A.M. Parkin

Who is A.M. Parkin?

Anthony Montague Parkin 15 August 1943 - 11 June 2012 was an English artist known for his drawings, engravings and watercolours depicting daily life and nature in his home village of Kemsing, Kent.

Graham Sutherland sponsored A.M. Parkin's 1977 solo exhibition at the Langton Gallery in Chelsea.

“When first I saw the work of A. M. Parkin six or seven years ago, I was struck at the outset by the fact that here was someone using his eyes acutely in his chosen field with obsessive attention,” wrote Sutherland.

“Any collector of prints…would do well to start a collection of these mysterious works – so full of understanding of quiet places”.

During a career spanning nearly five decades, A.M. Parkin was commissioned by the likes of Victor Lownes and Langton Iliffe, 2nd Baron Iliffe.

The latter was attracted to A.M. Parkin's intricate pencil drawing style, commissioning the artist to produce a study of 'The Elm at Yattendon' in Berkshire, while Lownes commissioned a pencil drawing of Stocks House in Hertfordshire.

In September 1981 A.M. Parkin’s set of pencil drawings called ‘Village People’ featured on BBC Radio Four’s ‘Countryside in September’ programme. The portraits appear in A.M. Parkin’s retrospective book ‘A Village Artist’. [3]