Carson Collins

Navigate memory waves to that retrograde position marked "Innocence", where yesterday forms crystal tides on celestial waters, and the sea of glass reflects these fragments from the past: Summer days spent quickly as an allowance; Peace inside the sacred circle of a tire swing; Mystic firefly quatrains insribe secrets on the cathedral of the night. When curiosity beckons, only silence greets the unanswered questions. So, childhood''''s hand cast out its messages on this ocean of eternity, and let the bottle return on the vapors of tomorrow. more… …less

acrylic on canvas with gold leaf

The day I saw the blue stripe.

Look at the painting. Notice how you feel.

A breakfast scene from happier times.

A superannuated pirate searches in vain for the fabled "Green Flash."

A dying composer contemplates the ocean sunset.

Before any Venus emerged from your waters, before the birth and death of a thousand divinities now forgotten; you breathed, you sang, you danced. Did your beauty mesmerize the passing moon; and capture it forever in a tidal embrace? Did you rejoice at the dawn of creation, or did you merely smile at the pale vanities of human kind? If the moon could not escape your force, how could mere mortal ever tame you? If a spoken word restrained your tides and uncovered lands, will another, final word, return you to your former place, where the sign of a rainbow comes to mark the end of an age? more… …less

This painting was stolen by Paola Trevisan of Ferrara, Italy. Anyone having knowledge of its whereabouts is asked to please contact the artist.

Seaside, seven o''clock pm on a Tuesday.