This astounding work is one
of Collins new series of “Shattering Bones.”
The concept is one of not being held back by any boundary, any person,
any structure – even to the point of being willing to break our own bones to
reach beyond our physical limitations.
There is an interplay with Collins own physical push of boundaries,
having broken 24 different bones in her own body, along her journey.

It is a soul without limits,
and an idealization that is actually already within us. It is part of the social collective history
that has seen over time, certain individuals make leaps that society knew was
impossible….. until it wasn’t.

It is Songs of the Vigilante.

Like many masterpieces, this
painting should not work. The figurative
horse is insanely out of proportion, the canvas is torn, painted, re applied,
torn again, contrasting zones of color which battle, there is random rusting
metal flying through the air as if a cape magically appeared without
weight. The strain and stress is
palatable. Yet more so the insane
strength.

So much that is impossible to
take your eyes away.

It is simply empoweringly
beautiful.

The metal and found objects
are from Collins own vineyards, some of it going back to the 1800’s. A can of paint becomes a saddle. Rusted steel barrel bands from deteriorated
wine cask, become a lead. And everywhere, layers upon layers, painted and
ripped apart somehow turn chaos into a symphony.

A Symphony of Songs of a
Vigilante.