Mike McCollum : 2016

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Summer Sale

Boxes, Tables and A-R-T from the Vault
5250 Happy Valley Road
Sequim, Washington

Saturday, March 5, 2016

New Work at Blue Whole Gallery through March 28, 2016

Friday, March 4, 2016

These recent wood and resin works consist of a series of columns and pyramids. The columns are comprised of different panels of drawings and/or abstract color “paintings.” Several of them are lit from inside. The pyramids range in size from desktop to large ones that are best viewed on the floor. The classic shape of a pyramid is a reminder of humankind's need to create.

Ghost in the Machine (foreground)

Menu (background)

Starlight

Matrix with Mike

77 x 12 x 12"

Story Board with Bob

Story Board (another view)

Light Watch

46 x 12 x 12"

Crossroads

Stack

71 x 13 x 13"

Drawing and Resin

These new works are drawings encapsulated in epoxy resin. They are about my interest in relationships between the "stars" of art history, e.g. skulls, skeletons, and the knots that bind them together. It is similar to amber embedding bits of history.

Earth Angel

11 1/2 x 13"

The Letter

13 x 11 1/2"

Hear No Evil

8" x 14"

Rehab

13 x 10"

Mona Strikes a Pose

9 1/2 x 12 1/2"

Invisible Man

11 1/4 x 13 3/4"

Goose Dream

11 1/2 x 13"

About Mike

Born in Hoquiam, Washington, Mike is a lifelong artist by nature, training, and practice. Many of Mike's artistic sensibilities were developed while in the San Francisco Bay Area in the '60's and '70's receiving an MA and MFA from UC Berkeley apprenticing with influential ceramicist/sculptor Peter Voulkos. In 1980, Mike was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts individual fellowship grant.

Mike McCollum's academic career is long and commendable; twenty-six years at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as Professor of Art, five years as dean of the Fine and Performing Arts College at UNLV and five years as academic dean at The Cornish College of Arts in Seattle.

Mike McCollum has been creating and exhibiting his artwork since 1964. He is known for his personal style and competency across diverse mediums from bronze casting and ceramics to drawing, painting and printmaking. For the last decade he has been working with wood and resin creating both 2-D and 3-D work.

Mike's extensive exhibition record includes shows in NYC, SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Maine, and the Olympic Peninsula. He has participated as an artist-in-residence at Magnolia Editions in Oakland, CA and the Robert MacNamara Foundation in Westport, Maine.

Regarding his motivation to make art Mike says, "It keeps me alive and engaged everyday." He lives in Sequim, Washington with his wife, Patricia, a cat, Bob, and an ever-changing array of water fowl and birds.

Contact: mccollum@olympus.net

Mike McCollum

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