John Collins

American

Riverbank, fall
circa 2000

Oil on canvas
27 x 31.125 x 1.375 in.
Gift of Darwin R. and Eleanor Datwyler
STUDY.2012.9

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This object has the following keywords:

• bodies of water - Natural depressions or courses in the earth's surface that are filled with water, including seas, lakes, and rivers.
• landscape
• nature
• river
• riverbanks - The land margins of rivers.
• tree
• trees - Woody, perennial plants usually with a single, long, self-supporting stem or trunk, and which grow to a considerable height.
• water - A liquid made up of molecules of hydrogen and oxygen (HO2). When pure, it is colorless, tasteless, and odorless. It exists in gaseous, liquid, and solid forms; it is liquid at room temperature. It is the liquid of which seas, lakes, and rivers are composed, and which falls as rain. Water is one of the most plentiful and essential of compounds. It is vital to life, participating in virtually every process that occurs in plants and animals. One of its most important properties is its ability to dissolve many other substances. The versatility of water as a solvent is essential to living organisms. The term "water" is typically used to refer to the liquid form of this compound; for the solid or gaseous forms, use "ice" or "water vapor."

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• John Collins Paintings to Natural Resources , 11/1/2012 - 12/31/2012