He has participated in over fifty site-specific interactions in the landscape since the early 1980’s. Parker has created public works at botanical gardens, a centuries old Japanese temple, urban centers, universities, rural landscapes and museums around the world. He has received a number of grants and fellowships over the years including the National Endowment for the Arts, Southern Arts Federation, The Louisiana Division of the Arts, the South Carolina Arts Commission, and the Awards in the Visual Arts XI, from the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, to name a few.