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ROBERT CHRISTOPHER PALMER "Chris" (Age 57)
Chris, of Richmond, VA died May 9, 2017 with his family at his side in his childhood home in Annandale, VA after a year long battle with cancer. Chris is survived by his parents, Paul and Berenice Palmer; sister, Susan Palmer McLeod; and brother-in-law, Roger N. McLeod, Jr. He was preceded in death by his brother, Paul R. Palmer Jr. Services will be held May 24 at St Barnabas Episcopal Church, Annandale, VA. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Christopher Palmer Memorial Art Fund, Millwood School, 15100 Millwood School Lane, Midlothian, VA 23112 or Memorial Fund, St Barnabas Episcopal Church, Annandale, VA.
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Terri Sweeney
June 12, 2017
To all his family...I loved having Chris as a print teacher. I started w/ him in 2000, and had him every semester right up to the end. He was gentle, kind in critiquing your work, helpful, good at guiding you & getting you to try things that would be normally uncomfortable for you in art. He pushed you to keep trying, keep experimenting. Sometimes (okay, often!) you would get a picture that was totally unexpected but nice...we called that a "happy accident". I told my husband that I sometimes thought I took printmaking every semester because of him, not necessarily because of me...his dedication and love for printmaking was worth seeing and experiencing all these years. Sometimes our entire class would go to Carytown and eat lunch together, or go to the museum to see a print exhibit...sometimes there were field trips elsewhere in Richmond to see shows. He was always great in explaining what we were seeing, how things were done, step by step. :) I loved him as a teacher, as an artist friend. He had so many friends in Richmond (and beyond), and once in a while I would be at his place for a show and party, and people were constantly coming and going. He had 2 students that were retired (one just died this year), that started w/ him at the Studio School. They were his students for his first class, and for over 20 years they came...one drove from Charlottesville, VA every class day, every semester! Another former student came for over 10 years, driving from Farmville, VA. For each woman, it was about a 1 hour drive. That is how dedicated they were to be w/ Chris as their teacher. He inspired all of us over the years, and his last year he gave us more of himself than ever before. He will be remembered every time I'm in a print class, and every time I see the work I bought from him, both paper and woodblocks that I had mounted and framed. A wonderful man, a great artist. He will be missed.
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