 After Funk discovered that Parker was a wildlife artist, he asked if he had any examples of his work to show him.It just so happened that Parker had an elk bust sculpture called "Perfection" in his truck and, after showing it to Funk, a sale was consummated on the spot for the sculpture.Parker would meet Funk again at the C. M. Russell Art Show in 1999 and some years later he suggested to Funk that he could design a sculpture of a Clydesdale horse to be given as an award to exemplary employees of Funk's Express Employment Professionals company in Oklahoma City.