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The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

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  • Inktober 2025
  • Illustrations (December 2025)
  • Selected Artwork from 2024 – 2025
  • Selected Artwork from 2021 – 2023
  • Fractured Series (2021)
  • Bandage Series (2020 – 2021)
  • Inktober 2020
  • Various Artworks (2019)
  • Beneath The Skin (2014 – 2015)
  • Stream of Consciousness (2017)
  • The Mouth And The Boy (2013)
  • There Will Come Soft Rains (2011)
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    Just a bit about my day.

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    August 14, 2024

    I’m finding it very hard to transfer my sketch onto the canvas. A grid is helping, but it took me nearly an hour and a half to get one figure drawn in. Tomorrow I’ll do the second figure and paint over the pencil lines and erase the grid. I ran…

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    Finished Painting

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    August 13, 2024

    So I finished this painting. It was really tricky to get the cloth looking like cloth. Overall I’m happy with it but there’s room for improvement. For my next work I chose a really challenging subject and am going to do two figures who are completely covered. I ran 3…

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    WIP, Running, and Books

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    August 11, 2024

    I ran 10 miles today and listened to Shift. Halfway through the run I had to stop the book because I thought they were going to kill the cat and I didn’t want to hear that part, but I picked it back up at mile 6 and was relieved when…

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    WIP and Running

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    August 10, 2024

    I’m actually quite excited about my new painting series. It feels good to have direction again and something I want to do. I’m painting people in PPE during various outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. Right now I’m focusing on a nurse during a Marburg outbreak in South Africa in 1975. I…

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    Half marathon, gallery opening, and new painting.

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    August 7, 2024

    Friday was the opening of my new show Odyssey where I was the featured artist. There was a good turnout and I sold a painting. Saturday I left for Hood River to spend the night before the Bridge of the Gods half marathon. Sunday morning we got up early and…

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    Floor Polisher

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    August 3, 2024

    Acrylic on canvas paper. 2024. 18 x 24 inches.

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    Various Digital Pieces

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    August 2, 2024

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    Eyes

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    August 2, 2024

    Acrylic on canvas paper. 2024. 8 x 10 inches.

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    Self Portrait at Dammasch State Hospital

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    August 2, 2024

    Acrylic on canvas paper. 2024. 16 x 20 inches.

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    Examination Room

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    August 2, 2024

    Acrylic on canvas paper. 2024. 16 x 20 inches.

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    Heart

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    August 2, 2024

    Acrylic on canvas paper. February 2024. 8 x 10 inches.

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    Prayer

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    August 2, 2024

    Acrylic on canvas paper. 2024. 16 x 20 inches.

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    The Window

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    December 6, 2023

    Acrylic on paper. November 2023. 11 x 14 inches.

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    Chair

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    October 31, 2023

    Acrylic on canvas. October 2023. 24 x 36 inches.

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    Cross

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    October 21, 2023

    Acrylic on canvas. October 2023. 24 x 36 inches.

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The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

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  • PPE Series
  • Inktober 2025
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  • Selected Artwork from 2024 – 2025
  • Selected Artwork from 2021 – 2023
  • Fractured Series (2021)
  • Bandage Series (2020 – 2021)
  • Inktober 2020
  • Various Artworks (2019)
  • Beneath The Skin (2014 – 2015)
  • Stream of Consciousness (2017)
  • The Mouth And The Boy (2013)
  • There Will Come Soft Rains (2011)
  • Institution (2004 – 2011)
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