Gertrude Palmer

I haunt jazz and blues clubs with a small watercolor pallet and a few brushes. I never miss the Savannah Jazz Fest. The following paintings captured musicians as they play up and down the East Coast. 

Gullah Princess at the Dragonfly, Tybee Through the generosity of the Coastal Community Foundation, I will expand my portrait skills to expand scholarly illustrations of the Gullah culture. Included are funds to pay for studio space, membership into the Portrait Society of America, and attendance at the annual Portrait Society Convention, where I will be able to receive tutelage from the top portrait artists of our day.

  Purchase a Print Have you ever noticed how some art work never gets old and seems to, dare I say it, almost be alive? I purchased a painting called "Rainbow Gulch" by Gert Palmer at an art auction on Tybee back when I first moved here 12 years ago. I had already seen and fallen in love with Gert's paintings of life in the low country. This painting was of some place in the Southwest so seemed an odd choice to bid for, but I was drawn to do so, and I was the highest bidder. Once I brought the painting home, then came the dilemna of where to put it. It ended up in my master bathroom above my big bathtub. Since I am an inveterate "long soaker" in the colder part of the year, I ended up spending long periods of time gazing at this painting. That is when I began to notice there was something different about it. It never seemed the same twice. I always felt I somehow had entered the painting and was actually walking down that path. I kept see...