Background
Paul Collins was born on December 11, 1936, in Muskegon, MI. He moved to Grand Rapids at a very young age.
Paul Collins was born on December 11, 1936, in Muskegon, MI. He moved to Grand Rapids at a very young age.
Paul went to school in Ada and Grand Rapids Michigan, where he still lives today between various sojourns. Although he did well in school, he was discouraged from taking art seriously because of its seemingly “impractical” potential as a future career.
Paul was an artist for Collins Fine Art; has also worked for Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, MI; Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Atlanta, GA; Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation, Washington, DC; Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia; and Palace de la Presidence du Senegal, Dakar, Senegal.
Paul married Candace Brown and they have five children: Michael, Michelle, Scott, Eric, Chauvon.