Tom Palmore is a renowned American artist who is dedicated to making hyperrealistic portraits of animals. Horses, zebras, polar bears or dogs have been registered by the exhaustive brush of this painter in an art that both the public and experts like. The Whitney Museum, the Venice Biennale, and the Smithsonian have collected some of his work.
35,000 euros is the price that the artist puts on his paintings. A high price for many but in the world of art it is cheap. In fact, Palmore assumes that if his art is so popular it is because it is not expensive. Regardless of the price, it is the fun, surreal and imaginative character of his creations, which are accompanied by a careful realistic technique, that most attracts the attention of the artist’s work.
The surreal character of the paintings is supported by the background where the animals are painted. Dogs in space, bears swimming next to rubber ducks or zebras posing in beautiful gardens is the imagery that transcends the portraits of this artist. Palmore assures that these funds try to intuit the feeling of the portrayed animal. In fact, the background is the only thing on which the author does not accept requests from those who request the painting.
Palmore, represented by Santa Fe contemporary art studio Lewallen, paints just 30 paintings a year at the request of clients. To portray the applicant’s beloved pet in the painting, Palmore travels to where the pet lives and loves it to photograph it in its natural habitat. Afterwards, the painter will send his client a sketch of the figure of the animal for his approval. As was said, regarding the substance, there is no possible decision.
As fun and frivolous as Palmore’s painting may seem, the artist defends himself as a true painter dedicated to his work and his painting technique. Tom proudly declares that he works much harder than any of his colleagues and works hard on each of his paintings. A clear example of this dedication is the artist’s obsession with the eyes of painted animals. Getting the expression of the portrayed animal to be the same as that of the real animal is the goal of the artist and what he works so hard for.
35,000 euros is the average that the faithful master who wants to have his sweet pet portrayed must pay. However, Palmore usually paints his pictures to full scale. So if his pet is a sperm whale, get your checkbook ready.
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