John Ross Palmer Announces 2014 Study-Abroad Destination: Nice, France

HOUSTON - Feb. 1, 2014 - PRLog -- At an intimate cocktail party of Palmer’s First Class Club at his Historic Heights Art Gallery on Friday, January 24^th, Palmer announced the location where he’ll create his next prized and historic international art series: Nice, France.  After a wild road-trip from Paris to Florence during the first week of June, Palmer will lodge at a private residence in Nice, France to produce the much-anticipated eleven-piece series.

This year’s theme for the series is based on transportation.  First Class Club (“F.C.C.”) Members were asked to submit an essay to Palmer on which type of transportation would be the most inspiring for his next famed series: a plane, a train, a boat, a car or by foot.  Palmer selected Molly Butterworth, the Director of the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, MO, to decide the winning essay this year.  Palmer met with her personally in St. Louis where she announced the winning essay on the automobile written by F.C.C. Member Judy Lindsay as “the best.”  Palmer and his husband will rent a car in the French capital and then take a week to speed across Europe to Florence, Italy—and all the while Palmer will take photographs and draw inspiration from the glorious countryside, quaint villages, the majestic Monaco and the breathtaking beauty of Tuscany.  The trip is anchored by two important life events for Palmer and his husband Ryan Lindsay.  On Sunday, June 1^st, Lindsay will become the Godfather to Miss Louise Sprotti of Charleston, SC at her Christening in Breuillet, France and on Saturday, June 7^th Palmer and Lindsay are invited guests to the wedding of Miss Lauren Clark of Santee, SC and Mr. Ollie Miles of London, England at the Castello di Meleto in Tuscany.

Palmer hopes to serve as proud ambassador of his hometown of Houston, Texas while staying in Nice, a sister-city of Houston since 1973.  It is currently his goal to present the Mayor of Nice with a gift of art from the Space City.

Since the creation of the F.C.C. in 2010, Palmer has amazed the group with unique series from Berlin (2010), Dublin (2011), Jerusalem (2012) and Sao Paulo (2013).  Previews for the F.C.C. at Palmer’s gallery will begin on Monday, July 14^th.  A VIP unveiling for Palmer’s collectors will take place on Friday evening on July 25^th with a public unveiling scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday, July 26^th.

If you have any questions about Artist John Ross Palmer or his First Class Club (JohnPalmerArt.com/fcc.php), please contact gallery co-owner Ryan Lindsay at 713-861-6726 or Ryan@JohnPalmerArt.com.  You can learn all about Artist John Ross Palmer by visiting http://www.JohnPalmerArt.com.