Monoprinting techniques for finger-painted fabric. I always thought of finger painting as child’s play until recently when I met Parks Reece, a protégé of Ruth Faison Shaw – the originator of modern finger painting in Italy in 1926. Ruth started…
In his early San Francisco days, Parks Reece was an abstract expressionist. The original technique is still there with the addition of humorous and poignant portrayals of the natural world and a bit of satire pointed toward the art world….
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Parks Reece Makes (Even More) Mischief By: Caitlin Sundborg 406-582-8068 Caitlin@outsidebozeman.com Outside Bozeman – Southwest Montana’s Outdoor Journal He’s been called “wacky and whimsical” and “sure-footed nonconformist.” Boston’s NPR new station dubbed him “the Royal Jester of modern Western…
By Liz Kearney Photography by Aaric Bryan Published Spring 2011 Parks Reece and master printer Geoff Harvey, both passionate about their respective work, love to talk about the process of creating art through lithographic printing. “I have to show you. …
by Greg Keeler and Parks Reece (first published in the Big Sky Journal, Spring 1994) On evenings when the spring thaw is going full blast, I like to sleep with the bedroom window open. Though I live just two blocks…
Story by Scott McMillion Livingston – Parks Reece growing up? A guy who hoots at pedestrians from his fourth floor studio, munches cloves of garlic for lunch and generally behaves like a teenager until he drops like a puppy? Maybe…
By Donna Seaman The Chicago Tribune As he transforms images from the outdoors, Parks Reece displays a sensibility that’s really out there. Parks Reece’s witty paintings and prints are as much about ideas and languages as they are about image,…
by Tim Cahill (first published in Outside Magazine, January 1986) About two years ago, Parks Reece, the artist, was drinking beer and showing friends some slides of his trip to Guatemala. He had bought Mayan art for display in the…

