Written in 2002, the picture Michael Parkes called the “dress rehearsal.” Once again we seem to fall into the magical world of Andersen’s fairy tales.
Here is a little man – either a jester, or a general juggles with balls, a thin gymnast stretched to a string on a pedestal next to a formidable stone lion. Of great importance in the work of the American artist is the image of purity, the image of the white swan – Michael Parkes’ favorite bird.
