Duxbury courtroom artist has exhibit in Boston

For nearly 30 years, Jane Flavell Collins of Duxbury has been sketching accused felons during trials at the federal courthouse in Boston.
But the latest works of Collins, a courtroom artist for Channel 4, have a softer touch.
Thirty of her paintings - oils, watercolors and acrylics - depicting scenes from the South Shore, where she grew up and raised her family, and of Maine's Pemaquid Point, are on exhibit in the courthouse's main entrance lobby through Sept. 30.
The subjects include coastal harbors and tidal rivers in Cohasset, Marshfield and Duxbury and lighthouses and fields of lupines in Maine.
"Almost of of them are by the water," Collins told a reporter visiting her exhibit. "I have always lived around the ocean and I love it. I'm very intrigued with reflections - the way light shimmers and how it changes so much."
She was selected to display her art after she applied to the Courts and Community Exhibition Program at the federal government's John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in Boston.
Collins, a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and the holder of a master's degree, has taught art and has exhibited at galleries, shows and institutions throughout New England.
She and her sister, Constance Flavell Pratt of Norwell, are seasoned TV courtroom artists. Pratt works for Channel 5, Collins for Channel 4, and they usually sit next to each other in court.
Collins originally suggested to the exhibitions committee that the sisters show their courtroom art, but that was rejected. Two years ago, Collins applied to show her landscapes instead, and she was selected this year.
The court's exhibition program, which started in 1998, features three areas in the courthouse: the main entrance lobby, the atrium on the second floor and the HarborPark entrance on the waterfront. Artists must submit photos and slides of their work and decisions are made by the committee, headed by Boston Courthouse Management Inc., which oversees operation of the courthouse.
Past exhibits have included "Vietnam: Reflexes and Reflections," "The Face of Courage," "African-American Artists," the American Jewish Historical Society and an exhibit on the history of the Postal Service.
The exhibit schedule for the rest of 2007 is filled, but there are openings in 2008, according to Kelly True, the building manager.
For more information, call 617-261-2440.

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