Tyrell Collins - Portfolio, 2005-06

Along the Five: Bitterwater *, 2007, 10 x 22"

Along the Five: Caruthers *, 2007, 12 x 12"

Along the Five: Dos Palos *, 2007, 16 x 30"

Along the Five: Helm *, 2007, 14 x 14"

Along the Five: Idria *, 2007, 10 x 22"

Along the Five: Lanare *, 2007, 12 x 12"

Along the Five: Lonoak *, 2007, 10 x 22"

Along the Five: Maricopa 2 *, 2007, 9 x 9"

Along the Five: Oro Loma *, 2007, 16 x 30"

Along the Five: Paicines *, 2007, 10 x 22"

Along the Five: Tres Pinos *, 2007, 10 x 22"

Along the Five: Little Panoche 2 *, 2006, 12 x 12 "

Along the Five: Avenal *, 2006, 20 x 20 "

Along the Five: Garzas Creek *, 2006, 12 x 12 "

Along the Five: Taft *, 2006, 12 x 12 "

Along the Five: Mercy Springs Road *, 2006, 20 x 20 "

Along the Five: Stand 1, 2006, 6 x 18 "

Along the Five: Stand 2 *, 2006, 20 x 20 "

Along the Five: Up to Grizzly *, 2006, 20 x 20 "

Along the Five: Down from Grizzly *, 2006, 20 x 20 "

The Materials

After exploring gold leaf and metallic pigments on canvas and wood for the better part of a decade, I began in 2005 to use anodized aluminum as my painting surface. The first piece on metal (Four Seasons) incorporated my last technique, layers of powdered mica glazed with oil paint, to produce an abstract work with a pristine surface. After working for years to achieve this surface, it was now a given, and my interest shifted to the question of how to use this beautiful silver panel in a new way. I found that the application of paint on the metal created a wonderful drawing environment. For years my work has been horizon based, so there was internal consistency in a turn toward the more realistic landscape.

My newest work is a second suite of paintings in the series "Along t he Five", generated from imagination influenced by countless trips between Oakland and Los Angeles along Highway 5, fields, orchards, stands of trees rushing by.

All of this work is oil on aluminum panel
( * these panels are built to appear to be floating 1" off the wall)