Mike McCollumArtist/Woodworker, Sequim
"...I start with a basic idea and then it’s a matter of rescuing that idea from all the contrived directions it may take me."
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Driver
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Easy Exit
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Ship of Fools
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Rip Tide
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View Points
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Weather Change
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Artist Statement
Mike McCollum has been creating and exhibiting his artwork since 1964. Born in Hoquiam, Washington, Mike is a lifelong artist by nature, training, and practice. Many of his 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 is known for his personal style and competency across diverse mediums from bronze casting and ceramics to drawing, painting, printmaking and currently wood and resin. “I start with a basic idea and then it’s a matter of rescuing that idea from all the contrived directions it may take me. Making art keeps me alive and engaged every day.”
Mike McCollum has been creating and exhibiting his artwork since 1964. Born in Hoquiam, Washington, Mike is a lifelong artist by nature, training, and practice. Many of his 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 is known for his personal style and competency across diverse mediums from bronze casting and ceramics to drawing, painting, printmaking and currently wood and resin. “I start with a basic idea and then it’s a matter of rescuing that idea from all the contrived directions it may take me. Making art keeps me alive and engaged every day.”