BRIAN COLEMAN at ANNE IRWIN FINE ART

 

Brian Coleman

The Scapes in Which I Live 3

Mixed Media on Canvas

60" x 48" 

$2,300.00

After one too many lackluster show and gallery visits, I was beginning to be a bit disillusioned with the Atlanta gallery scene. I stopped by Gregg Irby Gallery and Anne Irwin Fine Art last week and my faith was restored. Both galleries had fantastic shows going on with really wonderful work on display. It was Brian Coleman's paintings at Anne Irwin that led me to say, "This is the best body of work I have seen in Atlanta in three years. This work is exciting. Shouldn't art be exciting?", to Anne Irwin and Emily West as I walked around the gallery several times taking each piece in.

My immediate reaction to the work was what I wrote to a client when I found the perfect piece for her bedroom. "There is a lot of energy and emotion in this piece", I said about "Even Though The Moment Passed Me By". And that energy and emotion comes through in every piece by Coleman.

When I began selecting images for this post and spent some time on Anne Irwin Fine Art's website, I found what Brian Coleman, Charleston artist, wrote about this body of work which he titled, "From The Head To The Heart To The Hands":

"Music helps me tap into my present, past and unknown emotions that flow throughout each canvas. Heading straight into the happiness and pain that exists or did exist creates the paintings and drawings. From the head comes my abstract drawings and knowledge of balance, color and line. The heart is a rage of passion, love, hurt, truth and the unknown. My hands are the tools that allow me to navigate around the surface and create goodness. These creations are environments where pieces connect or drift away like our surroundings and lives that are forever changing."

This post includes my favorites from the show. If you are in Atlanta, be sure to stop by Anne Irwin Fine Art on Miami Circle and ask to see all of Brian Coleman's work.

 

Brian Coleman

In the Silence of a Listen

Mixed Media on Canvas

48" x 60"

$2,500.00

Brian Coleman

Angels Among Us

Mixed Media on Canvas

48" x 72"

$ 2,750.00

Brian Coleman

Butterfly Kisses

Mixed Media on Canvas

60" x 48"

$2,500.00

Brian Coleman

Day Dreams

Mixed Media on Canvas

30" x 30"

$ 1,350.00

Brian Coleman

This is My Church and These Are My Sins

Mixed Media on Canvas

48" x 48"

$ 2,050.00

Brian Coleman

Living While Painting II

Mixed Media on Paper, framed

30" x 22"

$ 800.00

And this is the fabulous piece that will be heading to Lafayette, LA, to go above the headboard in a bedroom I am designing for long-time clients.

Brian Coleman

Even Though the Moment Passed Me By

Mixed Media on Canvas

36" x 48"

SOLD

Here are a couple of photos I took when I was at Anne Irwin Fine Art seeing the Brian Coleman show:

To see additional work, visit Anne Irwin Fine Art's website:

www.anneirwinfineart.com

And don't forget to visit Anne Irwin Fine Art at 690 Miami Circle in Atlanta.