"My work seeks to explore the nature of humanity and to express the inherent complexity and mystery of our relationships to the world we live in and to each other. Combining familiar imagery in unfamiliar ways, I invent scenarios that can be thought of as puzzles with no right or wrong solutions—and perhaps no solutions for them are possible at all. These puzzles are analogous to the changing and perpetually unresolved nature of life itself." - Avery Palmer Avery Palmer depicts dream-like scenarios reminiscent of Surrealism. This piece juxtaposes realistic portraiture against nonsensical form, in warm earthy tones.