PARRISH BREAKS ALL RECORDS AGAIN. Once again Parrish breaks all records for art being sold at auction. Parrish's art alone was responsible for over 10% of the revenue generated by PBS in 2003 during their annual on air auction. Having raised just over a million dollars, PBS awarded Brad on air another plaque acknowledging him as the single most important contribution that helped PBS reach their goal. Parrish fine art pieces and fine art cards had beaten all previous records for any art sold during one of the countries longest running on air auctions. And those previous records are held by Parrish himself. (05/01/03)

BRADLEY J. PARRISH CHOSEN TO BE 2003 PBS MASTER ARTIST. This will mark the third time Public Broadcasting has selected Parrish to break all record sales for their on air art auction this spring. It was announced today that Parrish did accept the honor based on one condition. That emphasis was placed on the Timber Wolf Preservation Society. A society that has always been dear to Parrish and has for over a decade provided the resources for Parrish to study and understand the wolves he has portrayed in almost all of his wolf paintings. With the unexpected passing of Jim Rieder founder of the Tiber Wolf Preservation Society 2 years ago, Parrish plans to pay tribute to a friend who dedicated most of his life caring for this most beautiful of animals. Parrish will be allowing The Channel 10/36 Friends to reproduce a very small edition of 100 reproductions each of two wolf paintings to raise money for Public Broadcasting. These paintings were the last wolf paintings completed by Parrish and are the last expected to be painted Parrish says. Both Morning Mist and Endangered Evening are oils on canvas. These are some of Parrish’s finest wolf paintings to date. PBS has also teamed up with buynsellit.com. We will keep you updated as the auction nears. (02/11/03)

PARRISH'S PAINTING ANOTHER DAY OF FREEDOM TO AID THE TWIN TOWERS ORPHAN FUND. Today artist Bradley J. Parrish firmed up his commitment to help The Twin Towers Orphan Fund and their organization for the long term needs of those children of parents lost in the attacks of our country on September 11. 2001. (11/21/01)

PARRISH'S PAINTING ANOTHER DAY OF FREEDOM TO AID IN THE RELIEF EFFORTS OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS. Artist Bradley J. Parrish creates a national program to aid in the disaster relief efforts following 9/11 and has granted permission to have his original pastel titled Another Day Of Freedom reproduced as a poster and sold to raise money in the relief efforts of the tragic event that occurred on 9/11/2001. The original work which was acquired by the Statue Of Liberty National Monument and has prominently hung in the museum's permanent collection within the base of Lady Liberty since 1988. It is estimated that the posters will be sold at a suggested price of $20 ea. with all proceeds going to relief efforts. (09/13/01)

ARTIST BRADLEY J. PARRISH - PAINTS THE LAST WORK OF ART OF THE LAST MILLENNIUM AND THE FIRST WORK OF ART OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM. On December 31, 1999 at exactly 11:59:59 P.M. renowned artist Bradley J. Parrish completed the last painting of the 20th century. He immediately began the very first painting of the new millennium which was started at 12:00 A.M. on January 1, 2000. Parrish had planned a year in advance to be the first artist to paint the last painting of the last century and the first painting of the new century. Parrish pondered how to incorporate a whole century into one piece however, he felt that one could never encompass all the important and relevant issues into one body of work without leaving something out. The day before this was to take place Parrish opted to commemorate this event by doing a diptych, which is two oil paintings side by side, each measuring 11" high x 14" wide. The one on the left represents the old century and the one on the right represents the new century. Parrish describes this work as one that is more relevant to the mood of the most recent century. The painting on the left is more structured representing man's advancement from a more simplistic and primitive life in the beginning of the last millennium, to one of buildings and industry. One moves from left to right, as the movement in the painting begins to move you forward, catapulting you into the inevitable new millennium. In the piece representing the new millennium Parrish captures what he feels is a major thrust forward into a new and vast frontier. The right corners of the work representing the rest of the millennium which Parrish has left incomplete as the millennium has just begun and experiences are yet to come. In both pieces Parrish uses red to signify life and death. However, the true significance of the burst of red and intense yellows on the far right edge of the new millennium symbolize mans quest for love and happiness. At the edges of the gap between the old millennium and the new millennium Parrish gives us the height of excitement through the splash of paint, like fireworks or confetti in celebration of this monumental moment. Parrish's excitement in the concept of this piece was not to achieve an outright understanding of the piece but to leave it up to the viewer to interpret what the artist conveyed in this work. (01/01/00)

PARRISH'S HALF-HOUR TELEVISION PRESENTATION RECEIVES AN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD. Bradley J. Parrish, who designed and conceived the half hour commercial which aired nation-wide on such stations as A&E and The Discovery Channel to name a few, has recently been awarded one of the film and video industries highest honors of recognition for excellence. This elegant, cutting edge film production showcasing the fine art of Bradley J. Parrish which unveils the premiere edition and release of The Parrish Collection was entered into the 32nd Annual US International Film and Video Festival Awards Competition. This fine production received a certificate of Creative Excellence, a special honor setting this production apart from the majority of those who had entered. As only a very small percentage received recognition. (08/10/99)

