Reconnecting w/ artist Charly Palmer
In this episode, we get to catch up with Studio Noize fam, Charly Palmer who has been having an amazing year despite the pandemic. Charly tells us about his year that started with a trip to South Africa and the series of events that lead him to a few dream projects. One project was a cover for Time Magazine! We talk about how he connected with John Legend to do the cover for his album Bigger Love and how he had to change his practice around to manage his newfound mainstream audience. It's a very insightful, inspiring conversation with one of the best artists around. It's the Noize!
Charly Palmer was born in 1960 in Fayette, Alabama, and raised in Milwaukee. He relocated to Chicago to study Art and Design at the American Academy of Art and School of the Art Institute. As a graphic designer and illustrator, he has run a successful design studio with a Fortune 500 clientele. As an instructor, he teaches design and illustration, and painting at the post-secondary level—most recently—Spelman College. Currently, Palmer devotes his life to his creative goals and has established himself as a fine artist of note.
Charly Palmer’s work is in private and public collections which include Atlanta Life Insurance, McDonald’s Corporation, Miller Brewing Company, the Coca-Cola Company, and Vanderbilt University. His previous work His Story, belonging to the estate of Maya Angelou, was auctioned by Swann Gallery in 2015. Palmer’s work was commissioned for the 1996 Olympics and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. In 2016, he was selected to execute original artwork commemorating Fisk University’s 150th year anniversary; in 2017, he accomplished the same for Howard University.
See more: www.charlypalmer.com + @charlylpalmer
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“Proud” painting by Charly Palmer
“The 3 of Them” painting by Charly Palmer
