-
- Stag Head
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 25 x 32
-
- Hare
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 36 x 36
-
- Blue Wing
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 11 x 14
-
- Green Nest
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 11 x 14
-
- May Fly
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 11 x 15
-
- Pink Nest
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 11 x 14
-
- Stag Beetle
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 24 x 24
-
- Pink Wing
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 22 x 36
-
- Elephant
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 48 x 72
-
- Large Wing
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 30 x 54
-
- Crab
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 36 x 48
-
- Owl
- oil on canvas, 2013
- 34 x 46
-
- the mighty jermon and the black argus
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 24 x 36
-
- jh salmonfly
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 14 x 18
-
- midge patterns
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 24 x 36
-
- hopper, copper, dropper
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 12 x 48
-
- beadheads
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 54 x 66
-
- dry nymph streamer
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 24 x 36
-
- salmon run
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 12 x 48
-
- classics
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 24 x 36
-
- pmd dun, pmd emerger, and pmd nymph
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 11 x 14 each
-
- lightning bug and conehead zuddler
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 11 x 14 each
-
- dahlberg diver and tarpon bunny
- oil on canvas, 2009
- 11 x 14 each
-
- untitled
- oil on canvas, 2007
- 48 x 60
-
- untitled
- oil on canvas, 2007
- 48 x 66
-
- untitled
- ink on paper, 2006
- 11 x 14
-
- untitled
- ink on paper, 2006
- 11 x 14
-
- untitled 3
- oil on canvas, 2005
- 48 x 48
-
- untitled
- ink on paper, 2006
- 11 x 14
-
- untitled
- ink on paper, 2006
- 11 x 14
-
- hard core
- oil on canvas, 2003
- 72 x 50
-
- tex skull
- oil on canvas, 2003
- 72 x 50
-
- rip
- oil on canvas, 2003
- 36 x 24
-
- psycho stick
- oil on canvas, 2003
- 74 x 50
-
- old ghosts I
- oil on canvas, 2004
- 36 x 22
-
- old ghosts II
- oil on canvas, 2004
- 36 x 22
-
- brite lite I
- oil on canvas, 2004
- 42 x 26
-
- brite lite ii
- oil on canvas, 2004
- 42 x 26
-
- brite lite iii
- oil on canvas, 2004
- 42 x 26
-
- brite lite iv
- oil on canvas, 2004
- 42 x 26
-
- brite lite v
- oil on canvas, 2004
- 42 x 26
-
- blue collar / white collar
- oil on canvas, 1999
- 40 x 40
-
- bi-partisan
- oil on canvas, 1997
- 72 x 120
-
- downsize
- oil on canvas, 1997
- 80 x 72
-
- waterdown
- oil on canvas, 1997
- 80 x 72
-
- in the drink
- oil on canvas, 1997
- 80 x 72
you can also use 
to navigate
to navigateyou can also use to navigate
to navigate- Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2015
- Colin McLain, David Lusk Gallery, Nashville, TN (scheduled)
- 2012
- Colin McLain, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2009
- Colin McLain, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2006
- Colin McLain, Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- 2005
- Colin McLain, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY
- 2003
- Colin McLain: Recent Paintings, Apartment 5BE, New York, NY
- 2002
- Colin McLain: New Work, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 1999
- Art Fair Torino, Torino, Italy
- Colin McLain: Recent Paintings, Sergio Tossi Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy (catalogue)
- Colin McLain: New Work, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
- 1998
- Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
- Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
- 1997
- Puttering, Drawing, Fixing & Tinkering, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
- 1996
- Colin McLain: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2015
- Commemorative, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2014
- Group Show, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2013
- Present Tense: The Art of Memphis 2001-Now, Dixon Gallery and Garden, Memphis, TN
- 2011
- Group Show, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2010
- Group Show, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2008
- A Decade of Hix, Memphis College of Art
- 2007
- Group Show, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2006
- Bricks in the Hood, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY
- Group Show, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- Nada Fair, Miami Beach, Miami
- 2005
- Group Show, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2003
- Group Show, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY
- Nada Fair, Miami Beach, Miami
- Escape from New York, New Jersey Center for Visual Art, Summit, NJ (catalogue)
- 2002
- 45th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
- 2001
- Arts in the Park, Memphis, TN
- 2000
- Art Fair Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- 1999
- 25th Annual Drawings, Prints & Photographs Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
- 1998
- Mani Mario, Commune di Firenze, Florence, Italy
- Holiday Exhibition, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- Group Exhibition, Sergio Tossi Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
- Directors Council Exhibit, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
- Group Show, Comune D’Elba, Marciana, Italy
- 1997
- 40th Annual Delta Exhibition: Delta Award, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
- Memphis Push, Push, San Francisco, CA
- The Boy Mechanic, Quarter Saw Gallery, Portland, OR
- 24th Annual Drawings, Prints & Photographs Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
- Memphis College of Art Biennial, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
- Tool: Juror’s Award, Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Memphis Arts Council Exhibition, Askew, Nixon, Ferguson Architects, Memphis, TN
- Selected Publications
- Commercial Appeal, Young, Leslie, Wall to Wall, November 22, 2013
- Go Memphis, Koeppel, Fredric, Artist Pays Homage, Expands Dürer's Works, September 20, 2012
- Italian Flash Art, April/May Issue, 2004
- New York Times, Smith, Roberta, Colin McLain, January 24, 2003
- New York Times, Smith, Roberta, A Bread Crumb-Trail to the Spirit of the Times, January 17, 2003
- Memphis Flyer, David Hall, Race and Class, February 2002
- New American Painting Quarterly, Herb Gliick, Colin McLain, Volume 32, 2001
- New York Times, Kilbourn, Peter T., Hard Hats and Cranes Abloom, October 23, 1999
- McCarthy, David, Colin McLain’s Provincetown Paintings. Sergio Tossi Arte Contemporanea, 1999
- New American Painting Quarterly, Herb Gliick, Colin McLain, Volume 22, 1999
- Commercial Appeal, Emerging Artists to Watch, March 1997
- Commercial Appeal, Vanessa Jones, Exhibition Boosts Struggling Young Artist, November 3, 1995
- Memphis Flyer, Cory Dugan, Someday Comics, August 1997
- Memphis Magazine, Arts Day Exhibition, March 1997
- New American Painting Quarterly, Herb Gliick, Colin McLain, Volume 7, 1997
- Education
- Studio Art Centers International • Florence, Italy • Post Baccalaureate Certificate, 1998
- Tyler School of Art, Temple University • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Valedictorian, 1994
- Temple University, Study Abroad • Rome, Italy, 1993
- Awards
- Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship • Provincetown, MA • 1998-1999
- Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Study • Florence, Italy • 1997-1998
- Memphis Arts Council Emerging Artist Award, 1997
- Vermont Studio Center Residency • Johnson, VT • 1994
- Upcoming Exhibitions
- I am pleased to announce a solo exhibition in September 2012 at David Lusk Gallery
- Bibliographic Links
- A Bread-Crumb Trail to the Spirit of the Times, New York Times
- Hard Hats and Cranes Abloom in City Center, New York Times
- Art Guide, New York Times
- Memphis Flyer
- Miscellaneous Links
- Art Net
- Parsons, The New School for Design
- Gallery Representation
- David Lusk Gallery
