New Galleries!

You'll be happy to know that I'm continuing to add to all of my new image portfolios. In order to provide a better shopping experience for you, I've adopted a new browsing and shopping platform. You can now order online via a secure server using PayPal with your credit card; register and keep track of your orders; take advantage of my periodic special offers online; and enjoy an enhanced gallery experience. You can view the latest work at this link: http://photo.parkerparker.info.

Current Work

The photographs on the right are from my most recent ghost town hunt. I covered a lot of ground in western South Dakota and Montana, including visits to Bannack, Elkhorn and Comet, Montana; and Scenic, South Dakota. View the whole Dakota/Montana portfolio at a show near you, or online. In July, friends and I hiked close to 50 miles in the Sawtooth wilderness in Idaho, and visited Craters of the Moon National Monument. Pictures from the trip are STILL in the works. Sorry, Goerge, Steve and Ken!

Spring 2013 schedule

I'm getting ready to launch a brand new season of art shows, and I'm getting darned excited! I have three killer shows in Florida: Gasparilla, in Tampa; Vero Beach, Florida; and the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Fair, in Winter Park. Then I head to Houston for the spring Bayou City Art Festival, in Memorial Park. I'll be in Atlanta for Dogwood, in Kansas City for Brookside and in Des Moines and Denver. And that's just the first half of the year. Check out my current schedule here.

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Thank you for being a part of my community and for the friendships new and continued throughout the year.

-- Jim

February, 2013

Dry Well

Dry Well

The photograph above was taken during an expedition to Western Montana, near Bozeman. It is the latest image of prairie farms and homesteads. Look closely, and you'll see that the well head is disconnected from the windmill. View it in the new gallery section, Dakota/Montana.

Drink Up Now, It's Gettin' On Time to Close

Drink Up Now...

My fascination with this ghost town stems in part from the fact that it was recently owned, lock, stock and barrel, by rodeo star Twila Merrell. It has now been purchased by a religious group from the Phillipines. The few remaining residents are not sure what the fate of the Longhorn Saloon and other businesses along Main Street will be. The town's name? Scenic, South Dakota, near the entrance to the Badlands. See more in the Dakota/Montana gallery.