Colin Fleck

“artifact 4; Redacted for Government’s Protection”
12” x 9”
2026
Canvas, acrylic paint, grease pencil, push-pins, toner, and painters’ tape on wooden panel

Sometimes the only thing I can think to do to process the madness we live in is to make art.

As I worked through school, I was often told that I needed to choose a style, develop my own voice, find a ways of making and stick with it. Granted, I was an illustration major and for that field, this is very true. How can someone hire you for something if they are not 100% sure that you will deliver a certain style etc. Unfortunately for me, my style is a chaotic and multi-faceted thing. I need to create in a multitude of styles in order to feel fully at home in my creative process. I love mixing media and styles of making. Through the years I have made a lot of different styles of work, though I feel like my voice, a creative fingerprint if you will, is still present within all of the work. From drawings, to ceramics, to tattoos.
There is a chaos in my process. Often I make ten plus experiments for every finished piece that is seen by the public. What results is a lot of creative detritus- open ended ideas and sentences left hanging on my studio walls for years after their initial inception. This new body of work re-examines those partial thoughts, bringing them back together with a critical and curatorial eye, out of the past and into the present moment. “(In) Complete Sentences” is a project designed to reflect on the chaos of creation and find through lines throughout time and space.

“artifact 5; Who needs the FAA”
12” x 9”
2026
canvas, acrylic paint, acrylic ink, colored pencil, nail, string toner, on wooden panel

I am so excited to be able to share that I am once again (after a few years off) participating in ‘s annual post it show!

It opens this Saturday in Santa Monica, CA and I wish I could be there to experience the overwhelming joy of a gallery wallpapered in unique and beautiful post its.

Instead, I will have to ask any of you who may be in the area to stop by and take a look, extra points for finding one of my eight pieces which I will be posting here on Instagram in the week to come. Thank you and for the invite and for keeping the tradition alive for an amazing 21 years.

If you are in LA- don’t miss this fun show! All post-it’s are 30$! Grab one while you can!

“Wandering Eye”
Post it 1/8
3”x3”
Colored pencil on orange post it
2025