Henry William Collins and Joyce Millicent Pallot were two artists who lived and worked together for over 60 years.

Henry Collins and Joyce Pallot were both prominent members of the Colchester Art Society and exhibited together on a number of occasions.

After the war, Collins worked as a freelance designer and established himself as an artist following a commission by the Central Office of Information at the Festival of Britain in 1951.

[8] Joyce Pallot met fellow artist and designer Henry Collins at the Colchester Art School in 1932 and the couple subsequently married in 1938 .

[9] In 1951 the couple were commissioned by the Central Office of Information to create a mural for the Sea and Ships Pavilion for the Festival of Britain;[2] Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan; Jamestown Festival, United States; Shell Centre; GPO Tower, London; Grosvenor House, London; Ind Coope Ltd; Philips Business Systems; Sainsbury's; British Home Stores; Cwmbran Arts Trust; Essex County Council; and IBM, London.

In April 2012, Firstsite funded a project to restore and relocate a series of three reliefs to 15 Queen Street, Colchester.

[9] These works by Henry and Joyce Collins were completed for the façade of the British Home Stores, Colchester in 1976 and were previously installed in the Lion Walk Shopping Centre until its redevelopment in 2009.

[9] Other concrete murals by Henry and Joyce Collins can be seen in other locations in the UK including a mural in Hamtun Street, Southampton which narrates the history of the city;[11] the Stockport British Home Stores also depicting the history of the city; Newcastle Through the Ages (1974) located on the Primark in Newcastle;[12] and Sainsbury's supermarket, Burkhurst Place, Bexhill-on-sea, the latter restored in 2024.