{"id":3284,"date":"2015-04-03T10:07:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T00:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2015-04-03T12:47:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T02:47:08","slug":"michael-parker-and-his-series-of-boat-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3284","title":{"rendered":"MICHAEL PARKER &#8211; THE STORY OF HIS SERIES OF BOAT PAINTINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3284\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><div id=\"attachment_3291\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Michael-Parker-Delivery-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3291\" class=\"wp-image-3291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Michael-Parker-Delivery-4.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Parker Delivery 4\" width=\"140\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Michael-Parker-Delivery-4.jpg 1353w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Michael-Parker-Delivery-4-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Michael-Parker-Delivery-4-652x1024.jpg 652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Parker delivering his boat series for his upcoming exhibition.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Michael Parker Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/MichaelParker.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Parker<\/a> explains the story that inspired him to paint his unique boat series.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPainting from my studio in Mordialloc, I was asked by a gallery in <a title=\"South Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.southaustralia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Australia <\/a>to create a painting for an exhibition to celebrate the towns\u2019 annual <a title=\"South Australian Wooden Boat Festival\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodenboatfestival.com.au\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Wooden Boat Festival<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I wanted my painting to be unique- something that would stand out in the exhibition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I took a walk for inspiration to Pompi\u2019s Boats- a boat builder specialising in wooden boats not far from my studio, and I was immediately taken with the beautiful textures of the old boats in the yard.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Some of the old boats had copper-covered hulls, beautifully patina\u2019d by the salt water and there were patches scattered over the hull where, I guessed the boat had hit up against rocks.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MichaelParker02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3334\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MichaelParker02.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Parker\" width=\"760\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MichaelParker02.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MichaelParker02-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It was here that my idea was born to recreate the side of the boat using recycled timber as my canvas, along with copper and patches of metal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thus, each timber plank is first prepared and then hand-nailed to a wooden frame to create the panels of a wooden boat.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The boats are then painted from photos that I have taken, and continue to take whilst on my travels.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I use acrylics oils and copper as my mediums.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I hope that you enjoy the boat paintings.\u201d<\/em> Michael Parker<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MichaelParker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MichaelParker.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Parker\" width=\"760\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MichaelParker.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MichaelParker-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Parker will be exhibiting at Red Hill Gallery 61 Musgrave Road, Red Hill from April 10th until April 30th alongside two other prominent male artist <a title=\"Warren Salter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/WarrenSalter.html\" target=\"_blank\">Warren Salter <\/a>and <a title=\"Dan Mason\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/DanMason.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Mason <\/a>in the exhibition &#8220;All Afloat&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Red Hill Art Gallery Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a9 Red Hill Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3284\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" 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