Abstract expressionism is one of my primary influences and I am enamored with the idea of “arriving at” as opposed to “aiming at.” I want to surprise myself. My job as an artist is to make decisions—what to leave in and what to take out. I see art as a process of reduction–getting rid of the chaff and striving for the essence of the idea.

In my career I have worked in many mediums– bronze, ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking and currently I have a fascination with 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.

“I like McCollum’s touch—feathery layering of several different kinds of crayons. Count him among the educated mobility.” Kay Larson, New York Times

mccollum@olympus.net

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