Coleman Senecal is a self-taught oil painter, best known for her open water paintings and her big sky landscapes that blur the lines between realism and impressionism. Strongly influenced by the work of Constable, Homer, Corot, Turner, Monet, and Childe Hassam; she is currently exploring the seemingly endless patterns in nature and the way they connect in unexpectedly abstract ways. With her water paintings, she welcomes the apparent contradiction of capturing something that is in constant motion, taking a precise moment in time, and representing it on a completely still canvas.

 

Born and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia, she recently spent three glorious years living and working in the English countryside with her family. She is constantly inspired by the play of light and shadow, dramatic clouds sweeping across the sky, and ripples of water dancing endlessly to the horizon. She strongly believes the beauty of nature should be brought inside our homes and workplaces to breathe color, peace, and glory into our everyday lives. 

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Coleman currently lives in coastal Virginia with her husband and three boys. When she’s not working on new artwork in her home studio, she can be found driving her older sons to their travel soccer tournaments, chasing after her one year old, snuggling her puppy, spending as much time in nature as possible, and dreaming of moving back to England with her husband one day.

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UPCOMING EXHIBITS:

Norfolk Academy Art Show, Norfolk, VA, April 26-May 6, 2025

 

PAST EXHIBITS:

Shain Gallery Small Works Show, Charlotte, NC November-December 2024

Shain Gallery Up + Coming Invitational Show, Charlotte, NC 2024

Norfolk Academy Art Show, Norfolk, VA 2024

Nansemond-Suffolk Academy Art Show, Suffolk, VA 2023

Norfolk Academy Art Show, Norfolk, VA 2023

Rooftop Arts Centre Postcard Show, Corby, Northamptonshire, UK 2020

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AWARDS:

Stockley Gardens Art Festival, Award of Merit, 2022

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EDUCATION:

Virginia Wesleyan University 2009

Bachelor of Arts in Violin Performance, summa cum laude