Made exclusively for the Walnut Street Theatre, Joseph Palmerio presents an expansive sunflower scene with oil on canvas.

Mr. Palmerio has been a resident of Sarasota for 32 years. He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia and the Barnes Foundation. He also studied Sculpture at the Frudakis Academy, and metal sculpture at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. He starred in the short art film "A Lot in Common," which was in the Sarasota Film Festival in 2011. He taught painting in community arts centers in Philadelphia, and Colorado, and spent seven years teaching physically challenged adults in Philadelphia. He is in numerous private collections, throughout the country. He was the Everglades Artist in Residence in 2003, and interviewed on National Public Radio, Arts Edition, with Amy Tardiff. The Sarasota Herald Tribune wrote a comprehensive article on him in the Sunday edition of September 28, 2003. He was voted in the top 100 Paint America show in the Coutts Museum in Kansas in 2010. Mr. Palmerio was the artist in residence for the Great Sand Dunes National Park, in Sept. of 2011. He has also completed numerous corporate murals. He presently exhibits with Art Avenue Gallery, Sarasota, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna, Fl. Website: Palmerioart.com

This painting measures 24"X30"