ASHLEY COLLINS
PAINTING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SOULS IN THE WORLD.
skin horse paintings
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In the Skin Horse [Fractured Perfection Paintings], Collins Physically spends months and years creating Two paintings on one canvas...
"First" is the perfectly imagined figurative horse beautifully layered, and depth filled... detailed to perfection..
Collins then takes a hammer and chisel to that initial "perfect" work.... and literally destroys everything......
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The "Second" painting is created by re-assembling and repainting the figurative image anew... but beautifully flawed, like each of us.
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The title "Skin Horse" is an homage to the 1922 children's book by Margery Williams.
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For Collins, children see the world's reality much better than adults. They embrace the smallest detail, the movement of a leaf, the red of a ladybug, the wind's kiss upon your face -all as tangible magic. Our greatest challenge as adults is to erase the layers of adult "learning" that has covered the beautiful truths of childhood.