Sophia Rose

A Word from Michael Parkes: Sophia Rose is important to me because she was my first attempt to try and make a portrait of an angel. In essence, she began my journey that continues to this day, in exploring what angels represent to us as humans. I wanted to give her individual qualities and capture […]

Polar Wings

A Word from Michael Parkes: Polar Wings is part of a re-occurring theme concerning “devas.” There is a myth that creative “devas” (whom also could be called “guardian angels”) were on this Earth in the beginning to help design everything on Earth from plants, insects, to mammals. They’ve watched over their creations from the beginning […]