Christopher F. Collins
Classical Portraits for Those Who Choose Depth Over Convenience
Collins is a Seattle-based oil painter who believes portraits should be as layered and complex as the people in them. Working in the transparent glazing methods of the 18th century, he paints internationally for maximalist collectors and eccentric aesthetes, and those who feel that modern portraiture lacks a certain...drama.
Studio visits are part of the commissioning process and arranged by appointment.
The only luxury no one else can own.
In a world of fleeting images, commissioning a portrait is a deliberate act.It fixes a presence that will never occur again — held in paint rather than pixels, made slowly rather than consumed quickly. Portraiture is unfashionable by nature, resistant to trend, and indifferent to scale. That resistance is part of its appeal.Each work is created for a single individual and a single moment, and exists nowhere else before or after.