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Artist at Play<\/p><\/div>\n

I have been having fun with visual arts since childhood.\u00a0 It was always a treat for me to buy a new box of No. 64 crayons or a set of felt-tip pens (magenta and cyan were my favorites) and a 500-sheet ream of filler paper, and then head up to my room and get to work.\u00a0 I\u00a0have never lost this elemental love of color.\u00a0 And I still get a little thrill from walking the aisles of art supply stores and imagining the possibilities.<\/p>\n

For many years now, I have spent much more time on photography than painting, as is evident from the content on this site.\u00a0 I plan to set up a mini-studio in our North Carolina home and do more painting soon.\u00a0 But there is not that much difference between what I paint and how I shoot:\u00a0 I make maps, and practically all my works are canvas-filling maps of light and dark, colors and shapes.<\/p>\n

My goal in recent years has been to increase the emotional content of my photos and paintings and to rely less on design to carry the day.\u00a0 This has been a personal challenge but I hope it makes my works richer and more memorable.<\/p>\n

I have sold some of my art and have gifted much more of it.\u00a0 If you are interested in an item, send an email to art [at] chcollins.com.\u00a0 I must say, however, that I get very attached to my paintings:\u00a0 I will gladly make a canvas print for you but would have to think hard about parting with an original.\u00a0 (Maybe I will change my tune when I run out of room for them!)<\/p>\n

In my view, visual art needs to speak for itself — it’s not about the artist or the provenance.\u00a0 You should want to see it on your wall every day.\u00a0 Art is not about d\u00e9cor — art should make you stop and think, engage and enjoy.\u00a0 That’s the kind of art I strive to make.<\/p>\n

In any event, thank you for visiting the site.\u00a0 Your comments are encouraged and appreciated. – Craig H Collins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been having fun with visual arts since childhood.\u00a0 It was always a treat for me to buy a new box of No. 64 crayons or a set of felt-tip pens (magenta and cyan were my favorites) and a 500-sheet ream of filler paper, and then head up to my room and get to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":122,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":688,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}