About
Name/age
Mandy Palmer, I will be turning 45 on Boxing Day
What medium(s) do you work in?
What medium(s) do you work in? I enjoy using several different mediums. Watercolours, graphite pencil, liquid charcoal, acrylics – currently I’m on a mixed medium journey, exploring different processes and incorporating mediums like clear tar gel, glazing fluid or clear gloss gel in with the paints for additional texture and effects.
Tell us about yourself in 50 words or less.
Mother, Wife, Daughter, Sister, Aunty, Great Aunty, Dog walker, tattoo enthusiast, movie fan, music lover, newish gardener living on a lifestyle block in Eyrewell. Employed as coordinator for two organisations (TimeBank Waimakariri, and Kaiapoi Art Expo). I’m a figurative artist who has always been inspired by the intricacies and diversity of the human form.
Who is your favourite artist (living or deceased!)?
I can’t choose just one! Tyler Kennedy Stent, Jono Dry, Javier Murcia, Robyn Kahukiwa, Jackson Shaner, Meredith Marsone, Goldie, Da Vinci, Degas…and so many more!
What were your reasons for joining Arts Canterbury?
To connect with other artists and to explore what opportunities were available.
What are three goals for your art this year?
To expand my art practice, to put myself forward for different opportunities and simply to continue to learn. "to be fulfilled as an artist; you must always be a student" - Desmond O'Hagan
Describe your favourite piece of art you have created – and why it’s your favourite.
A sketch of my dad’s hands holding my son for the very first time. It was a super quick sketch just done with a ballpoint pen from one of my favourite photos of my dad and my son. I gave my dad the original sketch, but it has become even more special to me now since Dad passed away in December 2012.
Anything else you want to tell us - funny story, about yourself or your art?
I fell in love with liquid charcoal by accident. I attended a Gordon Harris demo to check out some new granulating watercolours I was interested in but they happened to also demonstrate the liquid charcoal which I thought looked like a lot of fun so I had to buy some of that as well. These days I tend to play around with the liquid charcoal more than the watercolours!
