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 […]
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 […]
Magic Spring
A note from Michael Parkes—She sits in quiet meditation as the first light of a spring day touches her face.
Meditation
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 […]
Morning Light
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 […]