He uses diverse materials in painted and sculpted works that reflect both pop and conceptual art.
[2] His work has been exhibited in private and public spaces, and belongs to collections in the United States, Europe, and Mexico.
[4] In a Los Angeles Times review of former show, Leah Ollman called Colson a "wizard at trompe l’oeil illusion" and "canny subversion," describing his sculpture in wood, resin, paint and urethane, Stacks (2015), as "an absurdist ode to paper";[2] Catherine Wagley of LA Weekly described his near-life-size wood sculpture of an overflowing garage, Roll Up (2014), as "arresting," "familiar and believable ... with flourishes that are just slightly off.
Colson's work has been represented in numerous group exhibitions including those at the Pasadena Museum of California Art in 2017,[7] Los Angeles Municipal Gallery (2013), Frederick R. Weisman Collection, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California (2011), Sammlung Rosenkranz, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany (2002), Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, New York (2000), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1999), The Drawing Center, New York and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California (1999), Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia (1990), Otis Art Institute/Parson School of Design, Los Angeles, California (1990), Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2020).
[12][6] Colson was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2012 and a City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.)