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.

Venus and Cupid Box for Dian
1991

Acrylic on wood box, approx. 10 x 8 x 5 in.

I Am Joe’s Circulatory System (1991)
I Am Joe’s Circulatory System
1991

Acrylic on panel, 20 x 26 in.
(Cover of Cosmic Retribution)

“Porn Stars” illustration for Hustler
1991

Acrylic on panel, 11 x 17 in.

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The Couple That Slays Together Stays Together
1990

Acrylic on panel, 12 x 9.5 in.

“Killer Ladies” illustration for Hustler
1990
Catholic Wet Dream
Catholic Wet Dream
1990

Acrylic on panel, 27 x 33 in.

A Coroner’s Dream (1990)
A Coroner’s Dream
1990

Acrylic on panel, 10 x 8 in.

Survival on the Installment Plan (1990)
Survival on the Installment Plan
1990

Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 in.

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Portrait of Grover Bergdoll
1990

Acrylic on panel, 14 x 11 in.

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Krafft-Ebing Wet Dream
1990

Acrylic on panel, 8 x 10 in.

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