A cartoonist, painter, and etcher, Palmer studied with Frank T. Chamberlin at the Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles. During the 1940s he was an animator for Disney Studios.  He later had a studio in San Francisco and taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts and the Palo Alto Art Club. -http://www.askart.com/artist/Arthur_W_Palmer/109224/Arthur_W_Palmer.aspx