about the artist
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.
Go to charles collins's Studio to find out more.
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