Coleman Senecal

Coleman Senecal is a self-taught oil painter
whose work explores the quiet beauty and emotion of the natural world. Blending realism with abstraction, she creates luminous landscapes and water-inspired pieces that capture light, movement, and mood. 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 inspiring years living and working in the English countryside with her family. She is constantly moved
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 that glimpses of
nature should be brought inside our homes and workplaces to breathe peace, beauty and reflectioninto our everyday lives.

Coleman currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband and three boys. When she’s not working on new
paintings in her home studio, she can be found driving her older sons to their travel soccer tournaments, c...

Bachelor of Arts in Violin Performance, Virginia Wesleyan University

Nahcotta Enormous Tiny Art Show, Portsmouth, NH, March 2026
JAG Small Works, Key West, FL, December 2025
Shain Gallery Small Works Show, Charlotte, NC, December 2025
Nahcotta Enormous Tiny Art Show, Portsmouth, NH, Aug 2025
Norfolk Academy Art Show, Norfolk, VA, April 26-May 6, 2025
Shain Gallery Small Works Show, Charlotte, NC November-December 2024
Shain Gallery Up + Coming Invitational Show, Charlotte, NC July 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