To Release Signature Fine Art Collection: Twist of the Wrist

For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 22th. 2013 LEGENDARY ROCK DRUMMER CARL PALMER TO RELEASE SIGNATURE FINE ART COLLECTION: TWIST OF THE WRIST A legendary drummer. A new medium in visual art. The most limited release imaginable. Carl Palmer, one of rock’s iconic figures, and a founding member of both Emerson Lake & Palmer and ASIA, is scheduled to release his first signature collection of fine art, created completely from rhythm. Twist of the Wrist by Carl Palmer is a series of signed and numbered prints on canvas featuring stunning visual images constructed from drum performance. Working with acclaimed L.A. art team SceneFour, the artwork featured within combine motion, color, and lighting into some of the most compelling fine art visuals ever created. This very limited art collection is available at www.CarlPalmerArt.com starting on February 1, 2013. They will also be available in selected art galleries and at Carl Palmer shows during his extensive 2013 tour. “I have been extremely interested in modern art since my earliest days in ELP, but I never envisioned myself as someone who would create it,” says Palmer. “SceneFour has enabled me to combine the two things I am most passionate about: fine art and music.” “I think viewers will be amazed when they see Carl’s rhythmic approach and symmetric motion put to canvas. It captures a new dimension, not of this world,” SceneFour Art Director Ravi Dosaj states. View the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P78IMNU05pg&feature=youtu.be RHYTHM IS THE MEDIUM. Created over the course of 2012, Carl Palmer’s fine art debut is historic, as he pioneers a new visual art medium with Twist of the Wrist – rhythm on canvas. Like a painter using brushes and paints, Palmer is utilizing drumsticks of different color and light temperatures to perform for the artwork’s visual, with each beat captured and translated into a masterpiece. Interested art collectors are encouraged to sign up at the website for more information prior to the February 1, 2013 release date. As part of this early interest list, they will have the opportunity to preview the collection and reserve part of the series prior to the worldwide unveiling. Scene Four based in downtown Los Angeles, has become notorious for their Collaborative Art releases with music visionaries. Of recent, SceneFour releases with Chuck D, Bootsy Collins, The RZA, and members of Janes Addiction, Guns N’ Roses, Incubus, and Def Leppard have been some of the most sought after fine art releases in the U.S. marketplace. In February, Carl Palmer will embark on his 12th year of performing with his own group, now called CARL PALMER’S ELP LEGACY. His tour will take him to Japan, Europe, and both North & South America. Palmer has released four solo albums since the last ELP tour 1998. They are: DO YA WANNA PLAY?, a 2 CD anthology and WORKING LIVE Vol. 1, Vol. 2., and Vol.3, (released on Eagle Rock). He has released a 2006 Concert DVD- Carl Palmer In Concert; an art film The Solo; an instructional video of his drum solos; and has a new concert DVD, Decade, being released in March 2013. Since his last solo tour, Palmer has remained active with ASIA (Geoff Downes, Steve Howe and John Wetton), touring and recording since they reunited in 2006. The band recently celebrated its 30th Anniversary. FOR ALL THINGS CARL PALMER, PLEASE VISIT: www.carlpalmer.com FOR INFORMATION ABOUT TWIST OF THE WRIST PLEASE VISIT: www.carlpalmerart.com For more information or to schedule an interview with Carl Palmer regarding his artwork PLEASE CONTACT: Bruce Pilato Pilato Entertainment 585-454-2756 • [email protected] .

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