Featured Micheal Parkes Dreamscape Paintings Part 1

Featured Micheal Parkes Dreamscape Paintings Part 1

Micheal Parkes is a talented dreamscape artist. He was born in the US, but he currently resides in Spain. Many of his paintings are mass produced in the form of illustrations. He also does sculptures. For our purposes, we will focus on Parkes’ paintings. The first one is called Another. Basically, we see a jester with a ring and swam. In painting, such maidens placed as such are unsightly, composition wise.  However, Parkes decided to put her there to draw your eyes to her. As for the swans, Parkes has like a dozen paintings with swans. He likes that bird a lot. One gets a sense of harmony in this image via the repetitive circles. Its cool how the circle is at the center of the image. Overall, this is a pretty odd dreamscape. Truly, Micheal Parkes deserves 5 stars rating.

Here is yet another painting that features swans. The maiden, in the foreground, has her eyes closed. She does not noticed the strange scenes about her. She is busy remembering. In the background, we see a circus clown. Putting two and two together, we get Parkes’ vision of a circus of memory. The real scene is happening within the maiden. Her dress is black. She is remembering someone she lost. Her red floating hair is the color of passion. This lovely painting of Micheal Parkes deserves 5 stars rating.

This dream for Rosa is pretty cool. On the ring string, a ballerina is balancing herself. There is also a baby tiger playing in the string. Both are being watched by the Jester and mama Tiger. In the background, we see some birds. The sky scenery is pretty cool and Greek. Anyhow, Parkes deserves 5 stars rating.

This painting is one of my favorite. Let us begin with the Swans in the foreground. On the left, we see the beak of a swan, with a rose. His shadow is seen on the marble. The other swan has a bell. Behind them, we have a blindfolded clown violinist. His hands are blurred because he is playing so quickly. At the edge of the violin, we see a frog with flowers. Overall, this is a pretty strange painting. This water music is 5 stars worthy.

Before I continue, I want to explain the theory of correspondence. It is said that all senses work together. Thus, when you smell a yummy meal, you imagine the taste. Following this theory, many artists have tried to illustrate music. Thus, when you see this painting, you must imagine the sound of the flute. It is calming and soothing. Its perfect to calm the raging heart of a lioness, like the one in the foreground. In any case, this Micheal Parkes deserves 5 stars rating.

This is an Andalusian dream. Needless to say, Parkes had this dream in Andalusia. That is a place in Spain. Its full of gypsies and the like. The faceless figure is asking for silence. Behind him, we see a ghostly gypsy with a card. Before her is a white lamb. In the background, we see a storm coming. The grass is showing the surging wind. This is the calm before the storm. This amassing painting of Micheal Parkes is 5 stars worthy.

Above, we see a cool ceremony of the sun. The maiden by the edge has a miniature of the sun in her hand. Behind her, we see her attendants urging her on. They are dressed in white. What I like best is the steps. They are floating in mid air. The cat is there to add to the surreal of this painting. Its follows the example of Monet’s Olympia. In that painting, there too was inconspicuous cat. It’s there to show you that this is a common place event in Parkes’ dream. In any case, this painting deserves 5 stars rating.

 Above, we see a little girl looking at a swan spirit. The maiden is flying pretty quickly. Its generating a sprite behind her. There are also some more swan maidens. This little cutie has earned Micheal Parkes 5 stars rating.

This last painting is called inner world.The main figure is a ballerina. She is dancing on a tight rope. On it, we see a monkey with a sphere and some lilies. Beside him, a maiden is releasing birds. The ones she sent out are playing with the ribbons of the maiden. They are helping her maintain her balance. Frankly, I really do not get what this painting is about. Still, this is a 5 stars worthy dreamy painting. I hope that you liked these featured paintings. I have another Micheal Parkes blog planned for the near future.