Paintings

Coleman’s portraits create complete biographies by surrounding their subjects with interweavings of minuscule images and explanatory text. Artist and viewer embark on exploratory excavations of the subject’s life through the painting. Coleman’s jewel-box approach means that one experiences the paintings afresh at each viewing, uncovering ever more details and nuances that were previously undetected.

An admirer of Northern artists such as Bosch, Brueghel and Grunewald, Coleman employs the same attention to detail and delicate sense of scale, utilizing dual and single haired brushes in conjunction with magnifying lenses to create his refined masterpieces. Like those artists, Coleman also displays a propensity for the gruesome and grisly and often attempts to both dissect and glorify the terrible in many of his paintings, unmasking with brutal honesty the truth of human nature.

A comprehensive list of every Joe Coleman painting since 1978.
If you own a painting that we do not have here, please contact us.

Contact Andrew Edlin Gallery if you are interested in becoming a collector.

Physician Heal Thyself (1992)
Physician Heal Thyself
1992

Acrylic on panel, 28 x 22 in.
Published as a print poster.

Auto-Autopsy (1992)
Auto-Autopsy
1992

Acrylic on panel, 14 x 11 in.

The Song of Old New York
1992

Acrylic on panel, 22 x 28 in.

The Ballad of Quantrill's Raiders (1992)
The Ballad of Quantrill’s Raiders
1992

Acrylic on panel, 22 x 28 in.

American Gothic (1992)
American Gothic
1992

Acrylic on panel, 14 x 11 in.

Carnitas Azada Tripa (1992)
Carnitas Azada Tripa
1992

Watercolor on paper, 8 x 10 in.

At Home With Dian (1992)
At Home With Dian
1992

Acrylic on panel, 22 x 28 in.

The Man-Made Miracle (1992)
The Man-Made Miracle
1992

Watercolor on paper, 8 x 10 in.

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God Bless Us Everyone
1992

Acrylic on panel, 20 x 26 in.

Immaculate Conception (1992)
Immaculate Conception
1992

Acrylic on panel, 22 x 28 in.

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