed in each painting in many ways including the placement of flowers and seed pods in variable space.

exhibition catalogue