Robert Collins: Paintings

October 5 to October 30, 2009

Artist Reception:
Friday October 16, 6:30 to 8 pm

Robert Collins

Composition in Red White and Black

Mixed media on wood, 2009

48 in. X 48 in.


Biography

Robert Collins has his BFA, (1976) and MFA, (1978) degrees from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.  He has taught at Boston University, Boston, Ma, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, and he is currently teaching at Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, the Danforth  Museum School, Framingham, MA, the Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, and the Merrimac Center for Professional Development, Billerica, MA.  Robert Collins has also worked as a Senior Designer for Hasbro Toy Company, Pawtucket, RI, where he was responsible for product design and development including such product lines as “My Little Pony”, "Jem”, “Charmkins”, and “Get in Shape Girl”.  He was a Senior Design Director for American Manufacturing, Boston, MA, and also for the Bradford Novelty Company, Bellingham, MA. Robert also was a commercial artist and layout designer for Sears Roebuck and Company, Natick, MA.  Robert Collins has exhibited his paintings and drawings throughout the New England area in such galleries as: the Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, the G. Watson Gallery, Stonington, ME, the DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI and the Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA as well as at the Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA.  He was inducted into the “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers in 2002 for his contributions in Fine Art and Industrial Design.  Additional work may be viewed at RobertCollinsPaintings.com.