Paul Collins
A Muskegon-born realist whose portrait series have taken him from Senegal to Grand Rapids airport.
This artist's work is shown through the museum and artist links on this page while it remains under copyright or awaits a permission-cleared image.
Collins was born in Muskegon and moved to Grand Rapids as a child. Artist and poet Randy Brown encouraged him early, and the pair ran the design studio Ran-Col.
He painted Black Portrait of an African Journey in Senegal and Gambia, and Other Voices on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations. His 18-by-8-foot President Ford mural went to Gerald R. Ford International Airport in 1975.