Education

Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, CA. BFA with honors in Illustration

Awards

50 awards of excellence and merit, including medals from the New York Society of Illustrators, The Art Directors Clubs of New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey and Best Editorial Illustration, Art Center College of Design Alumni Show.

Exhibitions
His fine art paintings and drawings have been exhibited in several group and solo shows both nationally and internationally. He received the Best New Artist Award from the C.M. Russell Museumʼs auction and sale, The Old West Museum Western Spirit Show, Best Oil Painting Award, and the Artist Choice Award from the Western Artists of America Show and Sale for his western paintings, which are represented by several galleries in the West.

Publications

McCollumʼs clients have included General Motors, Time-Life, Warner Brothers, Newsweek, Mercedes-Benz, National Geographic, Amtrak, Georgia Pacific, Golf Magazine, L.L.Bean, New York Life, New York Times, RCA, Readers Digest, RJR/Nabisco, NBC, CBS, Marlboro, and Disney. His illustration commissions ranged from editorial, advertising, magazine and book, movie poster, point of purchase, educational, sports and special projects.
Rick’s work has been featured in leading design and illustration books and periodicals which include Communication Arts, Graphics: New York, Graphic Design USA, Print, How, AIGA, Graphis, and the NYC Society of Illustrators Annuals.

Memberships

Rick is a past member of the Oil Painters of America, The Society of Illustrators, NYC and The Western Artists of America.