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Artworks in wood and mixed media. Always a little bit of reason and a little bit of nonsense. This page used to be Long Grain Furniture.

04/03/2026

Long Grain Furniture
is now
Todd McCollister Artworks

01/03/2026

I got some love from Omaha Magazine today. Thanks to Natalie McGovern for the words and to Sarah Lemke for the photos.

"A little bit of reason; a little bit of nonsense. It’s always a combination of those two things." --Me.

Known for his woodwork and furniture craftsmanship, Todd McCollister has had to pivot more than once in his career. With

10/31/2024

Many thanks to Bart Vargas and the Flatwater Free Press (https://flatwaterfreepress.org/newsletter/ffp-omaha-measured-approach-barnstormin-butterflies-affordable-art/ ) for a mention of my show! Someone asked me this morning if the reception is open to the public. Yes! And you don’t have to wear anything special. Receptions for art shows (“openings” when they happen at the beginning) are a great time to meet artists and others who care about the arts in our community.
The gallery is in the Lied Education Center for the Arts (the art building), which is just northeast of the tiny traffic circle at 24th and Cass, on the campus of Creighton University.
See you tomorrow!

10/30/2024

I had an opportunity to shape some young minds today at Creighton University! Three classes of undergraduate students came to chat about my work in the gallery and how I came to be making things like these. Thanks Rachel Mindrup for the photo.

10/26/2024

Latest in the series, Long Shadow Series #24 makes a splash! I love the way it fools me to think it's crooked. I love the depth and deep colors. This one will pull you in.

This piece is currently on exhibition at Creighton University, in the Lied Center for Education in the Arts. The gallery is open on the weekends from 10 to 4, and during the week from 8 to 8. We still have a week before the reception on Friday November 1, and that means you can still take 10% off purchases until then.

Todd McCollister
Long Shadow Series #24
2024
Wood, epoxy resin, acrylic paint, dyes, clear finish
29 x 29 x 3 3/4 inches
$3850

10/23/2024

Tinder, the dating app, is thick with men and women doing their best to fulfill expectations of gender roles. Men, eager to show what virile providers they can be, post a lot of fishing pictures. My friend Ella Weber made a brilliant series of drawings about the fish men of Tinder, and she drew a bold, direct line in my brain between fish and the providing men fantasize about doing.

Todd McCollister
Untitled: OB07
2024
Wood, monofilament line, beads, fish beads, acrylic paint, clear finish
approx 13 x 7 x 11 inches
$2300

10/20/2024

Todd McCollister
The Sun, The Moon, The Earth, and The Stars (OB06)
2024
Wood, embroidery thread, beads, gold leaf, acrylic paint, clear finish
approx 22 x 21 x 21 inches
$2300

10/18/2024

The Open Book Series, like the Long Shadow Series, has a lot to do with patterns, obviously. I'm fascinated by the way the lines in space create volume and variable transparency as the same basic gesture is repeated over and over. Another thing that's beginning to come out is error. The orange pattern here is one of the most complicated in the series so far, and I missed a few beads along the way. These moments of interruption in the pattern push against the refinement and regularity of the piece, exposing its humanity.

Todd McCollister
Untitled: OB05
2024
Wood, embroidery thread, beads, acrylic paint, clear finish
Approx 22 x 24 x 9 inches
$2300

Did I mention the discount for early adopters? Mention this post for a 10% discount on all purchases before the Creighton University reception on November 1, starting now.

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Artist as Furniture Maker

In 2000, Todd McCollister earned an MFA in Sculpture from SUNY Stony Brook, on Long Island. I began a career as an artist, building sculptures in a one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn for six years. Most of them had wood parts in them, so my woodworking skills grew. Eventually, people started asking me to make furniture for them, like a bookcase or reception desk for a gallery, or a table for a trade show. I struggled with those jobs without a real shop, and I had to turn down a friend who wanted specialized cabinetry for the artist’s estate that he worked for. Then I stumbled into a shared maker space, among the first of its kind, and I rented access for a month. I made my friend’s cabinets, and the next job floated down the hall to me in the wood shop. I did that one too, and the one after that. I quickly accepted a career shift: I was now a furniture maker. By 2014, I was ready for a change of venue, so I moved halfway across the country back to my hometown, Omaha. I built a shop/studio in a magnificent old US Army building in the historic Quartermaster Depot. Now I build artisanal furniture from my own mind as an artist’s practice, as well as fabricating the designs of architects and designers. My shop emulates the models of shops I worked in before, where several woodworkers share space, equipment, ideas, and brute strength. I’m grateful to be able to help others establish and grow their businesses the way others helped me, and I’m grateful for the help the members of my shop return to me every day.