✶ frequently asked questions ✶

If your question isn’t answered here please feel free to send me an email as I generally do not check DMs.

✦ shop

  • If there are any issues with your order please send me an email at parkerparrella1@gmail.com! Be sure to include your name and order details. I will email you back ASAP and we can work something out.
    If the package or products are damaged, please include pictures.

  • My shop update schedule this year is about once every other month, which usually includes New prints, originals, and potentially stickers or handmade pieces. If you’d like to be notified about upcoming shop updates, consider joining the free tier of my Patreon here (it’s used as a newsletter). I try to keep upcoming shop updates in my Instagram bio as well.

  • I reserve the right to make prints of selected works. Unfortunately I am simply unable to stock prints of every single painting, it’s just not possible because of the frequency with which I release paintings and overall audience interest. But when I do hear this comment on particular works it helps let me know that there is interest for the work to be released as prints.

  • Processing time for orders is 1-5 days. Generally, orders are dropped off at the Post Office Mondays and Fridays. Orders placed after 10am EST on Monday and Friday are shipped the following post office drop-off run.

  • At this time all prints are shipped FLAT in rigid mailers.

  • Prints are only available in the sizes seen in my shop, Please check the description of each listing for sizes.
    At this time custom print sizes are not possible.
    If you are confused about the sizing of any prints or works, please send me an email at parkerparrella1@gmail.com and I can help answer your questions.

  • I primarily use Fireball Printing and Catprint. Fireball Printing is a local Print Shop here in Philadelphia, PA and can be found at fireballprinting.com. CatPrint is located in Fairport, New York and can be found at catprint.com.
    Both have incredible customer service and are a pleasure to work with.

✦ general

  • I am primarily an acrylic painter and I prefer painting on cradled wooden panels, which can be bought at any regular art supply store. Lately I’ve been using Liquitex Gesso and Liquitex Clear Gesso to prep these panels. I create my works using only Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paints and water with Princeton Select Brushes.

  • No, please do not repost/reupload artwork to your own accounts or other social media platforms. Whether you have credited me or not, I may ask you to remove any and all reuploads of my work. Please respect this boundary.

  • Mostly yes, I have tattoo tickets in my shop here which are 40 USD. Before purchase I ask that you send me an email and inquire if the desired work is available. Some work including commissions are not available as tattoo tickets.

  • Yes, my commissions are usually open. If you are interested, please send me an email.

    The minimum size I paint for personal commissioned works is 8”x8” (¾” profile depth) which starts at $600 USD plus tax + shipping. In rare circumstances both the size and budget can be flexible.
    I am also open to tattoo design commissions, and digital illustrations. Please inquire for rates. I Also offer pet portraits in the form of the pet portrait keychain/ornaments/magnets.

  • Yes, I attended SCAD and graduated with a BFA in Illustration with a concentration Surface Design and a minor in Painting. I gained valuable experience and knowledge there, but art school is not a required prerequisite for being a working artist or even an artist at all, all it takes is you and your will to create.

  • I generally prefer to identify with the phrase “body of work” to communicate the paintings I’m making. I think it shifted my understanding of art to be more of an act that I partake in to express ideas and less of an inherent part of my self-identity.

    That being said, the path I followed to find myself where I am now included at least a decade long practice of painting landscapes that would become the foundation of my current work. In high school my mother and I would often attend plein air painting sessions with a group from the Wallkill River Center for the Arts and paint with them across rural and historic landscapes in the Hudson Valley. In college, I retained my love for landscapes and continued painting them outside of assignments.
    I spent a long time working to hone my skills at painting realistic landscapes before slowly moving towards brighter and more saturated scenes, although this wasn’t really a conscious decision. Learning to draw digitally helped me grow significantly in this area as the digital color wheel was so much more varied and saturated than the tubes of paint I had been using.

  • They mean a lot of things to me, and I say that with complete sincerity.
    I encourage you to find your own meaning in my little stars.