Drawn – The Art of Ascent

After an intense and anxious vision, ‹both geographic and artistic›, Jeremy
Collins commenced on a four-year journey, travelling in the four cardinal
directions – north, south, east, west – to create art, climb new routes, and
‹live out his own map›.

But Collins is not an untethered lone wolf climber. He lives in Kansas City,
with his wife and two children. While climbing, he often asks himself: ‹Why am
I here on this mountain instead of with them?› His answer is gradually
revealed in Drawn, an intimate visual exploration of how one reconciles
family, career, and personal passion.

Collins chronicles ambitious first ascents in the United States, China,
Venezuela, and Canada with climbing partners including James Q Martin, Mark
Jenkins, Pat Goodman, Tommy Caldwell and Mikey Schaefer. At the same time,
this contemplative dad shares his dreams and desires, and always finds a route
back to his family.

Collins’s art is among the most influential in the world of climbing and is a
rich and textured mixed media of pencil, charcoal, watercolour, torn paper,
and photographs. Drawn features pages from the sketchbooks he kept on these
climbs with hand-written text. The hardback book includes 2 postcards created
by author.