Catherine A Palmer BFA,
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
While I have been at the business of making art for as long as I can remember, my work as a student began in earnest in 1987 when I was awarded a scholarship to the Split Rock Art program. Since then, my study has led me from the precepts of life and figurative drawing to the freedom I have found in theory and an abstract vision. In other words, you need to know the rules to break them. And in the process of doing so, catharsis is found. My starting place is color; color leads me through space to composition. My subject matter can be identified as a conversation with the world I live in, influenced by feminism, personal circumstance and the on-going attempt to create a pure art object, one that exists solely for the experience of the beholder. I have shown my work in Minneapolis since 1997 in Galleries, Community Colleges and Coffee Houses. As a result, my paintings are held in personal collections across the United States and in Norway.
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I started working from the figure in February of 2015 at the Florence Hill drawing coop at the California Building in North East Minneapolis. I decided to use the posed figures as an element in my abstract work. In this work I am accentuating the gestural elements of the drawings and I am attempting to make figures to look like they are dancing.
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Image alternate text: "Raver Shuffle with Oven Mitts"
In this of paintings I am responding to the knowledge I've gained about the epidemic of missing
and murdered Indigenous Woman and Girls across North American Continent.
https://mmiwusa.org
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I started working from the figure in February of 2015 at the Florence Hill drawing coop at the California Building in North East Minneapolis. I decided to use the posed figures as an element in my abstract work. In this work I am accentuating the gestural elements of the drawings and I am attempting to make figures to look like they are dancing.
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Image alternate text: Figurative Abstraction
I started working from the figure in February of 2015 at the Florence Hill drawing coop at the California Building in North East Minneapolis. I decided to use the posed figures as an element in my abstract work. In this work I am accentuating the gestural elements of the drawings and I am attempting to make figures to look like they are dancing.
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I started working from the figure in February of 2015 at the Florence Hill drawing coop at the California Building in North East Minneapolis. I decided to use the posed figures as an element in my abstract work. In this work I am accentuating the gestural elements of the drawings and I am attempting to make figures to look like they are dancing.
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This series was created in 2016 for my Mentor/protegee art show. This series is a celibration of all styles and types of woman's bodies. The titles are after the figures hair color.
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Image alternate text: The Dance Party
This is a fun activity class using different acrylic pouring methods and spinner to make indivdualived creations.
Image alternate text: Spin and Pour Activity Class
This series was created in 2016 for my Mentor/protegee art show. This series is a celibration of all styles and types of woman's bodies. The titles are after the figures hair color.
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This series was created in 2016 for my Mentor/protegee art show. This series is a celibration of all styles and types of woman's bodies. The titles are after the figures hair color.
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Image alternate text: The Blondies
POSTER
"The Gingers"
12X18- white border
100# matte/ satin cover
1 sided
color
Image title: "The Gingers"
Image alternate text: The Gingers Poster
This series was created in 2016 for my Mentor/protegee art show. This series is a celibration of all styles and types of woman's bodies. The titles are after the figures hair color.
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Image alternate text: The CoCo's
This series was created in 2016 for my Mentor/protegee art show. This series is a celibration of all styles and types of woman's bodies. The titles are after the figures hair color.
Image title: IMG_20220518_110017537_2
Image alternate text: The Amber's
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
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Image alternate text: Ramp Respit Drawing
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image title: IMG_20220518_105657894_2
Image alternate text: Self Portrait of a Parking Booth Attendant #1
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image title: IMG_20220518_105649944_2
Image alternate text: Self Portrait of a Parking Booth Attendant #2
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image alternate text: Pop A Wheelie Guy #1 Drawing
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image title: IMG_20220220_185222312_2
Image alternate text: 6th Floor Party Time
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image title: IMG_20220218_202435478_2
Image alternate text: Grandma Exersizing the Children
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image title: IMG_20220216_205019903_2
Image alternate text: Karate Lobby
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image title: IMG_20220216_103412762_2
Image alternate text: Ramp Respit
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image title: IMG_20220518_105636659_2
Image alternate text: Matriarch and Family
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image title: IMG_20220214_095533792_HDR_2
Image alternate text: I'm Not Hanging in the Drive Lane
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image title: IMG_20220215_175934586_2
Image alternate text: Parking Ramp Parkour
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
Image title: IMG_20220518_105329172_2
Image alternate text: F U
Parking Ramp Series
Since Covid -19 started the climate of our lives has change greatly, My day job was effected by the changes.
The bustling of workers left and downtowns were left vacant, Homeless and the issues that followed became very apparent.
This series is based on the view of the Parking Booth Attendant either reflections on the day or views through the video surveilance system.
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