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English: Although for the most part self-taught, artist John Ross Palmer first studied art professionally at the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy in 2001. In 2003, he studied under Robert Venosa in Cadaques, Spain (the former home of Salvador Dali). John spent the summer of 2004 working with Master Painter Philip Rubinov-Jacobson in the Austrian Alps. In 2005, Palmer studied mono-printmaking on Skopelos Island, Greece under the direction of California artist Linda Goodman. Other travels which inspired unique travel bodies of artwork include his journeys to Cape Town, South Africa, Tokyo, Japan and Buenos Aires, Argentina. During the course of his more than a decade-long career, John has self-published three books: Deliverance and More than Words, Escapism and Seven. His critically acclaimed fourth book, The Art of Meaningful Living, a collaborative project with Houston psychotherapist Christopher Brown, debuted at the Book Expo America in May of 2009. John Palmer's fifth book, the self-titled John Palmer, is scheduled to be released in 2010.