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Tom Palmore

Tom Dale Palmore (Born 1945) is active/lives in Oklahoma, Texas.  Tom Palmore is known for Super-real animal portrait painting, graphics.

Tom Palmore realistically renders "every sort of creature, from parrots to bears to rams, in circumstances that are not impossible, perhaps, but certainly unlikely.  He likes to think that if these animals could commission their own portraits, these would be their chosen settings" (Indyke).

Palmore was born in 1945 in Ada, Oklahoma, population 16,000. Raised by his mother and grandparents, he was encouraged to draw and paint.

While a student at North Texas State University, he searched for a role model to guide his career in art.  Many turned him to Chapman Kelley, a professional artist and gallery owner.  Palmore made an appointment and took a dozen Texas landscape paintings with him to Dallas.

At the age of 19 Palmore heard the words, "Well, I'll tell you. You have a lot to learn," from Kelley.  It took a lot for Palmore "with several art prizes under his belt to shelve his ego and agree to study with Kelley in a class of elite high school st   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4193 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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