Leigh Palmer received a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1966. He has had several solo shows in NYC, Nantucket MA and Hudson NY; he has also had solos in Cambridge MA, Woodstock NY and Woodbury and Kent CT, and is currently represented by Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson NY. He is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and numerous corporate and private collections. He lives and works in the Hudson River Valley.