Startled Sky Nymph
A note from Michael Parkes—The sky nymph sees me out the corner of her eye. She is startled, but not because I caught her by surprise, but by the fact that I can see her at all. She is normally invisible to humans. “One Third Life Size 30″”T x 11″”W x 16″”D One Half Life […]
See No Evil
A note from Michael Parkes—This sculpture is a playful look at the idea of good and evil. We are all familiar with the three monkeys sitting in line: They see no evil, hear no evil or speak no evil. But their impression is if one hides from evil, it does not exist. The angel opens […]
Seahorse
Sacred Fire
Rose Angel
Pale Swan
Night Flight
A note from Michael Parkes—In pursuit of the Unknowable, the swan princess is encouraged by the swans to fly. Until ultimately, like Casteneda’s leaping from the cliff, she will learn to shift from matter to spirit and back again as we all must do eventually. (Castaneda was a contemporary writer who lived in Mexico and […]
Morning Light
Moonstruck
A note from Michael Parkes—The most challenging subjects for a sculpture are ones that have broad, esoteric or cosmological themes. The power of the new moon, and the beauty of the earth bathed in moonlight are very difficult subjects to portray in a painting, much less a sculpture. In Moonstruck, the sleeping angel represents the […]
Moonstruck
A note from Michael Parkes—The most challenging subjects for a sculpture are ones that have broad, esoteric or cosmological themes. The power of the new moon, and the beauty of the earth bathed in moonlight are very difficult subjects to portray in a painting, much less a sculpture. In Moonstruck, the sleeping angel represents the […]