Kevin Collins studied under Stanley Pinker, Helmut Starke and Cecil Skotness at the Michaelis school, UCT in the late seventies with painting as his specialization; these teachers influenced the basis of how Kevin uses colour, composition and visual articulation of a narrative.
Collins’ imagery is a reflection from years of travelling (many miles from the age of three) and making small sketches and picking up little bits of visual imagery from packaging, transport tickets and sweet wrappers from Burma to Bangalore. Some imagery emerges from his childhood and early love of illustrated story books. The ‘storytelling’ aspect has transitioned into his later ceramic works.
His work can be found in private collections in Australia, America, Argentina and UK, as well as South Africa (one hangs above the desk of Constitutional Judge Edwin Cameron’s desk) and among corporate collections both in South Africa and Argentina.
Part of HIGHVELD CERAMICS: CURATED.