I Give You My Heart

I give you my heart. Life is as fleeting as the flutter of butterfly wings. But my gift is strong and will last lifetimes.

Golden Salamander

All creatures great and small share the magic of consciousness. Each one has a guardian that has created them. Who is to say that even the lowly salamander does not recognize this divine spark of consciousness in himself when touched by his Deva?

Golden Finch

A word from Michael Parkes: In 2009 I attempted to do small portraits of angels and capture their different energies. It was a way for me to try to make personal contact with these different living beings. The angel in Golden Finch represents that essence of Spring…of renewal, regeneration. And, as a side note, I […]

Gold Angel

A note from Michael Parkes- To make a simple portrait into something timeless and monumental is perhaps the most difficult challenge of an artist. The wonderful gold portraits by Gustav Klimt go far beyond a simple rendering of an individual. What is it that makes them so timeless and universal in scope? So I decided […]

Gargoyles

As she begins to leave childhood, innocence mixes with knowledge to create magic. She is a magician’s daughter, raised with ancient wisdom that she begins to play with for the first time. -Michael Parkes