Charles Collins is known for his encouragement of other artists through his God in the Arts Foundation, which evolved out of a desire to encourage anyone who "believes that all life is like petals on the same flower." Ultimately, his work seeks to change our collective consciousness.
Most of his oil paintings are profoundly spiritual and evoke a strong sense of peace and timelessness. He begins with a charcoal drawing, adds a thin glaze with a dark color, terra green or burnt umber, which provides the base for light to reflect off. This is covered by an under painting -- when his images in the over painting are complete, he adds up to 30 glazes.
He has learned most of this on his own, by experimentation, though he has a degree in fine art from the Dallas Art Institute in Texas. His work is in collections all over the world and he is the first Taos artist to have painted an album cover for singer Michael Martin Murphey and another for Arlo Guthrie. His painting, "The Ambassadors Meet in Washington," was the first in the then 23-year history of Taos Invites Fall Arts Festival to win both Best in Contemporary and Best of Show.
artists' statement
"When I'm painting it's like creating an image of the attributes of God, creating the same vibration that created you, like a loop that feeds back to you in a circle of life, with the same resonance."
- Charles Collins
Collection Name: Masterminds
Title: Christ Trinity
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The "Ambassadors Meet in Washington" is the most awarded sculpture in the history of the Taos Invite Fall Arts Festival. The fall arts classic is the ... more detail about Ambassadors Meet in Washington >
Collection name: Between Worlds
Title: Triumph of the Spirit
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Collection Name: Mystical Women of the Southwest
Title: Sea of Tranquility
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Collection Name: Taos
Title: Christ in Ranchos
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Collection Name: Between Worlds
Title: Ocean of Consciousness
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Collection Name: When trees dream
Title: My Solitude
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Collection Name: Between Worlds
Title: Madre Generosa
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Collection Name: Between Worlds
Title: Looking to the future
Charles Collins was selected as the 2000 millenium poster artist for the Taos Fall Ar ... more detail about Looking to the Future >
Collection Name: Twilight Mysteries
Title: Light from an Alternate Moon
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Collection Name: Between Worlds
Title: Lifting the Veil
This is an unique and innovative serigraph technique on cotton that Charles Collins innova ... more detail about Lifting the Veil >
Collection Name: Between Worlds
Title: Eternal Companions
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Collection Name: Masterminds
Title: Christ of Venice
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Collection: Between Worlds
Title: Beginning of Wisdom
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Collection: Masterminds
Title: Lincoln's Union
This is the second sculptue in a new sculpture art concept. (The first was the Ambassadors Meet in ... more detail about Lincoln's Union >
Collection Name: Masterminds
Title: Christ Trinity
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