Participating Artists

    • John Coleman
    • John Coleman

    John Coleman

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    Although he grew up in Southern California against the backdrop of the surfing culture, John Coleman was always more interested in art, history, and mythology. His favorite times were spent with charcoal, paint, and a good Western movie.

    Glories Past: bronze, 19 x 17 x 14 in. ($4,900, sold)
    The Game of Arrows: bronze, 60.5 x 26 x 16 in. ($24,000 each, 2 available)
    The Explorer Artists; Bodmer/Catlin Series; Wahktageli, Big Soldier: bronze, 34 x 16 x 12 in. ($14,000, additional castings available)
    Four Bears; Bust: bronze, 16 x 7 x 6 in. ($2,000, additional castings available)
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    Coleman’s current status in the genre of Western art is definitely tied to his past. Putting a pulse to his sculptural metaphors through his extensive research of their traditions, religion, and way of life, he has found that the Native cultures he portrays reflect many of the values that are most important in his own life.

    This past year, Coleman was honored with his first award from the Prix de West, the James Earle Fraser Sculpture Award for 1876, Gall–Sitting Bull–Crazy Horse, and the Nona Jean Hulsey Buyers Choice Award for the same sculpture. His largest sculpture at the 2009 Cowboy Artists of America Sale and Exhibition was a bronze titled The Game of Arrows. He not only won the Gold Medal for Sculpture, but also the Kieckhefer Award for Best of Show. Also a first was the Gold Medal he won for his drawing Lives With Honor.

    Next April, the Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma will feature a retrospect of Coleman’s work, and he will participate in the famous Rendezvous 2010 exhibition. April will also find him back at the Scottsdale Artists School teaching a workshop along with five other CAA members to launch the Joe Beeler CA Foundation, a mentoring program. This inaugural event will be called Cowboy Artists of America Week at the Scottsdale Artists School.

    Coleman has been a member of the National Sculpture Society since 1999 where he is a Fellow Member. He and his wife, Sue, make their home in Prescott, Arizona.

    John Coleman is represented by Borsini-Burr Gallery, Montara, California; InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, Texas; and Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, and Jackson, Wyoming.