JCAM, Vol. 6, No. 1
Catherine Palmer What is your professional name? Where were you born and does that place still influence you? Where do you live now and how does that place influence you? Do you have family, friends, or fellow artists who support you in your work, life and art-making and how do they make a difference in your life? My professional name is Catherine Palmer. I was born in Jacksonville, Florida and it does not influence me all the time. I do like to make beach and animal life art. I mainly grew up in Waxhaw, North Carolina, and that area is what a lot of my work is based off of. All my friends and fellow artist are very supportive. They always give me the confidence to be as creative as I wish to be. My friends also love to help give me ideas if I am stuck on something, and I am very appreciative of that. My family is supportive but I can tell that certain things that I do they don’t really understand. They have a hard time understanding art, but they are learning. When and how did you start making art? Can you describe the time when you first realized that creating was something you absolutely had to do? Why do you make art now? How has your work changed or developed over time? To me when I was first making art it was in high school. I took an art class because it was mandatory and I actually found it a lot of fun. I always like photography since middle school but never tried drawing or painting. In high school I took every possible art class there was and I grew to love it, but my favorite was my digital classes. I took two photography classes and I learned Adobe programs and then I took a media class and learned even more about digital art and design. My work has definitely changed over the years and had a very cartoon feel to it. Over the years I worked at it and now I do not really know what it is because I do a little bit of everything and I do not have a set style anymore. I just make what I want, how I want.
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