Nicholas Coleman

Nicholas Coleman was born in 1978 in Provo, Utah, and studied art at Brigham Young University. Brought up in an artistic environment, he has been painting and drawing for as long as he can remember. Coleman has traveled extensively throughout North America, Africa, and Europe, painting studies and taking photographs for later works, and he lived and worked in Brazil for two years. He finds inspiration in his travels, in the hunting and fishing he does along the way, and in history, art museums, and other artists such as his father (Michael Coleman), Bruno Liljefors, Wilhelm Kuhnert, Carl Rungius, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt, and Frank Tenney Johnson.

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Coleman uses a traditional academic approach in his painting, using gouache and oil. However, he doesn’t like to label his style “realism,” as there is a certain amount of spontaneity and a slight impressionistic feel to his paintings. Coleman endeavors to create a connection between his paintings and the observer by invoking a mood that the viewer can walk into.

He plans to continue working hard at what he loves. His father told him, “You are only as good as your last painting,” so Coleman continually strives to improve his abilities. Never one to miss an opportunity, he also wants to improve his etching and sculpting skills.

Coleman participated in the 2003 and 2006 Art of the Animal Kingdom shows, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont; the 2003 Top 100 Arts for the Parks, Wyoming; the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s 2006 Birds in Art exhibition, Wausau, Wisconsin; the 2007 and 2008 American Art in Miniature Show, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma; and the Autry National Center of the American West’s 2008 Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale. His artwork is collected in the Anshutz Collection, Denver, Colorado; the Bennington Center for the Arts; and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. His work has appeared in Art of the West, Cowboys and Indians, Southwest Art, Western Art Collector, and Wildlife Art.

Nicholas Coleman is represented by Trailside Galleries, Jackson, Wyoming, and Scottsdale, Arizona.