Archway Gallery presents North Sea Gulf Coast

HOUSTON, TX -- Archway Gallery presents North Sea Gulf Coast, featuring new paintings by Annette Palmer, on view June 3 – July 5, 2023. The artist will be present to visit with guests during the exhibition opening reception on Saturday, June 3, from 5 – 8 p.m. at the gallery, and will talk about her work at 6:30 p.m.

This exhibition by Annette Palmer is an exploration of distance, love, and connection. Inspired by Galveston and the Texas Coast, as well as the North East Coast of Scotland in Angus and Aberdeenshire, it is the experience of feeling at home in two locations, almost 5000 miles apart, separated by a vast ocean. Palmer’s semi-abstract land and seascapes speak to maintaining connections, treasuring memories, holding onto our kindred spirits, and embracing the fragments of what has been. “Distance isn’t just physical,” says Palmer. “It’s life and death, it can be lost in time, it can be spiritual.”

Palmer bridges distance by integrating textural elements into her work. In addition to using coastal finds from relevant locations, she includes gilding elements - their reflective surfaces representing hope and optimism, and fragments of old love letters which have survived the test of time. “I paint vast open spaces, and am drawn to the energy of the sea,” Palmer explains. “It is a vinculum between land masses separated by thousands of miles. The ebb and flow of the tide is a rhythm which resets the beat of the heart, the body clock. Its vastness puts everything in perspective. We are small in the universe, yet connected and integral to something much bigger.”

Originally from Scotland, Annette Palmer received her BA Hons degree from Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot Watt University, in Scotland’s capital. She now lives in the Houston area where she creates her collectable fine art pieces for gallery exhibitions and private collections. In addition to a lengthy international exhibiting history which includes solo shows at Houston’s Jung Center and Glade Gallery in The Woodlands, Palmer has showcased her work at recent art expos in Dallas and Santa Fe, NM. She has curated for art galleries and exhibition spaces, including H&H&8, St. Luke’s Hospital, and Glade Gallery. Palmer regularly writes art-based features for The Woodlands and Conroe City Lifestyle Magazines. She was juror for the Sawyer Yards “Dreamscapes” Exhibition and recently for the Conroe Art League’s International Exhibition. Palmer joined Archway Gallery in June 2022; this is her first Archway exhibition.

Exhibition
June 3 – July 5, 2023

Opening Reception
DATE: Saturday, June 3, 2023
TIME: 5 – 8 p.m.
Artist Talk: 6:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Archway Gallery,
2305 Dunlavy
Houston, Texas 77006

Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments

Exhibit Tour with the Artist:
DATE: Sunday, June 24
TIME: 3 – 5 pm
LOCATION: Archway Gallery