{"id":7,"date":"2014-07-24T23:10:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T23:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:8080\/wordpress\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2022-07-06T17:18:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T17:18:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7\" class=\"elementor elementor-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c1c866 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c1c866\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a99e871\" data-id=\"5a99e871\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eccadf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4eccadf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/jane.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-315 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/jane.jpg\" alt=\"jane\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Jane McElvany Coonce has been in the art field for over 40 years. She works primarily in oil, watercolor, pastel, and terra cotta. Her favorite subjects are cityscapes, seascapes, and bridge scenes. She is particularly skillful at capturing the luminescent quality of sunlight reflecting on water and on the interplay of water and sky.\r\n\r\nHer works are held by private and corporate collectors. Her corporate collectors include the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and the International Country Club, Fairfax, Virginia and the Rickover Academy in Chicago. She has won numerous awards for both her paintings and her sculptures.\r\n\r\nShe has been an art instructor for Arlington County Adult Education since 1980.\r\n\r\nBorn in Washington, DC, Jane McElvany Coonce lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and three sons.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"clear:both;width:100%;\"><\/div>\r\n<h2>An Artist&#8217;s Life<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"ctsc-postlist ctsc-postlist-grid \"><div class=\"ctsc-column ctsc-col3\"><div class=\"ctsc-post \"><div class=\"ctsc-post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/2024\/08\/30\/autumn-falls-on-georgetown\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" src=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024.24-x7YjTh.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-post-body\"><h3 class=\"ctsc-post-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/2024\/08\/30\/autumn-falls-on-georgetown\/\">Autumn Falls on Georgetown<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ctsc-post-byline\"><div class=\"ctsc-post-date\">August 30, 2024<\/div><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-post-content\">Last night, I attended the Juried show, &#8220;Locally Sourced&#8221; at The Alliance Gallery in Clarendon (Arlington, VA). 30 paintings out of the 100 submitted were in the show, with my painting &#8220;Autumn Falls on Georgetown&#8221; being one of the ones selected. The judge, Yigit Cakar, a commissioner for the Arts, picked the paintings that are [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-clear\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-column ctsc-col3\"><div class=\"ctsc-post \"><div class=\"ctsc-post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/2024\/08\/12\/hot-crabs-and-beer-on-ice\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" src=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024.47-vZXVV3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-post-body\"><h3 class=\"ctsc-post-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/2024\/08\/12\/hot-crabs-and-beer-on-ice\/\">Hot Crabs and  Beer on Ice<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ctsc-post-byline\"><div class=\"ctsc-post-date\">August 12, 2024<\/div><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-post-content\">Twice a year, I go up to Edinburg, Virginia and painting with a group of friends who were all former students of Diane Tesler. We set up still lifes and work from them all weekend. This weekend, I set up another crab painting. Although it&#8217;s not completely finished, I am pretty close to being done.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-clear\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-column ctsc-col3 ctsc-col-last\"><div class=\"ctsc-post \"><div class=\"ctsc-post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/2024\/08\/02\/cove-in-southwest-harbor-maine\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" src=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5753-WKaMkE.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-post-body\"><h3 class=\"ctsc-post-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jmcelvany.com\/2024\/08\/02\/cove-in-southwest-harbor-maine\/\">Cove in Southwest Harbor, Maine<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ctsc-post-byline\"><div class=\"ctsc-post-date\">August 2, 2024<\/div><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-post-content\">I&#8217;ve completed another painting from photos I took in Maine. This was a cove that we dropped anchor. We rowed ashore and took a walk into the town of Tremont. I saw this tranquil scene of boats at rest. 2 women were sitting on the rocks enjoying the beautiful scenery. Roses were blooming by the [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-clear\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ctsc-clear\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jane McElvany Coonce has been in the art field for over 40 years. She works primarily in oil, watercolor, pastel, and terra cotta. Her favorite subjects are cityscapes, seascapes, and bridge scenes. She is particularly skillful at capturing the luminescent quality of sunlight reflecting on water and on the interplay of water and sky. 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