Born and raised in Mesquite, Texas, Jesse Ryan Palmer found his love for art at a very early age by drawing and recreating images out of comic books and newspapers. As Jesse got older, he refined his skill into his own images through pencil, markers, charcoal, and acrylics. In high school, Jesse excelled in his art classes, especially in his illustration techniques. Jesse’s influences are Salvadore Dali and others from the surrealism movement. It became a common occurrence for Jesse’s friends to ask him to hand draw and design custom t-shirts for special events that they were attending.
In College, Jesse enrolled himself in welding courses to expand his portfolio with metal art for his work with sculptures and artist’s impression. Jesse quickly caught the attention of his peers, who requested him to do a sculpture at the state fair in Texas. Throughout Jesse’s life, there has been an instinct impulse to sketch on blank items he has come across. His canvases have included: t-shirts, pizza boxes, napkins, cups, plates, bottles, hats, gloves, shoes and on models, even if they had 4 legs, (If they let him, he has drawn on them).
Throughout Jesse’s artistic career, Jesse has been given a broad spectrum of opportunities to expand in a plethora of art medias. As a young adult, Jesse was given a platform to be an apprentice and eventually work as a tattoo artist. It was there at the shop that Jesse was encouraged and motivated to refine his detail in his depictions and illustrations from his mentors and peers. Every artist has a muse that they unconditionally fall in love with and if he or she has the blessing of a lifetime to have their muse reciprocate, they can give the world the greatest love story. For Jesse, his muse was in California while working industrial job as a Union Pipefitter.