Humor, forlornness, languorous stretches and leaping delight are all depicted in Constance Depler Coleman's portrait paintings. One of America's premier animal portraitists, she is unique in her rendering of her subjects in their home settings. Her lifestyle portraits have brought her subjects' personality and history to life for clients all over the United States and Canada.


While she can work from clients' photographs, she prefers to spend time with her subjects in person where she can get to know their special quirks and graces as well as their forms. At that time she and the client can work out details, location, background, size and cost of the painting.


Later in her studio, she studies the rolls of film she has shot. By juxtaposing her subjects in their favorite spots or perhaps on a couch, an Oriental rug, or even in the back of a pickup truck, she creates the lifestyle compositions so treasured by her clients.


Constance Depler Coleman studied at the California School of Fine Arts and at the University of Southern California. She has had special exhibitions in New York, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Toronto and Palm Beach, among other places. She has been the subject of many feature articles in over two dozen newspapers and magazines, ranging from the Los Angeles Times to the AKC Dog Museum News. She has also been featured on TV programs such as Disney Cable Epcot Magazine and the Mac & Mutley Show.