Arthur M. Collette

Mr. Collette was born in 1953 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He attended Vesper George School of Art in Boston where he met his mentors, Mr. Robert Cormier and Mr. Robert Douglas Hunter. He graduated from Vesper George School of Art in 1981.

Mr. Collette also received artistic training at several other Boston art schools including Massachusetts College of Art, the Art Institute of Boston and the School at the Museum of Fine Arts.

In addition, Mr. Collette studied privately with Robert Cormier in his studio at Fenway Studios and at the Guild of Boston Artists for 8 years. Through the invitation of Robert Douglas Hunter, Mr. Collette studied with R. H. Ives Gammell at the Fenway Studios until Mr. Gammell's death.

Mr. Collette resides at the Fenway Studios in Boston and has maintained a studio there for the past 28 years. He has worked as an advertising designer and supervisor for the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe for many years. Mr. Collette has recently retired from graphic arts to resume his career in painting full time.