This is one of many paintings, Moonlight Over Georgetown, that will be on display At McLean Project for the Arts “Artfest” on October 3 at McLean Central Park from 10-4 pm. It’s at the corner of Old Dominion Drive and Route 123 (Dolly Madison Blvd.) My work will be on display at the McLean Art […]

If anyone is interested in signing up for my online painting class,let me know. I plan to start the class in October and go through November. The people who sign up pick what they want to do for the quarter. I do a video recording of each class, so if you can’t make it to […]

One of my favorite local restaurants is Portabellos in Arlington. The owner, MJ, has allowed me to hang my art work there for many years. I’ve sold many paintings there. It was great sadness when MJ called me to tell me that Covid had killed his business, and that he was closing after 15 years. […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

I just received exciting news yesterday. I won “Best Watercolor” in Rehoboth Art League’s 83rd Annual Members Show. The award was sponsored by the Delaware Watercolor Society. I was so thrilled as the competiton is very stiff!

I taught my online class today. We are painting storefronts. This is the painting I did as the demo. I really liked how it turned out. It’s 8x 10 inches and is an oil painting. I now am being more observant wherever I go and am taking pictures of storefronts. Didn’t realize it could be […]

I’ve been teaching an online art class for the last year. We do different themes to push people to try something new. Last week, we did nocturn paintings. The first week, we painted the sky, moon and clouds. The next week, I told people to put in something of their choosing. I decided to paint […]

I just got back from a week at the beach! My brother has a house in Dewey Beach, Delaware, which is a small beach town next to Rehoboth Beach. It’s my happy place. It’s so relaxing to go and enjoy the beach as well as the restaurants and the boardwalk. This painting is of a […]