Chaparral Fine Art - Featured Artists -Troy Collins

Troy Collins

"I enjoyed a real Montana childhood, living and playing in high-mountain valleys and wild rivers around the state. First in the shadow of Glacier National Park, and later near the North entrance to Yellowstone, I passed my early years climbing trees, fishing blue-ribbon trout streams, and tracking elk across the high country. I’ve always found inspiration and spiritual rejuvenation in the wilderness, and translating my experience of nature into artistic creation has been the focus of my adult life.

During my four-year apprenticeship in the studio of Idaho landscape painter Robert Moore, I learned foundations and principles that guide me to this day. I developed a lasting respect for the Russian Impressionists, whose scenes of everyday life resonate with pure color and shimmering light. And I gained tremendous insight by working alongside other talented painters, especially Barry Thomas and Patrick Matthews.

Painting is a spiritual process for me. I pour my heart into each composition as a celebration of the miracle of creation. My goal as an artist is to move the viewer to experience a flood of powerful emotions, to feel the energy that flows through me as I put brush to canvas."