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Ron Parker Canadian Signed Litho on Paper 469/950

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Ron Parker Canadian Signed Litho on Paper 469/950
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Lithograph on paper, framed. Entitled "Ramparts - Mountain Goats". Signed in pencil by Ron Parker (born 1942, Vancouver, BC) on the lower right corner. Numbered 469-950 on the lower left corner. Biography, context, and gallery label affixed to verso. 26.5 x 19.5 in (67.3 x 49.5 cm). Frame: 36.5 x 29.5 in (92.7 x 74.9 cm). Ron Parker (born 1942) started his career as an artist at the age of 35, after being inspired by an exhibition of original bird paintings by Fenwick Lansdowne. Using watercolours, he began doing vignetted paintings of birds and mammals. Within four months he was selling originals through the Harrison Gallery in Vancouver. As a young man, Ron had been a basketball player and the Canadian Decathlon Champion in 1966. Using the discipline and perseverance learned in his athletic training, he applied himself full time to improving his art. In 1982, Mill Pond Press began publishing limited edition prints of his work. In the twenty years since, Ron continued to improve his artwork, creating over 400 wildlife paintings, moving from watercolour illustrations to acrylic paintings that create mood and feeling in their depictions of animals in their natural settings. PROVENANCE: Eglinton Square Gallery. Thence by descent.