Studio work from the seventies
![Schoolhouse studio studio_ziggerat_plastic_1](http://michealparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/studio_ziggerat_plastic_1.jpg)
This studio was in “The Old Red Schoolhouse” in Eureka Springs, Arkansas c.1977. The room was once a classroom in a historic schoolhouse, built in the 1800’s. I lived in the classroom next door. This was a fabulous place to live and work in the late seventies.
![Ziggurat ziggurat_plastic](http://michealparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ziggerat_plastic.jpg)
A Ziggurat sculpted in clay.
![Banjo and hat banjo](http://michealparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/banjo.jpg)
Banjo and Hat – oil painting – 1975 – 30″ x 42″
![Christ turin_christ](http://michealparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/turin_christ.jpg)
Christ sculpted in clay. Reference and inspired by the Turin Shroud. 1978
![Sunset sunset_lg](http://michealparks.com/wp-content/uploads/1977/03/sunset_lg.jpg)
Sunset over Fayetteville – oil painting – 1976 – 30″ x 48″
![Tahitian tahitian_woman](http://michealparks.com/wp-content/uploads/1977/03/tahitian_woman.jpg)
Section study of “Two Tahitian Woman” by Paul Gauguin – oil painting – 1973 – 18″ x 28″