PARRISH IS SELECTED TO BE THE FEATURED GUEST AT THE THIRD ANNUAL FUND RAISER HARVEST BALL AND AUCTION FOR ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION. Parrish was approached by event Chairman Dr. Donald Fischer and Executive Director Rebecca O'Brien to discuss Parrish's involvement for the 3rd Annual Harvest Ball, the theme of which is The Phantom of The Opera. Parrish realizing the importance and need for ongoing patient care, agreed immediately to help in what ever capacity to raise significant dollars to help out. The Harvest Ball which is to take place on October 30, 1999 will be held at the Westmore Country Club in Brookfield, WI. (07/25/99)

PARRISH LISTED IN ARTICLE TOUR THE LOUVRE WITHOUT LEAVING HOME BY AMY BENAVIDES OF ART ONLINE. Master Artist Bradley J. Parrish was graciously mentioned in an extensive article of several of the worlds most admired and respected galleries including the world renowned Louvre in Paris. The article also contains a wide variety of art museums and works of art. We would like to thank Amy Benavides of ART ONLINE for her recommendation of our web site as a perfect example of a fine art web site which still allows art collectors and admirers to enjoy fine art in a very tasteful and respectable manner without being bombarded to purchase works of art. We also appreciate the company in which we have been placed among in this article. To visit ART ONLINE's site and the particular article mentioned above go to http://wwwiz.com/issue28/html/article5.html (07/20/99)

PARRISH WEB SITE LISTED AS ONE OF THE TOP NOTCH WEB SITES IN THE WORLD. Parrish Fine Art and it's virtual web gallery of the art of internationally renowned Master Artist Bradley J. Parrish has received many awards over the past several years for its design, development and content. Once again we are very excited and pleased to be included with a very elite group of top notch designed and developed sites by companies and organizations throughout the world. (07/18/99) Guidesign LLC is a software development consulting firm specializing in the design and development of professional web sites. It lists on their site examples of the worlds top notch web sites. We feel once again honored and pleased to have been selected and included in a hand full of the worlds greatest web sites. Furthermore, we are humbled by being included with corporations and individuals such as Kodak and Bill Gates. We would like to thank Guidesign for surprising and honoring us with this notable complement. Parrish Fine Art, Inc. is in no way associated or affiliated with Guildsign or its web site. Parrish Fine Art, Inc. would like to link to this site to view other examples of top notch web sites around the world. To view other top notch web sites included on this example page at Guidesign Web Site go to: http://www.guidesign.com/examples.htm and check out their web sites homepage at: http://www.guidesign.com (07/15/99)

PARRISH BREAKS HIS OWN RECORD Artist Bradley J. Parrish broke all records once again! He even broke his own long standing record from 1990 for raising the most money for public television. In 1990 Parrish amazed everyone when 100 reproductions of his "One Last Look" image with a donation value of $100 each was bringing in an average of $400.00 for each reproduction. Nine years later PBS Channel 10/36 of Milwaukee, the number one net revenue generating auction in the country, asked Parrish to work his magic once again in 1999. With last years auction falling far short of their goal, Bradley J. Parrish accepted their offer to be the Century Collection featured artist. He produced two limited edition wolf paintings and 150 reproductions reproduced from these works were sold on air. Aside from an original oil painting with an appraised value of $40,000.00 titled "Coming Home" Parrish also donated 10 original paper castings called "Snow Spirit" to be sold with the first 10 wolf prints of a second piece titled "The Sentinel". Consistently throughout the 9 day run of the on air auction, Parrish's works received major overbids. Many reaching 5 to 9 times their donor value. In fact, $920.00 was one of the highest bids for one of his reproductions. "Parrish's artwork was up against the world's greatest and most admired and collected artists including but not limited to Salvador Dali, Peter Max, Picasso, Norman Rockwell as well as acclaimed wildlife artists Robert Bateman, Carl Brenders and Bev Doolittle whose works consistently sold for much less than their donor value." Parrish also had an edition of 25 canvas transfers which also earned 5 times their donor value for the auction. All told, it is estimated Parrish has raised through the sales of his work over the 9 day auction well over $125,000. Surpassing his 1990 record by over twice the amount. This pushed this PBS station well over the one million dollar mark for the auction. In the 31 year history of the auction, no other artist, individual or company has earned this kind of dollar amount and will most likely will never be done in the near future. The top twenty bidders on the Parrish reproductions "The Sentinel" and "Coming Home" were invited to attend a reception with artist Bradley J. Parrish, for breakfast at the Timber Wolf Preservation Society where Parrish has studied and painted his wolves over the past ten years. (05/19/99)

PBS TELEVISED ART AUCTION Encore Century Collection Artist for 1999.

