Camp Fire Stoires painting (24x36 oil on linen) by Nicholas Coleman. Nicholas was born in Provo, Utah. Brought up in an artistic environment, Coleman has been painting and drawing for as long as he can remember. He has traveled extensively through North America, Africa, Europe and New Zealand. Coleman has found much of his inspiration in his travels; hunting and fishing along the way. Winslow Homer, Bruno Liljefors, and Carl Rungius have been influential to Coleman's work as well as John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn, the western work of Frank Tenney Johnson and Philip R. Goodwin; and especially his father, Michael Coleman. Nicholas uses a traditional academic approach in his painting, using gouache and oil. His work definitely has a feel of realism as he strives to make each painting better than the last. Coleman endeavors to create a connection between his paintings and the observer by invoking a mood that the viewer can walk into.