JS Parker 1944-2017
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JS ParkerOh No, Spirit Don't Ever Die, 1981Acrylic & pastel on paper105 x 80 cm framed
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JS ParkerPlain Song: Skylark Ascending Evening, 1997Gouache on paper132 x 91 cm framed
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JS ParkerPlain Song: Skylark Ascending, 1997Gouache on paper132 x 91 cm framed
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JS ParkerPlain Song, Pastoral Suite, 1997Acrylic & pastel on paper136 x 90 cm framed
120 x 80 cm unframed -
JS ParkerPlain Song: A Canterbury Pilgrims Road Song, 1996Acrylic & pastel on paper
98 x 139 cm framed
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JS ParkerPlain Song: The Light Plain - Around Dusk, 2015Oil on canvas122 x 152 cm
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JS ParkerTussocks and Rosehips, 2006Oil on canvas120 x 152.5 cm
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JS ParkerPlain Song: Small Study - Blue & Brown, 2016Oil on canvas45.5 x 35.5 cm
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JS ParkerPlain Song: Small Study - Blue & Brown, 2010Oil on canvas80 x 120 cm
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JS ParkerPlainsong: From Guernsey Road - Winter , 2007Oil on paper99 x 69 cm
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JS ParkerPlain Song ‘Hymns to Light’ - The Broad Band of Light, 1999Oil on canvas153 x 183 cm
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JS ParkerPlain Song - Blue Field Study IIOil on canvas60 x 60 cm
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JS ParkerPlain Song: Sunlit, 2017Oil on canvas122 x 101.5 cm
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JS ParkerPlain Song '93, 1993Gouache on paper132 x 91 cm framed
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JS ParkerUntitled, 1992Gouache on paper132 x 91 cm framed
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JS ParkerPlain Song '95, 1995Oil on paper132 x 91 cm framed
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JS ParkerPlainsong: Duality - For Autumn, 2010Oil on canvas80 x 120 cm
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JS ParkerPlain Song: Boxing the Horizon, 1997Gouache on paper132 x 91 cm framed
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JS ParkerPlain Song: Cross of the Fields, 1997Gouache on paper132 x 91 cm framed
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JS ParkerPlain Song: The Light Plain - Towards Evening, 2015Oil on canvas122 x 152 cm
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JS ParkerPlain Song: The Light Plain - Winter Sun, 2015Oil on canvas122 x 152 cm
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JS ParkerPlain Song: Composition with Cross, 1998Oil on paper120 x 79 cm
ONZM
JS (John) Parker studied at Ilam School of Fine Arts, Christchurch and graduated with Honours in Painting in 1967.
Highly regarded by collectors nationally and internationally, JS Parker is best known for his large impasto paintings within a grid format, full of texture, rhythm and balance within his imposed framework, exploring juxtapositions of colour. He worked in thick layers of paint applied with a palette knife, sweeps of paint which he would pare back to reveal hints of what lies beneath.
For Parker, it is the sense of an inner radiance in his paintings which allows the viewer to relate to the "spirit" of the painting. Parker had always been drawn to emotive rather than hard-edged art and believed in eliminating in painting any obstacles to the spirit: "If your painting's going to have a language, it's got to be felt. It's a physical thing."
Parker painted full-time since he was awarded the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship in 1975. In 2002, Parker was awarded the ONZM in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in recognition of his services to painting over the previous four decades. He lived and worked in Marlborough until his death in August 2017.
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PLAIN SONG
Works on Paper 3 - 16 September 2024 -
JS Parker
Oh No Never Let the Spirit Die 4 - 24 August 2020It’s easy to imagine J.S. (John) Parker in his Blenheim studio energetically laying down paint with his trusty palette knife while the music of Van Morrison (‘Spirit’ is from his...Read more