About
Abigale Palmer holds degrees from Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. Her work explores the subtle moments of joy so easily missed in the rapid pace of modern life. Her use of unworldly color combinations applied to everyday objects and scenarios helps remind us how brilliant and delicious the ordinary can be.
An avid plein air painter, Abigale has participated and won awards from multiple plein air competitions. Her work can be found in galleries in Utah and California — including David Ericson Fine Art, Elliott Fouts Gallery, and New Vision Art — and has been featured on BYUtv's Artful series.
She has completed major public commissions including a 15-panel installation for Utah State University's Gardner Learning & Leadership Building, with the 25-foot Dare Mighty Things acquired by the State of Utah Art Collection.
After living and painting in Tonga, Beijing, and Europe, Abigale now lives and works in Provo, Utah with her husband and five children.
Statement
I am a contemporary painter living and working in Provo, Utah, where the dramatic Western landscapes and everyday rhythms of family life continually fuel my work. My practice revolves around high-chroma oil paintings that reimagine familiar subjects — sweeping mountains, desert vistas, oversized portraits, intimate home scenes — into emotionally charged, luminous images. I blend plein-air traditions with bold contemporary color exploration, using unworldly combinations to capture the subtle joy hidden in ordinary life.
Color has been an obsession since childhood, not as isolated hues, but as a dynamic conversation where each shade shifts meaning in relation to its neighbors. I study how paint can hold and emit energy, drawing inspiration from the Gutai group's material vitality and the gestural freedom of Abstract Expressionism.
Through my work, I aim to bring vitality into daily spaces: paintings that breathe life into a room, slow us down amid modern haste, and reveal the electric wonder tucked into routine moments.