Michael Palmer approaches painting as a formal exercise, with a re-occurring theme exploring loss, vulnerability, and isolation. Introducing us to the world seen through his own photographic archive and media coverage depicting the socio-economic history of our times. Personal and social fragilities combine with societies fractures, captured in a single moment, a sense of dilemma and tension identifies his work. The medium amplifies existing processes, it changes scale, perspective, and form. This approach helps to convey his own authority to the subject and by degree removes it from the original source material, whilst remaining present within it.

'The Weight of This Sad Time We Must Obey:' 91.4x91.4cm oil on canvas

'The Battle Outside Rages' 91.4x91.4cm oil on canvas

'Black Hanger' 91.4x91.4cm oil on canvas

'After The Rain' 91.4x91.4cm oil on canvas

'The Bubble Gum Kid' oil on canvas

'White Bridge' 76x50cm oil on canvas
Michael Palmer
MA Fine Art - Farnham