About
Beauty and Metaphor in Liturgical and Public Art
I am inspired by the idea of place: of defining a space with a sensitivity that can transform, celebrate, and engage the redemptive qualities of metaphor for the profoundly personal and communal in people’s lives.
I teach painting and drawing at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where I live with my family. I serve on the board of the Association of Consultants for Liturgical Space.
“An authentic art survives stylistic evolutions over time to become a benchmark of art history. In this regard, I believe historians will judge Scott Parsons’ work as being authentic, original, and (most importantly) a contribution to the historical trajectory of stained glass in architecture.”
Kenneth von Roenn · renowned architectural glass artist
“Parsons has unfolded visibly the drama of the freedom of a loving Creator.”
Cardinal James Francis Stafford · The Vatican
“Your artwork transmits clarity to me, a light of happiness, a light of childhood when the sun illuminated everything.”
Alejandro Carosella · Painter, Buenos Aires
Awards & Reviews
7 CODAworx · 6 Faith & Form · 2 National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association · 2 Terrazzo, Tile & Marble Association of Canada
Art in America · Architectural Record · Stained Glass Quarterly
Selected References