'Cosmic Serpent'
ink and gold paint
Japan, 2007

from the exhibition 'Visions of MU'

This piece was inspired by the book 'The Cosmic Serpent' by Jeremy Narby, inwhich he explores the universal myth of the serpent throughout cultures all over the world as a being which guards knowledge. While in Japan this concept resonated particularly strong as I would visit Buddhist temples with enormous and beautiful murals of serpent like dragons painted above meditation halls as a kind of gatekeeper to the deeper realms of insight. It was as if the danger and fear created by the image of the dragon were merely a test of one's courage to surpass these obstacles to gain greater insight.
-Tim

"Everywhere I Go, Ego"
painting by Tim Parish
acrylic on canvas,  April 2008

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"Thinking Outside Pandora's Box"
April, 2008 - Magic Marker
Tim Parish

"Tree of Life"

by Tim Parish, 2008

Oil on Canvas

Prints of this piece and other works by Tim Parish can be purchased here

 'The Shape Of My Tongue' is part of a series of contemporary poems inspired by the words of sufi poet Rumi and performed by Sydney artist Thomas, Jack of Hearts.

Music by Briztronix.

Produced and directed by Tim Parish aka VERB

http://www.myspace.com/thomasjackofhearts

http://www.briztronix.com/

http://www.undergrowth.org/user/verb

"Nature Totem"

acrylic on canvas

by Tim Parish

February 2008

Empty Show 2002

video : Tim Parish

audio: DJ Shadow

A short music video documentation of the first Empty Show in Williamstown, Melbourne 2002.

"I created this while video working for the Melbourne community tv show Access News as a creative way to document the first Empty Show exhibition, which a number of well known street artists around Melbourne had created in an abandoned pub in Williamstown. It only lasted for an hour hour before the police came and kicked us all out, and although I returned there a few months later the whole place had been boarded up. For all I know all the art is still sitting in there, like some cave that will be discovered by future anthropologists or something and turned into a monument of early 21st century creativity. Or, at least I hope so."

-Tim