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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Jacob Collins

Posted by Charley Parker at 7:40 am

Jacob Collins
The difficult thing about painting a still life is the “life” part. Many still life paintings have a lot more “still” than “life”. Jacob Collins has a touch that keeps his still life subjects vibrant and fresh. When I first encountered his work, I was impressed with his range of subject matter. He is remarkably strong in figure, portrait, interior, landscape and still life painting. Most contemporary realists are satisfied to specialize in one or two of those subject areas. Collins is highly skilled in all of those categories. For some reason, though, I was particularly taken with his refined and painterly still life technique. The site contains many examples of his work in all of the genres as well as showcasing his figure and portrait drawings. (Link courtesy of State of the Art.)

  • Link: www.jacobcollinspaintings.com
  • Site Quirks: Once you've clicked into a gallery, be aware that most of them have more than one page. The links to "Next and "Previous" galleries are black text and don't look like links. Going from thumbnails to full images is a "click and click back" arrangement, no click-through is provided.
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  1. Comment by sunflower
    Thursday, January 4, 2007 @ 12:09 pm

    equisite rendering of reality!

  2. Comment by graydon parrish
    Thursday, January 4, 2007 @ 9:15 pm

    Jacob is a master. He will surely prove that painting has an important place in contemporary life.

  3. Comment by yi
    Sunday, June 3, 2007 @ 12:42 am

    i’m a freshment graphic student hope u can give me some oppinion…or some information.thank q!!!

  4. Comment by waheednasir
    Wednesday, September 5, 2007 @ 3:52 am

    beautiful. lovely painting. uve achieved a great mood.

  5. Comment by Professor Jackie Brennan
    Thursday, May 22, 2008 @ 2:04 am

    I’m would like to use your work as an example for my students - a multi media study in quite a different technique using watercolour over white acrylic on a back background. It think it is a fascinating work with excellent compolsition. Well done and best of luck in your career.

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