Your Painting Title Old Glory Waves over Four Generations

Your NameDonald Parks


MediumOil on Canvas

Your ProfileDr. Donald A. Parks, an award-winning internationally collected artist, has spent is working life as a fine artist, freelance journalist, photographer, painter and teacher of the arts. For him, art is the imagination expressed through the senses into new form. He has spent a lifetime exploring Nature’s Prism: From Sea to See. Parks has demonstrated outstanding ability and commitment towards the art of painting. His work has earned him national recognition and has been exhibited at galleries across the nation. During his career, Parks has received numerous awards and honors, including the Delaware 2006 Governor’s Award for the Arts. He retired from Delaware State University as Dean and Full Professor Emeritus for Visual and Performing Arts. Between taking care of his daughter with his wife Barbara and service to his community he still finds time to paint. He will be featured at the Arts Council of Moore County November 3-December 19th. Part of his exhibition includes 56 PleinAir Paintings of North Carolina

The Story Behind Your PaintingThe Flag has flown over four generations of the Parks Family. My daughter Amylouise (Parks) Perry is 100% disabled as a Special Forces Trauma Flight Nurse. She was injured in the war when an IED came in killing most of her Unit of 20. She earned the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Silver Star for her service under fire and for trying to save troops even while she was wounded. Captain Amylouise (Parks) Perry suffers every day from her injuries. I am 100% disabled from the Vietnam era which was never declared a War. I Painted the American Flag in the style of Maxfield Parish to commemorate the service of my daughter Amylouise and my son who is a Lt. Commander in the Navy, who has served around the world including Guantanamo, Cuba. He has served as a Medical/Dental Officer on the USS Kearsarge, a Wasp class amphibious assault ship. He now commands a unit at Saratoga Springs in upstate NY. My Dad served in Korea, and my grandfather in the World War II. He was shot 14 times. Now you can understand what the American Flag means to my family!