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.

Coal Man (1997)
Coal Man
1997

Acrylic on panel, 28 x 34 in.

Ed Gein (1996)
Ed Gein
1996

Acrylic on panel, 34 x 28 in.

Devil Anse Hatfield, 1996
Devil Anse Hatfield
1996

Acrylic on panel, 28 x 34 in.

Faith (1996)
Faith
1996

Acrylic on panel, 28×34 in.

There’s No Place Like Rome (1995)
There’s No Place Like Rome
1995

Acrylic on panel, with Roman coins affixed to frame, 28 x 34 in.

Old Man Brown (1995)
Old Man Brown
1995

Acrylic on panel, mounted on exploded American flag, 28 x 34in.

The Victory of Hell (1995)
The Victory of Hell
1995

Acrylic on panel, 34 x 28 in.

Give Me That Old Time Religion (1995)
Give Me That Old Time Religion
1995

Acrylic on panel, 22 x 28 in.

Hell Hound on My Trail (1995)
Hell Hound on My Trail
1995

Acrylic on panel, 22 x 28 in.

The Holy Saint Adolf II (1995)
The Holy Saint Adolf II [Adolf Wölfli]
1995

Acrylic on panel, 34 x 28 in.

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