Tewa Clown Clay Sculpture By Robert L. Parker

Here we have a wonderful Tewa Clown Clay Sculpture By Robert L. Parker. It is in excellent condition without any kind of damage or repairs.  It will make you smile every time you look at it, it's truly a fine piece of folkart.it measures approximately 8 1/2 inches tall. Please look at all the pictures they are a very important part of the. Robert was not Native American but in my opinion his native art be longs in this category.

Robert Laird Parker fabulous artist in multiple media,Parker was born in Tucson, Arizona, he graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff with a degree in Fine Arts. Parker was a successful artist, for many years traveling around the country, primarily in the Southwest, doing art shows, sometimes with many artists in public spaces, sometimes as one-man shows in hotels and other private venues. His art at that time focused on historically accurate and dynamic paintings of Hopi Kachinas in acrylic.

For several years, he was the Artist in Residence at Mesa Verde National Park, where he had access to the entire collection of archeological findings of the Ancestral Puebloans including the vast archives of at least 26 tribes, not available to the public. During that time, he painted many scenes of pots and other artifacts in realistic, but also somewhat fanciful, natural settings in acrylics, pencil, and pastels. He also created ceramic sculptures and large bronze sculptures of kachinas.

Following his time at Mesa Verde, Parker set up a gallery in downtown Durango, and years later he opened Itty Bitty Lakes Art Gallery

in Coaldale Colorado were he stayed working until he could. He has passed on but we still have his beautiful art to cherish.