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.

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

Acrylic on panel, 10 x 8 in.

The Seven Deadly Sins
1989

Acrylic on panel, 22 x 32 in.

The Loyal Daughter (1989)
The Loyal Daughter
1989

Acrylic on panel, 12 x 9 in.

Avenue A Street Scene (1989)
Avenue A Street Scene
1989

Acrylic on panel, 12 x 10 in.

Poster art for
Poster art for “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer”
1989

Acrylic on panel, approx. 13 x 18 in.

Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1989)
Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs
1989

Acrylic on panel, 9.25 x 7 in.

The Geek is Arrested Joe Coleman
The Geek is Arrested
1988

Acrylic on panel, 14 x 11 in.

Portrait of Charles Manson (1988)
Portrait of Charles Manson
1988

Acrylic on panel, approx. 47 x 42 in.

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City Medical Patrol
1988

Acrylic on panel, 15 x 16 in.

Cover for “You Can’t Win”
1988

Acrylic on panel, approx. 11 x 20 in.

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