Coleman, Nicholas

Nicholas Coleman was born in Provo, Utah, in 1978. Nicholas Coleman’s work emphasizes the key elements of a good story: scene, structure, event, and plot. Every brushstroke builds a story that evokes the common narrative of struggle, fortitude, and resiliency. His romantic paintings inspire his audience to join his mission to preserve the fading heritage of the American West. Much of this is a result of his upbringing under his father, famed Western American artist Michael Coleman.

Western American art has long defied categories and stylistic borders and continues its struggle to take its rightful place among mainstream audiences and the celebrated gallery walls long held hostage by curators and critics. For Nicholas Coleman, this culture clash serves as an appealing element that draws in an audience eager to trade modern life and art for wild landscapes. It’s a source of inspiration that leads him to cast Western American art with a wider lens. His work emboldens free-spirited imagination, while his cultural outreach encourages people to experience the West for themselves. This desire to push his audience to explore the raw landscapes in their own lives emanates from Coleman’s core belief that those who cherish Western landscapes will, in turn, come to protect them. Nicholas Coleman is known for his efforts to increase access to America’s wild places, but accessibility to art is a recurring theme as well.