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Artist Statement for Jim Collins
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Jim Collins is primarily a Public Art sculptor working in a figurative manner, best exemplified by his long running series the WATCHER. His sculpture style has been characterized by the use of silhouettes of people and animals constructed of stainless steel, aluminum and other metals. Collins was a Professor of Art at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 1966 until 1983, when he resigned that teaching position to devote full time to his career as a professional artist. He received degrees from Marshall University in West Virginia, the University of Michigan, and a M.F.A. degree in sculpture from Ohio University. There is more information in the Dictionary of American Sculptors and Who’s Who in American Art.
People love seeing things in the art world that are easy to identify. However, most people treasure art that is challenging in its interpretation. Art is important when it is based on sound historic forms together with fine craftsmanship. So, that is the theme of my sculpture.
In 2004 I finished a (four part) major sculpture commission for County Limerick in Ireland that has become landmarks for two communities of Adare and Limerick, as well as, the road to Dublin.
A very popular Public Art Commission was installed in September 2007 powder-coated stainless steel figurative sculptures, placed at one mile intervals River Walk by the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Completed Public Art Commission was for the <1 Fire Station in Plano, Texas installed in December 2008.
Just completed the installation (May, 2009) of three unique Public Art sculptures for three villages in County Louth, Ireland.
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