Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Plexiglas Without Stand
- Dimensions : Length: 30in, Height: 47in, Depth: 0.5in
About this artwork
Ryan Coleman’s work combines gestural drawing and painting with carefully rendered elements inspired by classic comics and animation. Intertwining bold shapes, scribbled gestures and vivid color schemes, he reimagines entirely new compositions in his own distinctive form. Coleman specializes in large-scale custom murals in addition to studio work including paintings, drawings and sculptures.
Coleman grew up in Jacksonville, FL, and received a BFA… in Painting from the Atlanta College of Art in 2001. He honed his artistic talents as a street muralist throughout early adulthood and was heavily influenced artistically by traditional cartoon animation, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Ryan Coleman worked briefly in animation at Cartoon Network after graduation and before
Coleman grew up in Jacksonville, FL, and received a BFA… in Painting from the Atlanta College of Art in 2001. He honed his artistic talents as a street muralist throughout early adulthood and was heavily influenced artistically by traditional cartoon animation, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Ryan Coleman worked briefly in animation at Cartoon Network after graduation and before
Ryan Coleman
United States
Credentials
- Group shows participant
- Experienced Artist
- Residency Participant
- Works on commission
« Each line is now the actual experience with its own innate history. It does not illustrate, it is the sensation of its own realization. -Cy Twombly »
Ryan Coleman is an experienced painter and sculptor based in the United States whose works have been featured in solo and group exhibitions nationally. He describes his art as being a fusion of the formal elements in cartoons and animation mixed with abstraction. In his artistic practice, Coleman enjoys oscilating between the abstract and the representational. His striking compositions are most often created with acrylics on canvas or Plexiglas.