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robert
collins
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painting tales
Easel and palette strapped down against the wind on the rocks above Logan's rock in Cornwall.
Most of my landscape paintings were completed over several sessions ...... more When a landscape painting is finished I usually turn to the view and thank it ...... more When painting outdoors for hours on end you experience landscape very intimately ...... more Back in 1986 I was asked to paint pictures for an exhibition of images of the Ridgeway, the ancient track that runs across the centre of southern England from Avebury Stone Circle to Streatley in the Thames Valley ...... more In September 2001 I was invited to paint at the wonderful old chateau of Lachassagne in the Beaujolais region of France, north of Lyon. I was there for two weeks while the grapes were being harvested and the wine making process got under way ..... more Ten years ago I went to Agrigento in southern Sicily to paint the wonderful ruined Greek temples that are set along a limestone ridge beside the remains of the old city wall ........ more
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