PATIO LIFE
IF YOU PLANT IT – THEY WILL COME
“Patio Life” began with a simple question, “Why is the wasp eating the wood chair?” The answer led me to come face-to-face with a plethora of fascinating arthropods inhabiting the world in our own back yard, reminding us, you do not have to travel far to find interesting neighbors.
If you plant it — they will come.
EXHIBIT INFO
EXHIBITING PATIO LIFE
The exhibit consists of over 20 large format prints on metal, an 8 x 4 wall map that serves as a reference to where the subjects were photographed, identification guide and his 128 page fun fact photo book.
Patio Life has been exhibited in locations across MA, NY, NH and PA.
If you plant it — they will come.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
REVIEWING THE EXHIBIT
Patio Life and its characters have been described in the Boston Globe, Metro West Daily News, Hopkinton Crier, Arlington Advocate, Winchester Star and NH Magazine. In addition, you can read about it on Wicked Local here and here!
In addition, Patio Life was featured on the television program “Optics: Featured Artists of the Griffin Museum” and can be seen here.
For visitors of any age, Collins has created striking images of the creatures that have lived on Earth millions of years before us and reveal the marvelous ingenuity of a natural world we too often overlook. The critters displayed are marvels of anatomical efficiency, with the brilliant coloration of an Impressionist landscape.
Everyone agrees da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” Gilbert Stuart’s “George Washington” and Grant Wood’s farm couple in “American Gothic” are works of art. But they don’t live in your yard.
If you want to see neighbors who are masterpieces of natural beauty, visit Jamie Collins’ Patio Life.
“Jamie’s work knocks me out,” says HCA director Kris Waldman. “He brings us face to face with the mystery and beauty of the world right under our feet. I think our audience, from artists to parents to kids, will feel the same way.”
Your work is incredible!! My children and I are blown away with the chance to see these critters up close and in so much vibrant detail! We are bug hunters and bug lovers! Thank you for this beautiful display!
CV
PAST EXHIBITS
Winter Solstice. Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
December 6 – January 6, 2023.
Patio Life. Group Exhibit.
Photoville Fence – Regional Artist
2021
Color. 2020 International Juried Exhibit
Villa Bee Fly
SE Center for Photography
Greenville, SC
September, 2020
Patio Life. Solo Exhibit.
3S Artspace
Portsmouth, NH
Februrary 7, 2020 – March 27, 2020.
Patterns and Shadows. 2020 International Juried Exhibit.
Pill Bug.
New York Center for Photographic Arts
New York, NY
April 2020.
Patio Life. Solo Exhibit.
Olympus InVision Photo Festival
Bethlehem, PA
November 1, 2019 – January 13, 2020.
Patio Life
10th Annual Photobook Show
Davis Orton Gallery
Hudson, NY
December 2019
Winter Solstice. Damselfly.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
December 10 – January 3, 2019.
Secondary Colors. 2019 International Juried Exhibit.
Spring Lilies.
New York Center for Photographic Arts
New York, NY
October 2019.
Patio Life. Solo Exhibit.
Griffin Museum of Photography @ WinCAM
Winchester, MA
June 13 – Sept. 17, 2019.
25th Annual Juried Members Exhibit. Damselfly.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
July 18 – September 1, 2019.
Patio Life. Solo Exhibit.
Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center
April 5 – June 9, 2019.
Yellow. Colors of Humanity 2019 International Juried Exhibit.
Bee Fly.
May 1 – May 31, 2019.
Primary Colors. 2019 International Juried Exhibit.
Red Mandevilla and Damselfly. Blue Salvia and Green Bee.
New York Center for Photographic Arts
New York, NY
April 18-27, 2019.
Winter Solstice. Mantis.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
December 2 – December 31, 2018.
Patio Life. Solo Exhibit.
Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA.
October 5 – November 15, 2018.
24th Annual Juried Members Exhibit. Mantis.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
July 19 – September 2, 2018.
Photography Atelier 27. Patio Life.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
March 8 – April 1, 2018.