Wayne Coe portraiture. Occasionally as commissions, usually someone I love, I'm attracted to character.
Madame Butterfly, Adrienne Ettinger singer, commission. Based on Japanese woodblock printing and Dominique Ingre.
Tim Van Alstyne, Handyman, oil on canvas, 24" x 15", 2017, Wayne Coe
Cousin Bette, Williamstown. oil on canvas, 2021
Hollywood Writer's Wife, 36" x 24", oil on canvas, 1988, Wayne Coe. A pregnant wife, genuine, fertile, Madona-like, with natural plants backing.
Weeping Wojnarowicz, fired tile.
Weeping Wojnarowicz, oil on canvas
Merlin Coe Portrait, 5' x 8', oil on canvas, 1979, Wayne Coe. Merlin Coe, artists father painted at 17.
Eddie Falco, Nurse Jackie, oil on panel, 2010, Coe
Heisman Trophy winner, Billy Sims, oil on canvas 1979, Wayne Coe (17)
Warhol and Coe, self-portrait at NY Movie, 26" x 36", 2008, Wayne Coe. Andy Warhol and I were the only attendees at the turkey, Howard the Duck. Well...he had one friend...I omitted.
Wayne Coe painting, "Denzel & Britney storyboard", 2005.