Walking into a
DREAM WORLD
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s the exclusive gallery in Santa Fe New Mexico, The Longworth Gallery will be hosting The World’s leading Magical Realist, Michael Parkes’ One Man Show and Reception Friday, 9th October from 5pm - 8pm. The special showcase will feature rare stone lithographs, fine art reproductions on canvas, paper and vellum. Also featured will be a number of Lost Wax Cast Bronze sculptures. Beauty in Bronze and The Renaissance Collection Michael Parkes’ art is rooted in philosophy and spirituality. Through his paintings, lithographs, drawings and sculptures, Michael casts reality in a metaphysical and spiritual light to access a dream world he calls “Magical Realism”. Michael’s ability to draw a firm line around his ideas is one of his greatest gifts – and absolutely essential for the demanding discipline of stone lithography. Michael began in the early 1980s making handpulled original stone lithographs, drawing them in the traditional manner directly onto the lime stone. A process first invented around 1798. An artistic process mastered by Michael and producing over a 30 year period more than 100 images. The medium is not tolerant of mistakes. Michael needs to know exactly what he wants to do and exactly how to do it. Michael’s stone lithographs can use as many as 14 colours and traditionally that would mean 14 different stones, but over the years Michael created a technique where he used two or three stones to produce the same results. The LEFT Goddess of the Hunt. Lost wax bronze; Artwork © 2015 Michael Parkes