The network of small diverse communities that make up the metropolis of Los Angeles has always fascinated Lynn Coleman. She has spent fifty years observing, chronicling and documenting these enclaves in a series of narrative paintings attempting to capture the rich history, the bright sense of color and the playfulness of Southern California.
The Yellow Peril and the Cutthroat Trouts
W-30" x H-24"
Truckee Meadows Trilogy (detail)
W-30" x H-24"
Pacific Rim Trilogy
W-50" x H-20"
Sierra Nevada Triptych
W-50" x H-20"
A Valley Cowboy's Last Stand at the Sepulveda Pass
W-30" x H-23"
Walnut Creek to Djibouti, Mt. Diablo to Mt. Kilimanjaro
W-30" x H-24"
La Bamba
W-30" x H-24"
True Confessions of a Native Son
W-40" x H-28"
The Turquoise Torrid Zone
W-25" x H-19"
Family Night at the Drive-in
W-28" x H-22"
A Hot Night at the Dog Town Follies
W-40" x H-30"
Sushi Mutiny
W-29" x H-24"
Summer Romance
W-36" x H-24"
A Malibu Golden Boy's Reflections or True Confessions of a Colony Cool Cat
W-30" x H-23"
Valibu
W-24" x H-29"
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Pacific Rim Madonna
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Malibu Madonna
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Surfin Safari
W-28" x H-22"
Big Game Fishing in Malibu
W-48" x H-19"
For White Girls Who Considered Idaho When Malibu is Enough
W-42" x H-29"
Valley Vacation
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Valley Pool Party
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Family Portrait
W-25" x H-13"
The Fish That Wished
W-14 x H-11"
W-14 x H-11"
 Topanga Snakes Recuperate in the Valley From the Storm of 1978
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 Brentwood Byzantium
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More Than One fish in the Sea
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 Moonlight Marlin Fishing in Malibu
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 Lusting Pigs
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 Lusting Crabs
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Gusano Rojo
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Tijuana Vacation
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Catalina Fantasy
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Tropical Trout Woo's Samoan Swine
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Tropical Trout Woo's Samoan Swine
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Christmas Wish
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 Halloween Party
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 Bone Heads, Fish Heads, Air Heads, Pumpkin Heads W-11" x H-8 1/2"
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Developer's Dream
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Family Mandala
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Safe With Me
W-10"x H-15"
A Gift From God/A Happy Accident
W-16" x H-20"
 Marlin Lust
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 Wiki Wiki Waikiki
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Calamari Crush
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Future of the Planet
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 Pop or Bob
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 Avenito San Luis
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Ghetto Geisha
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Lobster Lust
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Mikiki Mako Diablo
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Pueblo Geisha at the Crossroads
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Spring Fever
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The Paniolo Nights of Squidly Kepani
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The Temptation of Eve San
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The Temptation of San Fernando
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The Tentacles of Love
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Tokyo Rosarita
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Trout Lust
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The Kiss
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Palm Springs Weekend
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 Day Dreams, Night Dreams, Sweet Dreams
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Family Night at Home
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Tubal Ligation
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Happy Trails
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Trout Beach
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Se Casan
W-11 x H-14"
W-11 x H-14"
Surf City Here We Come
W-23" x H-17"
Beverly Hills Delilahs Attempt to Shear the Sultan of Symbolism
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The Sultan of Symbolism and His Groupies
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Making it in Midtown
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Now Voyeur
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