So what does David do with bullets? He uses spent bullet casings to create portraits of heroes, most – not all- of whom were actually felled by bullets.
A contemporary artist, David S. Palmer was born in Knox, Indiana in 1953 and studied fine art at Ball State University. In 1976 moved to Laguna Beach, California where he is now represented by Lu Martin Galleries.
John Lennon:
John F. Kennedy:
Abraham Lincoln:
Tupac Shakur:
John Wayne:
A late addition, because I love it. His bullet casing portrait of Vincent Van Gogh: