"The great portrait painter, Jonathan Collins, has done a series of portraits of the Beat generation. Collect one or all."   -  Charles Plymell, post-beat poet

"There are no words to describe the beauty of Jonathan Collins' work. I am stunned every time I see one of his creations. The colors are so vibrant, the subject is brought to life. I wish I could crawl inside his landscape paintings, and his portraits are spot on. Jonathan has generously painted portraits of both my parents, and I will cherish them always.

Everyone deserves a portrait painted by this remarkably talented artist. He brings out people's souls."  - Cathy Cassady 

"My mother,  Carolyn Cassady,  was a very accomplished painter and excelled at portraiture. I still have many of them, Jack Kerouac,  my dad Neal Cassady,  Allen Ginsberg  and many more iconic friends.

I now have the pleasure of knowing another very talented painter, a superb portraiture artist who has also done very fine portraits of many of the Beat Icons.

I especially like the one of my mother, which Jon graciously allowed my sister to use on the cover of her book Poetry and Prose.

The one of my father  Neal, is also very, very good.

Jon's art is amazing! It looks like an oil painting  but he says they are watercolors!

Please get to know Jon and his catalog of remarkable art."   -Jami Cassady

"I've been studying the Beat Generation for 50 years and Jonathan Collins' portraits of the authors and poets are brilliant representations of not only their likenesses, but he also invokes the multi layers of each writer's visual symbolism."    - Dave Moore,  UK Beat Generation scholar

"In this mesmerizing portrait, Jonathan Collins captures Herbert Huncke's layered personality. It's just fantastic !"    -  Hilary Holladay , biographer

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