Colin S. McNair (b. 1986) is an American artist living and working in Kingston, Massachusetts. His art reflects interests in the natural environment and conservation, with an emphasis on birds, fish, marine animals, wildlife, and functionality. An avid outdoorsman, he prefers to study his subjects in the great outdoors.  

Colin was fully immersed in wood working and art from his earliest days. His father Mark S. McNair and older brother, Ian T. McNair are both artisans specializing in decoys and folk art. Legend has it Colin completed his first carvings around the age of 6. From this early beginning he continued the craft through grade school and college. At 17 McNair began exhibiting in Museums and Galleries. Beginning his formal art education at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, he went on to receive a degree in biology and studio art from the College of Charleston. 

Some of his pieces are chiefly decorative, however many are thoroughly designed to do work and their practical application is encouraged. McNair waterfowl, turkey, and dove decoys are known to move from the shelf to the field and back again as the seasons change. Colin intends for his carvings to get better with time and use.

Since 2008, Colin has been a Decoy Specialist with Copley Fine Art Auctions in Massachusetts where he helps buyers and sellers trade in America’s very finest decoys and sporting art.