Janie Coleman is an Austin fine artist who is as
adept in oil and mural painting as in pencil or pen
illustration. She has done more than 150
commissions for individuals, businesses, museums
and/or or zoological exhibits. Her special expertise is
in animal portraiture, but she is equally adept at
painting people, landscape and still life.
Education
Janie Coleman studied art at the University of
Hawaii, commercial art and illustration under
renowned illustrator Jack Unruh at East Texas
State University, and continues private study under
acclaimed Texas fine artist Phillip Wade.
Work Experience
Janie was assistant art director and illustrator for
five years for the Dallas Zoo where she illustrated
most of the birds, fish, mammals and reptiles in the
vast Dallas Zoo collection - including a large mural
at the Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park She also
worked several years as an illustrator in Dallas for
the Tracey Locke Agency and the Bloom
Agency.
Clients
Dallas Zoo and Aquarium
Dallas Zoological Society
Dallas SPCA
American Association of Zoo Keepers
Zoo Keepers Forum
Zoo Atlanta
Australian Koala Foundation
Texas Ocelot Research & Conservation Consortium
Okapi Research Foundation
Wild Canid and Wolf Survival Center
Zale Corp.
Allied Interests Inc.
Seven-Up Bottling Corp.
Portrait, landscape and still life commissions for
businesses and private homes in Santa Fe, Dallas
Thailand, Houston and Austin
Affiliations
Portrait Society of America
Guild of National Science Illustrators (since 1996)
Artist's Salon Chez Alexander
SPCA of Texas
Humane Society of the United States
The Paws Cause of Dallas
About the Artist
"Murphy"