It’s a Steal This weekend, Aug 27-29

This weekend is a show where once a year, i have a sale. If you’ve wanted to own a McElvany-Coonce original and couldn’t afford it, here is your chance. All painting are $125 or less. I have framed and unframed. Oil and watercolor. There’s lots to choose from. I have 100 paintings in the show. […]

Locked and Forgotten

Falls Church Arts is opening a new show this weekend. It’s show title is “A Year Apart: Art Created in Isolation” I did lots of paintings, more than I ever have in one year. But I entered “Locked and Forgotten” because that’s how it felt during the lockdown of the pandemic. The painting depicts an […]

Magic of the Ordinary

This week, Gallery Underground unveils its national juried show, Magic of the Ordinary. I was lucky enough to get a piece in called “Remnants of Summer.” It’s a trompe l’oeil piece. Trompe l’oeil is french for “fool the eye.” A painting is painted hyper realistically and the objects in the painting have to be life […]