Known for his highly detailed portraits of film stars, high-profile Criminals, and others, Coleman also had a career as a performance Artist, acting in a 1992 art film titled Black Hearts Bleed Red and in a 2003 movie titled Scarlet Diva.
At the start of his career, he worked as a comic book Artist.
His work has been compared to that of the fifteenth-century Dutch Painter Hieronymus Bosch.
He grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut. His father served in World War II, and his maternal grandfather was a professional boxer.
Actor Johnny Depp purchased one of Coleman's paintings.
