Joseph Parker Visionary Art

I regretfully announce that Joseph Parker transitioned out of this dimension very recently - this May of 2009. Joseph Parker has the honor of being the "grand father" of all the current visionary artists - releasing his canvases as early as the mid 1960s - leading the way for all the others that have followed. I HONOR him for his visions. At a certain point in his life, Joseph had some transformational spiritual experiences that abruptly shifted his life's focus from being a "business man" to a visionary artist. His characteristic kaleidoscopic sunsets represent to him, not just beautiful sunsets, but actual living higher-dimensional Light Beings (devas) radiating brilliant rays of Light and Life! Joseph is one of the featured artists in Iasos' video program "Crystal Vista".

Obituary
from his wife Joyce

Joseph Parker, originally Joseph Schwartz, was born January 6, 1930 to Jewish parents of Strokof, Czechoslavakia. Joseph Parker passed away May 17, 2009 in Palm Springs, CA, at age 79. He and his companion Joyce have lived in Desert Hot Springs since 1998. He is interned in Los Angeles , CA at Agudagh Achim Cemetary.

After the Nazi invasions and fearing Nazi persecution, Joseph's family hidden in an underground, dirt bunker for 28 months. The bunker was built under a stable on a friend's farm and had no lights or water. The farmhand brought them food when it was safe and it was passed through a small opening which was camouflaged with branches. This opening was the only source of air to breath for the family. Most of Joseph's family perished in the Holocaust; many at Auschwitz .

After the communists took over in 1948, Joseph escaped to Paris and then immigrated to Australia and became an accountant. When Joseph Parker was thirty years he began painting and studying art in Sydney, South of France and Mexico . He started painting visionary art in the late 1960's and immigrated to the United States . Today Joseph is honored as “The Grand Dad of Visionary Art” which has grown worldwide since then. Joseph's spirit will live on in the magnificent paintings that he created. Joseph was ahead of his time, as all great artists truly are. His art is exhibitied in England, Chicago and Hawaii. His work is timeless and many predict that his fame will grow tremendously in coming years, and that his paintings will be in the collections of the nation's finest museums.

Commentary by the Artist: "Attaining the mountain top has a spiritual meaning as follows: All human souls on this planet are in a school of learning to perfect themselves in order to attain a higher state of being. I have painted the mountains very steep because as the soul masters the difficulties on the path, more difficult tests lie ahead. Once the soul reaches the peak, it attains what the Buddhists call Nirvana. Then the soul does not need to be reborn, but continues its evolution in the Spiritual Sun that surrounds the physical sun. On the top of the mountain is a holy being radiating out love in all directions."

Commentary by the Artist: "In painting this painting, it is the first time (to the best of my knowledge) that an image has been given to mankind of how a God looks like. Ra, God of the sun, is the supreme ruler of this solar system, and dwells inside the Spiritual Sun that surrounds the physical sun. On the bottom of the painting I painted a landscape with far away mountains so as to give the viewer a feel of the size of the God. The center of the being is too brilliant, and it is not possible with man-made paints to paint such brilliancy. Therefore I have put in the center a heart and a golden rose with rays going out from the center in all direcitons. The patterns of designs emanating from the being are constantly changing so that those souls that are privileged to come into the presence of the holy being are awed by the display of divine splendor."