Meditation
Magic Spring
A note from Michael Parkes—She sits in quiet meditation as the first light of a spring day touches her face.
Last Peony
A note from Michael Parkes—The Peony in ancient Greece was the symbol for the physician of the gods. Here he stands alone as the last of his kind. The male figure in the Last Peony represents the old world of magic/medicine that came from the line of the ancient Egyptian and Greek gods. The angel […]
Lion’s Return
My painting “The Last Lion” spoke of the end of lions on earth with his devastated deva waiting at his side until the end. But here in “The Lion’s Return” works, there is hope. The Lion will return. He will not go so easily and will fight for existence. Maybe he feels how mankind is […]
Kissing – 2016
Small Sculpture: 16″ x 12″ x 6″ Edition Size: 24 Large Sculpture: 24″ x 20″ x 10″ Edition Size: 12 While visiting a museum as an art student, I turned the corner into a room that had only one sculpture at its center. It was Constantin Brancusi’s ‘The Kiss’. Love can be a very complex […]
Isabelle And Bella
Inspired by “The Letter”
Goddess of the Hunt
A note from Michael Parkes—The realm of the gods is eternal. So hunting becomes a strange and wonderful sport. Because nothing ever dies, and there is an eternity of time to play and the hunt could last centuries in earth time. Then all of the players could trade places and the hunt would begin again.
Ex Libris
Dragonfly Deva
Devas are creators. They were here on earth from the very beginning and have designed and manifested all that we see. The Dragonfly Deva has imagined, sketched and created the dragonflies for its new life amongst us. She looks lovingly at her new creation. –Michael Parkes
Dragonfly
Available in traditional or blue patina.