Peter Jackson Parks
was born in 1947 in Long Island New York and has been creating contemporary paintings since 1970. He has shown coast to coast in the United States and is based out of Seattle. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City and the Art Institute in San Fransisco. He has lived in Greece, Switzerland, Italy and Mexico. He is a Vietnam War combat veteran (Army - Airborne) 1966-1967. He has been based over the years in New York City, Taos, New Mexico, and currently Seattle, Washington.
He has been collected by museums, purchased for private collections, honored with awards and been a part of numerous galleries. He has been included in art books, interviewed on film and written up in various articles. He's had work stolen, dug out of the trash and cherished, he's been loved and told that he can't paint.
Well, he persists and it's been a long road!
Enjoy the rough and ready, straightforward style that is looking to find the path through color and line,
leaving it intentionally loose for your own projections to develop. His work is mysterious, misleadingly simple, and the richness, detail and experience are exposed over time. He continues painting at the age of 78.
