Collin Gow, C.N.C. is a renaissance man. Before focusing his career on health, nutrition, and writing, Collin spent 10 years as a teenager and young adult passionately pursuing art. Creating has always made him feel better than anything else in life. This book is an assemblage of the artworks done by Collin throughout those creative years and beyond. Collin’s art encompasses a multitude of styles, including crummy, outsider, sketchy, primitive, ignorant, shitty, scratch, gonzo, street, cartoon, abstract, graphic, graffiti, pop, ball-point pen, rollerball, pencil, stencil, and portrait art. Many mediums have been used by Collin as well and can be seen in this book. Collin’s art is generally aphoristic, inspirational, and rebellious, often with meaningful quotations appearing in it, and it covers subjects such as philosophy, genius, greatness, art, happiness, love, relationships, studying, music, movies, kids, skateboarding, holistic health, nutrition, fitness, nature, naturevore, naturotheology, astrology, astrotheology, numerology, science, math, sacred geometry, quantum physics, psychology, spirituality, ancient knowledge, and more. Similarities could be pointed out between Collin’s art and the art of Daniel Johnston, Mark Gonzales, Shel Silverstein, Ralph Steadman, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and/or Tai Taeoalii. Other heroes or influences include Picasso, Kandinsky, Michelangelo, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ian Gow, James Rise, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, Leonardo Da Vinci, Jackson Pollock, and Salvador Dali. Collin pales in comparison to these greats, but he is confident that the shear amount, uniqueness, profundity, depth, and meaningfulness of his art, stacked alongside his myriad other accomplishments, will be held in high regard by those who come after him. Enjoy his beautiful, deep, whacky, thoughtful, unique, mind-expanding, shitty, quirky, inspirational, philosophical, and versatile creations.
