Michael Coleman was born and
raised in Provo, Utah and spent his boyhood hunting, fishing and
trapping throughout the Rocky Mountains. Early on, he decided on a
career in art, studying at Brigham Young Univerisity. His paintings
are rich in detail and muted in tone, true to the remote landscapes
he chooses to illustrate. The Indian encampments, wildlife and
hunting subjects portrayed against these magnificent areas are
rendered in such a way as to give the viewer a sense of gazing on the
past.
Coleman loves best the dusky, grey, misty, muted tones of fall and early winter. His paintings evoke the early 19th century masters of the Hudson River School, artists whom he credits with deeply influencing his art. The mood he captures is that to which all painters of the mystique and power of the tradition and lore of the West aspire.