About Anthony

Anthony Coates 

Born in Baltimore Maryland in 1955, I began working as an artist in 1981 with the Department of Social Services doing illustrations for the department’s newsletters, events, banners and other department designs. The department director enjoyed my work and arranged a meeting with the Baltimore City Council landing me a scholarship opportunity to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art where I developed artistic skills… more

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World Through Plastic Eyes

World Through Plastic Eyes

This project is being introduced to show that paintings can also be created from transparent plastic shopping bags a material that has never been seen in the art world. It would give me great pleasure to share my Plastic Paintings and my theory that art today and the future has no limits.

48” x 60” Plastic Paintings

  • The Butterfly Takes It’s Freedom
    The Butterfly Takes It’s Freedom

    The Butterfly Takes It’s Freedom

    Let us not be consumed with the fact that life is hard and become complacent as if we have no choice but to stay put in our circumstances. Like the butterfly at any time we can take our own freedom to explore the wonders of the universe.

    48”x 60” Plastic Painting