Annette Chenault

My mother’s interest in art influenced me in my early years. Often she would take me with her to classes, and she generously shared her oil paints with me. We had instruction under John Mogle, an artist and teacher in the Buckingham County schools system. During my teenage years I painted in the watercolor medium; I used this medium for many years.  I also took art classes while living in Appomattox and took a commercial art curriculum at Central Virginia Community College with instruction under John Black and Roger Elliott.
I began experimenting with the pastel medium in 2004, and my work has developed under the influence of Christine Rooney, a Lynchburg artist and teacher. I value the techniques of my teacher, also those of Turner, Hopper, Daubigny and many other artists.

AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors, Lynchburg Art Club, Lynchburg, VA
Board of Directors, Seven Hills Art Club, Lynchburg, VA
Member, Buckingham Artists Guild, Buckingham, VA
Immediate Past Board of Directors, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA

EXHIBITIONS and AWARDS
‘Mother and Daughter Pastel and Photography Art Show’ – Magnolia Foods Restaurant, Lynchburg, VA 2011
First Place – ‘pastel,’ Buckingham Arts Council 14th Annual Art Show 2009
Second Place – ‘pastel,’ Buckingham Arts Council 14th Annual Art Show 2009
‘Mother and Daughter Pastel and Photography Art Show’ – Hardwick’s Gifts, Lynchburg, VA 2009
Honorable Mention – 'pastel,' Art Show, Buckingham, VA 2008
‘We Remember-- Mother and Daughter (Oil, Watercolor, Pastel) Exhibition Show,’ Buckingham Artists Guild, Buckingham, VA 2006
Lynchburg Art Club Student Show, Lynchburg, VA 2004
First Place – ‘watercolor,’ Virginia Lung Association Art Show, Farmville, VA 1975

COMMISSIONS
Historic Downtown Lynchburg, Virginia Streetscape 2012
Mustang pony, Nevada 2011
Pastel landscape Amherst County 2007