Native Montana artist, Troy Collins, credits mentors Robert Moore, Barry Thomas, and Patrick Matthews for his love of painting. Collins called Idaho home for twelve years during an intensive painting apprenticeship in the studio of master impressionist Robert Moore. He credits Moore with inspiring his love of Russian Impressionism while nurturing a respect for the elements which create quality in an interpretation of subject matter.

Robert Moore says of his former student, "His work is very individual, bold and direct in the application of paint and color, unique in it feel. Troy is not afraid of rich color and mixes the pigment right on the canvas, as opposed to on the palette, where it can lose intensity. He lets his eye do the mixing."

Troy Collins is a native of Montana, but has called Idaho home for the last twelve years. He has a background in landscape architecture, which provides him with critical principles of design.

However, he credits master landscape painter Robert Moore with inspiring his love of Russian Impressionism while developing a respect for the elements, which create quality in an interpretation of subject matter. The truths and principles he has learned from Moore have built a strong foundation in both art and life, and Collins has spent many hours studying and painting with Moore on location and in the studio.

He has recently won the Artists Choice at the Chapparal Plein-Air Show.

Source:
Dana Gallery