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At the Arts Council Gallery
The show continues until September 28, at the gallery, now located in the Erie Canal Cultural Center at 165 Water St., Lyons. A Lyons native, Ann Collins' family moved to Colorado for the improvement of her father's health. Early on, Ann showed a passion for painting and drawing and one of her first pictures was of her pony when she was four years old. The family returned to Lyons and Ann graduated from high school and went on to the Fine Arts Program at Syracuse University. She completed numerous pen and ink, charcoal sketches, watercolors and oils, some of which are on display in the gallery.
She sold her first painting to a man who owned four Kentucky Derby winners. She painted the horses belonging to the Whitneys, the Vanderbilts and Bing Crosby. Ann was the only American artist invited to England to paint the winner of the Grand National. Ann Collins' career spanned six decades until her death in 1999. (Photos by Sandra Marcano) Copyright
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Cider Mill Regional Arts Council - the former Wayne County Council for the Arts - presents Ann Collins Evans: 1916-1999, a daughter's celebration of her work. 
She grew to become one of her generation's most skillful artists of Thoroughbred racehorses commissioned by the foremost owners, breeders and trainers of the racing world.