Mike Leckie Sculpture News

July 2010

NEW — Mike is producing Large Marble Bas Reliefs.

Watch Mike's segment from OPB's Oregon Art Beat on his new YouTube Channel!

Original air date June 3, 2010. Watch "The Reading Girl" progress from a 4300 lb. block of marble into the finished piece now sitting in front of the Albany Public Library. Click here to watch.

November 2009

"The Reading Girl" installation at the Albany Public Library!

This beautiful marble sculpture made her debut in 2009. She sits 5 feet tall and greets each visitor as they enter the Albany Public Library in Albany, Oregon.

The Reading Girl sculpture being installed

July 2009

Mike is tapped to create the official icon
to represent Mac Wilkins' non-profit
organization.

Mac Maurice ("Mac") Wilkins (born November 15, 1950) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.

Wilkins competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada in the discus throw where he won the gold medal with a distance of 221' 5" to defeat Wolfgang Schmidt of East Germany by four feet.

Wilkins also won a silver medal in the discus at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles after missing the 1980 games due to the American boycott.

November 2008

Mike is commissioned to create The Sydney Frank Award.

Sydney Frank Award for excellence in Advertising, sculpted by Mike Leckie

This life-sized, bronze award is given out by the liquor industry for Excellence in Advertising.

Sidney E. Frank (October 2, 1919 – January 10, 2006) was an American businessman who became a billionaire through his savvy promotion of Grey Goose vodka and Jägermeister.

July 2, 2008

Read about Mike at the Olympic Trials!

Here is Abby Haight's wonderful story "Sculptor Finds Art In Athletics" in the Oregonian from Wednesday, July 2.

June 27, 2008

Big opening at Mike's Eugene08 Olympic Trach and Field Trials booth

The Eugene08 Festival at the Olympic Track and Field Trials opening today and the opening morning crowds flocked to Mike's booth. Full story on MIke at the Festival below.

Mike Unveils New Series at Eugene08 Festival
Adjacent to the Olympic Track and Field Trails
June 27-July 6

Mike will unveil a new series of four bas-relief sculptures as part of the Eugene08 Festival, June 27, 2008 - July 6, 2008.

While world-class athletes compete for a place on the 2008 Olympic Team inside Hayward Field, the Eugene 08 Festival will be the dynamic epicenter for connecting fans to the entire Olympic Trials experience. It will be the focal attraction for spectators before and after each competition session and provide a way for fans without tickets to participate in the event.

Mike will have a large booth at Eugene08 featuring the new bas-relief sculptures made especially for the event. They are based on running, pole-vaulting, long-jumping and hurdling.

He is producing a limited number of each and will offer them for sale at $125 each plus shipping at the booth as well as on his website www.mikeleckie.com.

The Festival will be sponsoring a special "Sport Meets Art" day on Thursday July 3. Mike will be a huge part of it.

The pieces are:

1. "Two-Hundredths of a Second"
This features two female runners, one crossing the finish line a split- second before the other.
13"h x 16"w

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2. "Clearing the Bar"
A pole-vaulter in the moment of triumph, in the air as he goes over.
16"h x 13"w

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3. "Soft Explosion"
A long-jumper as he lands.
16"h x 13"w

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4. "The Last Hurdle"
A lone hurdler as she clears the final hurdle in the race.
13"h x 16"w

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Mike was a high-school runner and a college soccer player, as well as a rodeo athlete in Eastern Oregon as a youngster. He made his first athletic sculpture in 1989 for the Senior Olympics World Champion Master Track Meet held in Eugene.

Mike made these bas-reliefs for the Senior Olympics in Eugene over two decades ago.

MIKE AT LESLIE/LOHMAN GALLERY

Mike has shown at Leslie/Lohman Gallery in New York City in a group show called "Art Actually"
March 11 through April 12 2008.

The gallery is located at 26 Wooster Street.
Phone: 212-431-2610.
Web: www.leslielohman.org

Included in this show:

Morning Sun

Age of Reason

So You Thought You Were an Angel

mike.leckie@gmail.com