Our Owners

What Micah Does at MP Artworks: As the company's co-founder and marquee artist, Micah is in a special position to personally oversee and play an active, hands-on role in both the production of the artworks we create and the development and continued improvement of our product lines. (We're perfectionists, so you don't have to be.)

About Micah: Micah has been the company's driving creative force ­ from designing ketubot for friends in the early 1990s to MP Artworks' official founding and first Internet presence in 1996. Today, he continues to innovate both artistically and behind the scenes.

Favorite Thing About MP Artworks: One of the things I really like about this business/market is the feeling that I have been and still can be an innovator in my field. When I started creating ketubot, every other artist was doing very traditional "border-around-text" designs as either originals or lithographs. I was the first to market giclee prints and truly non-traditional concepts on any kind of scale, as well as offer multiple, non-traditional text choices, such as interfaith texts. I also was the first to create ketubot in a digital medium, which led to us being able to offer customization options that no one else could do. Because of what I've done in the past, the industry is now different. And it's pretty cool to know that the competition is following you.

All-time Favorite Quote: "Humpty Dumpty was pushed."

Current Favorite Quote: "If it first you don't succeed, skydiving is probably not for you."

Artistic Influences: Claude Monet - An innovator in his time, whose work is still relevant and who didn't starve as an artist. M.C. Escher ­ A mathematical genius, the first to really blend mathematics and art. (Something I do in a lot of my work.) Romero Britto ­ His work is just so fun, and his work ethic is just as admirable. (He usually paints 14 hours a day.) Theodor Geisel ­ Who doesn't like Dr. Seuss?

Mindy Parker| Vice President, Marketing Director, Site Librarian, and Co-founder

What Mindy Does at MP Artworks: As the company's co-founder, Mindy guides MP Artworks' financial activities and business/product development initiatives (and, of course, inspires her husband and MP Artworks' marquee talent, Micah). She has also taken over the responsibilities for our marketing and the content of our Web Site. She also the driving force behind our eco-friendly, green initiative.

About Mindy: A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, with a degree in economics, Mindy also holds Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees from Boston University. Following a clerkship in Maine, she relocated to the warmer climate of Austin, Texas, where she met Micah and practiced estate planning and probate law for four years. In 1998, she returned to Florida to run her family's company, Sarasota Commercial Management. She has successfully tripled their business over the last four years. in addition to playing a leadership role at MP Artworks.

Favorite Thing About MP Artworks: I love being able to wear whatever I want to work! As a "recovering attorney," it is so enriching to be able to work intensely yet in an informal and creative environment, and it's such a "happy" business (especially when compared to probate law!).

Favorite Quote: "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted."