![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a99080aa343b5cb9f6cf2d782ecc9a0b0371bc86eeeb3b348d169c94d8d3f5a/Palmer--73.jpeg)
God’s eye balls fell to Earth. God fumbled through the universe growing new eyes. They were old and tired and not much smarter than a mouse, but they could see the marrow inside the smallest spiritual bone.
Pigments on rag, 28 × 36 inches (71.1 × 91.4 cm), 2014
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/621823f71a55acd235c6053c4f4e4b801bb5070c32f5bd25fb216166b1246f35/Palmer--99.jpeg)
There was a time of day when the bulls and I got real bad ideas at exactly the same time.
Pigments on rag, 20 × 26 inches (50.8 × 66 cm), 2018
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a3200c857e0ba61ab40aa117e82dc832e61ac6c69221769a910b8599a6b2b02/02296.jpeg)
No matter how hard he tried, when next to her, his inner beast just seemed a little dim.
Pigments on rag, 22 × 30 inches (55.9 × 76.2 cm), 2016
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d2d5153c482c1792833c4fdfcf669b698fe2740c8a092b6dd876c29eafd3ee6/Palmer--34.jpeg)
Shit hit the fan so often the fan had a place at table.
Pigments on rag, 26 × 20 inches (66 × 50.8 cm), 2019
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f19bf83b0f41bbfeaec0c0231f427356ce63aea86d6a897c47206a5e57b2ecfc/Palmer--56.jpeg)
Pensive racist
Pigments on rag, 13 × 10 inches (33 × 25.4 cm), 2010
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d609f1afc3f98bccb37604abce4b6da2696a921d6d993994821f695ad4716392/Palmer--57.jpeg)
Confusion one second before mindless rage.
Pigments on rag, 13 × 10 inches (33 × 25.4 cm), 2010
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e41feb34d3d1f56a78dde74b09b369cdb4ebdc1986d1bcaab97e907d41773e7/Palmer--90.jpeg)
Crispy cowboy, crispy sheep, and crispy Little Bo Peep begin to believe in global warming.
Pigments on rag, 22 × 30 inches (55.9 × 76.2 cm), 2016
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7988c69d06c0bac504afcb8a49a82c13df3c8bcc9341ddc671b83b3bbb547b8/Palmer--91.jpeg)
The two headed woman knew one head would die first so they both learned the art of ventriloquism early.
Pigments on rag, 22 × 30 inches (55.9 × 76.2 cm), 2019
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56fc974f54eb355da7261ee32569c24d122d0abacadc3a6bb5fce87c5ceff70a/Palmer--60.jpeg)
It was too high a cow for the milk of human kindness.
Pigments on rag, 13 × 9 inches (33 × 22.9 cm), 2020
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/591695297c0a7fe7e65c7e1c72e5b9f0c56248458ce7908f4c63adfa17262a88/Palmer--94.jpeg)
Camping on the edge of the great big eye.
Pigments on rag, 22 × 30 inches (55.9 × 76.2 cm), 2016
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cedfdaec0c74990a482fc887d1b2f4448ccbfb233e1f4541bbce0feeadedd6ce/Palmer--81.jpeg)
The road to nowhere is not always an ugly hike. Pigments on rag, 22 × 30 inches (55.9 × 76.2 cm), 2020
All artworks copyright Roger Clay Palmer, forthcoming in Roger Clay Palmer by KMEC Books.
New York- and Florida-based artist Roger Clay Palmer (born 1947) has been painting, drawing, and writing for over 50 years.
Read Roger Clay Palmer interviewed by Jake Brodsky.
New York- and Florida-based artist Roger Clay Palmer (born 1947) has been painting, drawing, and writing for over 50 years.
Read Roger Clay Palmer interviewed by Jake Brodsky.
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