About Adam Parsons

Adam Parsons was born in Monmouth, Wales on January 5, 1971. Adopted at
age six weeks he grew up the second of three children.

Fascinated by art as a young boy, it wasn’t until the divorce of his parents in 1979 that he began drawing from imagination, an alternative to the usual childhood toys. By the beginning of high school, with the encouragement of teachers, he decided to become an illustrator. Following education, he gained employment in the art department of a local newspaper where he worked and continued his studies in graphic design.

Moving to Japan in September 1991, he began studying a new culture and language. The intense, drastic
change to his life also influenced his work in a dramatic way. As a commercial illustrator, Parsons worked
mainly with magazines and monthly published books, although he was also involved with educational
illustration for children. During this time, he studied a great deal about other artists, motivating him to
produce a great many high quality art pieces. This led to winning “Best New Illustrator” in the Tokyo
Museum in Ueno‘s ”Tokyo-ten” in 1995.

In 1996, influences by Dali, Tanguy and many other painters began his move
from illustration to surrealism. His exhibition that year at the Tokyo Museum
was greeted with a mixed reaction because of the drastic change.
As he continued his creative journey, he moved to abstract by 1997. In 1998 Parsons Produced
over 200 pieces for the year. It also led to his styled being more labeled as abstract automatism.

In 1999 he moved to the United States once again as an
illustrator, but moved to another creative tool, the computer.

Graphic design was to play an extremely large roll in his life for the next five years
with paintings not being quite so mass produced. He went back and forth between all three
of the four art mediums. Illustrations, surrealism, abtract art and now digital expression too.

Here at pwason.com you can view some of all of his creations, particularly his abstract
and more recently his esoteric automatism pieces. Click here to see other sites by Adam Parsons.