His higher education consists of a Bachelors degree in history at the University of Utah in 1970 and a Masters in Architecture at the same university in 1972. He has practiced architecture in the United States and Great Britain, and is licensed in the State of Utah.

Ian’s desire to pursue painting caused him to resign his profession as an architect in 1979 and since that time he has been a full time artist. His works are presently displayed in five galleries throughout Utah, Nevada, California, and Idaho.

He has had numerous one-man shows, has participated in the Utah and Park City Arts Festivals and is a regular participant in the Dixie College Annual Art Show, the Utah State Fair, and various other art exhibitions. He has taught watercolor at the Salt Lake Art Center and has conducted numerous watercolor demonstrations and workshops throughout the western United States. He has also had occasion to be an art show juror.

Ian is primarily a watercolor artist in the traditional English style. His favorite subject matter includes the English landscape, English harbours and sailing vessels, the harbours of the Pacific Northwest, and the landscape of Northern Utah, Idaho, and Montana.

His work can be described as selectively realistic, intense, atmospherically active and colorful. His paintings are presently held in collections all over the United States, Canada, England, Germany, France, Japan, and Australia.

A number of his works are now in print and are distributed internationally by Sage Publications

Growing up in the mountain west, Gary found continual inspiration in the ever changing moods of the mountain and desert seasons. His early fascination with trees, their roots, bark, leaves and seasonal changes led him to a life long love affair with the aspen tree. Quoting one of his clients, “It is a pleasure to experience one of Gary’s landscape paintings and feel the warmth of sunshine radiating through the trees.”

Gary attended Brigham Young University in the late 50s and the University of Utah in the early 60s. He has traveled and painted throughout the world and spends his summers painting plein-air landscapes in France and Italy. “There is something spontaneous and immediate about painting on location, whether in small villages or out in the countryside surrounded by nature.” Something magical happens while capturing the color, light and shadow before it is changed by the movement of the sun.”

During the winters Gary paints at his desert home in Kayenta, Utah and his studio in Salt Lake City.
Gary’s paintings have a distinct quality, a unique blend of traditional, impressionistic, and abstract styles.
Collins’ purpose through his renditions is not to recreate a landscape, yet to convey a dream-like impression of timelessness and calm. His paintings create a sense of a passing effect of atmosphere, light, and symmetry, while the energy conveyed to the viewer becomes highly subjective. What he defines as “the sensual pleasure of change”, the fleeting moment, is captured in nature.

Gary’s work has been widely distributed in several languages written by clinical psychologist Stephen C. Paul which includes Illusions, Inneractions and In Love. His most recent book features golf landscapes in The Secrets to the Game of Golf and Life. Collins has exhibited in galleries such as A Gallery, Williams Fine Art, and Brushworks Gallery in Salt Lake City, Meyer’s in Santa Fe; the Mauna Lani Resort and the Hale Kea Estate in Waimea, Hawaii; the Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, and the Phoenix Gallery in Park City, Utah.

He is the father of three children, two of which are successful artists who often collaborate and exhibit with their mentor.

Gary’s goal is to create paintings that give people pleasure and enrich their environment. “Painting is my true joy. I feel fortunate that I am able to make my living doing what I love, that I have the luxury of being able to follow my bliss.”

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS / selected list

First Security Bank, Zion’s Bank, American Savings, Holiday Inn, Utah First Bank,
Bank of Utah, Willow Creek Country Club, Salt Lake Hilton, Peery Hotel,
Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce,
University of Utah Alumni Center, T.O.S.H. Sports Medical Center, SLC,UT.,
Riverside Country Club, Provo, UT., Zion Park Inn, Springdale, UT.,
Sundance Resort, Sundance, UT., Doral Golf Resort, Miami, FL.,
The Citrus Golf Club, La Quinta, CA.

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Taught painting at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Traveled and painted throughout the United States, England, Ireland, France,
Italy, Greece, Israel, Mexico, Tahiti and Hawaii.

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“In 1982 Frank Ray Huff was accepted into the Park City arts festival and it was then that he decided to become a full time artist. The Brushworks Gallery generously framed his paintings. It was June and the festival was the first week in August so he quit his job and started to paint. The art festival was a success. Right after the festival he married his wife Jean who is from Glasgow, Scotland. He met her when she was in art school and she was an impressive artist in her own right. They went to Carmel, California on a honeymoon and Frank brought several paintings along to show to galleries. The Fireside Gallery in Carmel took him on as an artist. While on his honeymoon, every painting he had in that gallery was sold. From that beginning he kept painting full-time and has traveled to Egypt, Scotland, England, France and throughout the U.S. Frank also had a one-man show at the American Embassy in Paris. He now resides with his family in the art community of St. George, Utah where the weather is great year-round and the scenic attractions are plentiful.

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Early inspiration at his father’s easel led to art studies at Brigham Young University, where he graduated in 1982, and the Los Angeles Art Center. Karl Thomas is represented by major galleries from California to New York and has been included in the Collectors Sale in Dallas and the American Art Classic and Texas Renaissance Sale in Houston. He was featured in the January/February 1990 issue of Art of the West and was selected in the top 100 artists in the Arts for the parks Exhibition in 1995.

Thomas creates scenes that are both exciting and fresh, as they often capture the first impression of what the artist has seen. It’s easy to see when viewing a Karl Thomas painting that he has been magnetized by his subject. His paintings have a special quality that portray the crispness of the air and the movement of the sun in a landscape.

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It is this philosophy that involves Kathy Peterson in painting and drawing, and is evidenced in her sensitive portraits and landscapes. Originally from Provo she and her husband and four children now live in Ephraim, where rural Utah has become the subject of most of her work over the last 15 years.

Kathy works primarily in watercolor and pastel, as well as pen and ink, batik, and oils. She has taught art classes in the South Sanpete School District, the Central Utah Art Center, and stained glass art at Snow College. She has lived in Guam, the Virgin Islands, Hawaii, and Malaysia. She was the instrumental force behind the organization and development of the Central Utah Art Center and continues to serve as director.

Her work has appeared in galleries throughout Utah including the Kimball Art Center, the Repartee Galleries, Frameworks, Brushworks Gallery, Phillips Gallery, Gallery 56, the Driftwood Art Gallery, the Springville Art Museum, the Central Utah Art Center, and various private exhibits in Salt Lake City. In Hawaii her paintings are displayed in The Gallery of Great Things, and Upcountry Connection Gallery in Kamuela.

Illustrations include With Singleness of Heart, The Stones of the Temple, and Helen Bateman’s Roots and Wings and illustrations for The Ensign, and Dialogue. She is currently working on illustrations for other publications.

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