Carson Collins's Page

Gender:

Male

Country:

citizen of the world

Hometown:

I move around a lot.

I am:

An artist

Accepts Commissions:

Yes

Relationship Status:

Single

Children

No

Education

BA Psychology, Chemistry, USF Tampa FL, 1973
MD, UTMB, Galveston, TX, 1977

Biography:

I've been working on The Ocean Series for thirty years.


The Ocean Series is a Remodernist response to the color-field paintings of Mark Rothko. Intriguing, relaxing, and evocative, these colorful images appeal to serious art lovers, those who meditate, and ocean lovers as well. Originals, prints, a calendar, and affordable signed posters can be purchased on line.


The central theme in my painting is the search for stillness, the sort of profound and lucid calm that is the result of meditation or contemplation; another main theme is the relationship between humans, the ocean, and the atmosphere. The intent of my work is to create an ambiance where the spiritual dimension of this relationship can be experienced.


Once in a while a commercial gallery will invite me to do an exhibition.
Solos include: Sarah Rentschler Gallery, NYC, NY, USA, 1980
Samadhi Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA 1982
Galleria Expressiva, San Jose, COSTA RICA, 1987
Norro Gruppen Konstgallerie, Stockholm, SWEDEN, 1991
Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL, USA, 1994
Sekanina Contemporary Arts, Ferrara, ITALY, 2003
Elevator Gallery, Venice Beach (LA) California, USA, 2005.

I'm nomadic, never stay in one place for more than a year or two; don't have any possessions except for what I can carry on the iron birds. So far I've lived in 7 of the USA States and 6 other countries. I prefer warm places, but anywhere with a left coast will do - for a while.


When I'm not painting I mostly spend the time walking or sitting on the beach, staring at the ocean. I meditate. I surf when I can. I take part-time work when its available; have had quite a variety of dead-end, no-brainer jobs, some of which I liked. I've got an MD degree from the University of Texas that I've chosen to ignore. You might also say that I have the equivalent of a PhD in "coping".

Website:

http://www.theoceanseries.com

Interests

art, knowledge, meditation, Love, travel

Music:

Some favorites are Chopin, Eric Satie, Beethoven, Pachelbel, The Ramones, The Clash, Bob Marley, and Jimi Hendrix. The list is really too long to enumerate, I really do like just about everything but Pop. In general I prefer music that is either melodic or has a strong message.

Films:

My three favorite movies are "Lost Horizon" (Frank Capra, 1934), The Day The Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951), and La Dolce Vita (Frederico Fellini, 1960). But I watch movies every day, and there are dozens of others that I also love, again, too many to enumerate.

Books

Some favorites are The Science of Religion (Parmahansa Yogananda), The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution (P.D. Ouspensky), The Rediscovery of the Mind (John R. Searle), The Elegant Universe (Brian Greene)... for fiction, anything by B.Traven, Charles Willeford, Ernest Hemingway, Malcolm Lowrey, Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut... the list is way too long to put here.