Darkwave 1, 20 x 20 inches
Darkwave 2, 20 x 20 inches
Darkwave 4, 20 x 20 inches
Jen Palmer
JEN PALMER
Savannah, GEORGIA, USA
Through my creative and mindfulness practice of holding space, this series developed over time, demanding to be its own body of work, similar to, but much darker than, my previous waveform series. These pieces are about acceptance. These images pervasively feel like drowning, but not struggling against it. They feel like acknowledging the beauty in the darkness, the power of the waves that we cannot control, the glimmers of light that hit a surface beyond where we are. There is much to notice when we allow ourselves to float in our dark depths.
Jen Palmer was born in Southwestern Pennsylvania in 1981 and currently resides in Savannah, Georgia. She studied foundations, fashion, and photography at the Columbus College of Art and Design. She earned her BA in studio art at Seton Hill University and completed course work in art therapy at the graduate level. Palmer also earned a MA in digital photography from the Savannah College of Art & Design.
Palmer is a multidisciplinary artist who uses her practice to hold space. Her process begins with intuitive art-making as a meditative exercise, and over time becomes a data set of phenomenological knowledge. She digitizes the body of work and uses it to train an artificial intelligence model. She continues working with the AI-generated results, reflecting on internal themes and patterns. Palmer acknowledges that the process is similar to therapy in its reflectivity. For her and the viewer, her work accesses acceptance and harmony through ever-shifting shapes that culminate in printed and digital forms.