Collection: Gumby and the Ghosts | Drawings by Anthony Coleman + Andrew Jeffrey Wright

Galactic Panther Presents, Gumby & The Ghosts by Anthony Coleman & Andrew Jeffrey Wright

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 8th, 2026   6pm -10pm

Show Runs: August 8th - October 8th 2026

Exhibition is open to the public,  Opening Reception will be catered with live music!

Anthony, also known as Tony, and Andrew have been collaborating on colored pencil drawings together since 2022. Both artists live and work in Philadelphia. Tony is a self taught artist, while Andrew has a BFA in Animation from the University Of The Arts. In their collaborative work, Tony draws his highly stylized portraits of people, animals and cartoon characters and then Andrew fills the background with his abstract waves and patterns. 

Tony was born and raised in Philadelphia. He began drawing his unique portraits at a young age and has a non-stop desire to create. Tony would draw on whatever scrap of paper he could find; work schedules, receipts, and notes. If there was a piece of paper in reach, it became Tony’s canvas. Tony's distinct style combines the color and mood of cartoons from the 60s, 70s and 80s with his keen eye for portraiture. He finds inspiration in Western movies, circus clowns, high fashion, Horror movies, animals and the pop culture of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Tony’s preferred medium is graphite and colored pencil on paper. His finished drawings show colored-over lines and the indentations of erased pencil markings, giving the viewer a vision of Tony’s creative process. Tony has had solo and group shows all over the United States and internationally. Some of the galleries he has had solo exhibitions at are, SAGE Gallery (Austin TX), AMANITA Gallery (Manhattan NY), SPACE 1026 (Philadelphia PA) and Studio Cromie (Grottaglie, Puglia, Italy).

Andrew is a current and founding member of Philadelphia’s Space 1026. He has a BFA in Animation from The University Of The Arts, where, when matriculating, he was often found in the printmaking and photography departments. Andrew’s art has varied influences, including underground comics of the 70s and 80s, the Surrealist art movement, graffiti, cartoons of the 70s and 80s, the visual styles of the Russian Suprematism and Constructivism art movements as well as 70’s interior design, French New Wave cinema and 60’s psychedelia. His works include comics, murals, screen prints, paintings, animation, drawings, collage, photography, sculptures, video, installation and comedy performance. Andrew has collaborated with many artists over the years and considers collaboration an important part of his artistic output. Andrew has had solo exhibitions at The Hole (NYC), THIS Gallery (LA), Lamp Harajuku (Tokyo), The Luggage Store (San Francisco), and The Print Center (Philadelphia).