BRADLEY J. PARRISH named One Of The 10 Most Intriguing People in the art industry by U.S. Art Magazine - February 1999.

BRADLEY J. PARRISH'S PRINT COSETTE Selected by U.S. Art Magazine as one of the Top 50 Prints of 1998.

PARRISH TO APPEAR ON T. V. PROGRAM OUTDOOR WISCONSIN Parrish is interviewed by Claudia Looze of the award winning PBS television program Outdoor Wisconsin in the upcoming episode on Thursday, April 29th, 1999 at 8:00pm central time and a repeat broadcast on May 1, 1999 at 9:00am or check your local listings. Parrish was filmed by the Outdoor Wisconsin crew at the Timber Wolf Preservation Society and in his studio. The artist speaks about his art and the means in which he studies his subjects. The viewer will also get a glimpse at two very special works up for bid this year at the great TV auction. The first being the Century Collection work titled Coming Home. This is a release of limited edition prints and canvas transfers from an original oil painting close-up of a wolf, consisting of 150 signed and numbered lithographs and 15 canvas transfers. The second piece, called the Encore Edition, is from an original pastel, titled The Sentinel, which portrays a lone Timber Wolf surveying his domain during the winter. This collection consists of 150 signed and numbered lithographs. An added bonus to this collection is 10 of the 150 lithographs will be accompanied by Snow Spirit, an original paper casting of an actual Timber Wolf paw print that the artist has produced.Parrish has also donated the Century Collection original oil painting on canvas. It has been appraised by a certified appraiser at $40,000.00 and is signed by the artist in the lower left corner and dated and titled on the back of the canvas. The piece has been elegantly framed by The Great Frame Up in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The auction for the original oil painting and the other signed and numbered reproductions will be available during the airing of the auction which begins April 30th, 1999 and runs through May 8th, 1999. To bid on any of Parrish's works during the auction call (414)476-2233. If you would like to make an express bid on the Parrish works call (414)778-1160. If you have a question regarding bidding contact the Great TV Auction. (04/9/99)

SOLD OUT PARRISH CHRISTMAS PRINT - FREE! During a rare personal appearance by artist Bradley J. Parrish, a drawing will be held at The Great Frame Up on Saturday, November 7, 1998 for one of the most valued Christmas pieces of our time. This sold out, hard to find limited edition print Shh! is sought out by collectors world wide on the secondary market and is valued at over $1,000. Bradley J. Parrish has graciously donated one of his few remaining Artists Proofs to give away at this one time premiere event. Please stop in, view the collection and fill out an entry. No purchase is necessary. If you have missed seeing the half-hour television special unveiling this collection there will also be free video cassettes available at The Great Frame Up while supplies last. The Artist will personally sign video tapes at this appearance for those who purchase one of the works of art from this collection. (10/28/98)

BRADLEY J. PARRISH'S award winning painting entitled Rhinoceros Hornbill has been selected to appear in the forthcoming hard cover book Wildlife Art by Rockport Publishers and is due to be out in bookstores in April 1999. (09/05/98)

PBS CHANNEL 10/36 has selected Bradley J. Parrish as the featured artist for its annual art auction. This art auction is ranked consistently one of the best in the country in the quality of artwork being offered and in its raising major dollars for public television. Parrish was asked in 1990 to be the Century Collection Artist, when his original pastel and 100 signed and numbered limited edition prints broke all records in raising money for public television. Parrish is the first artist to be asked back to be the Century Collection Artist. Parrish will be contributing two major wildlife works. The first piece is entitled The Sentinel and is a pastel that portrays a Timber Wolf keeping watch over his domain. In celebration of Wisconsin's sesquicentennial, 150 signed and numbered limited edition prints of this work will be up for auction during the 1999 PBS Channel 10/36 Art Auction. (09/01/98)

PARRISH FINE ART is proud to announce the release of The Parrish Collection, a release of three major works by artist Bradley J. Parrish. For further information on this collection click on The Parrish Collection on the directory. (08/15/98)

1998 BIRDS IN ART has selected Bradley J. Parrish's painting to be showcased in the 1998 Birds In Art exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin. His oil painting titled Mother Goose in memory of Oliver Baumgartner, will be on view from September 12 through October 31, 1998. A native of Wisconsin, Bradley's work was chosen from over 1000 entries. His piece will be among those selected for the 23rd annual presentation of this internationally renowned exhibition. (08/15/98)

BRADLEY J. PARRISH was selected to be the artist for the 1998 Timber wolf Alliance. Parrish's early wolf piece Winter Solstice was chosen as the Timber wolf Alliance 1998 image for its annual fundraising efforts. (06/20/98)

BRADLEY J. PARRISH was selected to be featured in a soon-to-be-released hardcover book entitled The Best Of Wildlife Art published by Northlight Books. Showcased for this publication is Passing Showers, a monumental work that toured the country in 1993 as a winner in the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum's Birds In Art competition. (08/01/97)

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