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Artist Statement:
Please visit my web site,
www.jcwildlifeart.com to view
more of my work!
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Jim Collins Biography:
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53
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Male
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Married
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0
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| Education |
Self Taught |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I try to paint wildlife as it really is so that people can see through my paintbrush what they may never have a chance to see for themselves.
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| Your Personal Biography |
James F. Collins
Wildlife Art
37 Harriman Road
Plaistow, NH 03865
(603) 382-7686
jcwildlifeart@yahoo.com
www.jcwildlifeart.com
I am a self-taught artist who has been painting since 1989. I turned professional in 1992 and started my career as a full time artist. I paint any subject, but my expertise is animals and wildlife in their natural habitat. I spend many hours studying and photographing wildlife to make my art as realistic as nature intended it to be. I try to paint wildlife as it really is so that people can see through my paintbrush what they may never have a chance to see for themselves.
We are losing open space and wildlife habitat so rapidly that I hope it never comes to be that this is one of the only ways people will have to experience all that nature has to offer. To take the time to sit and watch Otters swim, play and fish, or a Bluebird pair building a nest and then tending their young or even a pair of Canada geese tending their goslings is just an amazing thing to see. I hope that my art will inspire more people to take a closer look at what is right in their own back yards.
I have many original paintings and limited edition fine art prints available.
I also do any type of commission work, in both acrylic and oil.
Accomplishments to date:
1991 1st runner up State of Indiana Trout Stamp contest. (1991-1992 calendar)
1992 Honorable Mention State of New Hampshire Discover Wild Art competition (Partners in Flight)
1993 Runner up 1994 West Virginia Dept. of Natural Resources calendar art contest
1993 Runner up State of Indiana Wildlife Art calendar contest. (1993-1994 calendar)
1993 Winner State of Indiana Wildlife Art calendar contest. (cover of 1994-1995 calendar)
1993 Best in Show, Deerfield Fair
1993 3rd place New England Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Expo, Cromwell, CT
1993 Federal Duck Stamp contest; among the top 128 entries
1994 3rd place and Honorable Mention, Massachusetts Audubon Society second annual juried Wildlife Art show
1994 1st runner up Grand National Art contest National Wild Turkey Federation
1994 Honorable Mention 1995 State of Kentucky Trout Stamp competition
1994 Runner up 1995 State of West Virginia Dept. of Natural Resources calendar art contest
1994 Winner, 1995 State of New Jersey Trout Stamp contest
1994 Best in Show, Best in Class, two 1st place New England Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Expo., Cromwell Ct
1994 3rd place Florida Dept. of Fish and Game Duck Stamp contest
1995 Winner, 1997 State of Indiana Trout Stamp competition
1995 Runner up State of Indiana Wildlife Art calendar contest. (1995-1996 calendar)
1995 Honorable Mention Massachusetts Duck Stamp contest
1995 Best in Show, three 1st place, Deerfield Fair
1995 Best in Show, Best in Class 1st place New England Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Expo., Cromwell, CT
1995 Miriam Sawyer Memorial Award for Painting, New Hampshire Art Association, Currier Show
1996 Guest Artist New England Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Expo, Cromwell, CT
1996 Winner 1997 State of West Virginia Wildlife Art Calendar
1997 Winner 1997 State of Vermont Waterfowl Stamp contest
1997 Three Honorable Mentions State of West Virginia 1998 Wildlife Art Calendar
1998 Winner State of New Hampshire 1998 Migratory Waterfowl Stamp
1998 Winner State of New Jersey 1999 Pheasant/Quail Stamp
1999 Designer of the new State of New Hampshire Conservation series number plate
1999 Best in Show Kittery Trading Post Wildlife Art & Carving Show
2000 Best in Show Wildlife Art & Carving Expo
2001 State of New Hampshire Non Game Endangered Species Calendar
2001 Runner up State of Indiana Wildlife Art calendar contest (June, 2003)
2001 Featured Artist 21st annual Beaver Brook exhibit
2001 Guest Artist Wildlife Art & Carving Expo
2002 Winner State of New Hampshire 2002 Migratory Waterfowl Stamp
2002 Best in Show Wildlife Art & Carving Expo
2002 Best in Show & People’s Choice Deerfield Fair
2003 Best in Show & People’s Choice Greater Haverhill Art Association Annual Spring show
2003 Best in Show Greater Haverhill Art Association Art in the Park
2003 Best in Show Art’s Institute Group “Art at the Library” Fall show
2003 Best in Show Deerfield Fair
2004 Honorable Mention 2005 State of West Virginia Wildlife Art Calendar contest
2004 People’s Choice Greater Haverhill Art Association Annual Spring show
2004 Best in Show and People’s Choice Deerfield Fair
2005 Designer State of New Hampshire 2005 Migratory Waterfowl Stamp
2005 Best in Show Deerfield Fair
2005 Best in Show Arts Institute Group annual “Art at the Library” show
2006 Designer State of New Hampshire 2006 Migratory Waterfowl Stamp
2006 People’s Choice Greater Haverhill Arts Association Annual Spring Show
2006 Rochester Fair, Best in Show
2006 Newburyport Art Association Laura Coombs Hills award
I have won sixteen People’s Choice awards along with many ribbons from local juried shows.
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