page_title: John Richard Parsons
section_title: Sculpture
hierarchical_section_title: John Richard Parsons / Work / Artwork / Sculpture
caption_attribution_description: English: An early sculpture by English sculptor John Richard Parsons (b.1941).
context_page_description: John Richard Parsons is an English writer and artist, noted for his prize-winning haiku poetry. He taught etching and lithography at Central Saint Martins school of art from 1962 to 1968. His art and sculpture are both figurative and abstract, and draw on many sources of inspiration, particularly prehistoric, Indian and tribal traditions. His work is noted for his attention to colour, material and technique.
context_section_description: Parsons' early sculptural work was influenced by the work of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, and his interest in archetypal themes grew after the publication of 'The Great Mother' by Erich Neumann. After visiting the megalithic temples of Malta in the 1980s, he began carving statues and figurines which drew their inspiration from Neolithic Mediterranean culture. He expanded his artistic repertoire in the 2000s after travelling in India. His experience of tantric Buddhism, Indian art and ethnographic art initiated a period of experimentation with meditative, naturalistic and primal forms in different types of stone, resulting in the Stones Series. More recently, the driftwood of the Norfolk coast has given rise to the Assemblage Series of abstract sculptures. His work is in many private collections.
caption: Early Limestone Goddess, by John R. Parsons
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