In Celebration of Cecil Collins: Visionary Artist and Educator

Cecil Collins (1908-1989) is arguably one of the greatest English visionary artists since Blake and Palmer. With emblematic figures Collins portrayed an original and inspiring philosophy of life. In Celebration of Cecil Collins creates a centenary portrait of the artist, a mosaic in word form, through the reflections and memories of his friends, admirers, and students whose lives he affected so profoundly. As well as excerpts from his own essays, the book includes the previously unpublished transcript of a talk he gave at the Tate Gallery, a fairy story written for his god-daughter, and his commentary to the film about him, The Eye of the Heart.