Michael Parkes is an American-born artist living in Spain who is best known for work in the areas of fantasy art and magic realism. He specializes in painting, stone lithography and sculpture.
Parkes studied graphic art and painting at the University of Kansas.
As a student, Parkes was fascinated by various graphic processes, and he later became proficient in the difficult medium of the colour stone lithograph.
Many of his recent works have been produced as Aurographics, limited edition giclée prints.