Pop-Up Walk By Outdoor Art Show and Sale

 

Pop-Up Walk By Outdoor Art Show and Sale
Two Arlington artists

Jane McElvany Coonce and Ingrid Matuszewski

Sunday, September 27 2-5 p.m. (weather permitting)    Jane: 4057 N. 27th Street  Ingrid: 2515 N. Quincy Street  Hi friends and neighbors.  I’m excited to announce that, weather permitting, I will be hosting my first Pop-Up Walk By Outdoor Art Show this Sunday, and I hope you will stop by.  My neighbor, Ingrid, will also be showing her work in her own yard a few blocks away from my home.  Our houses are within walking distance.   We have both been painting to our hearts’ delight during our enforced “Artist in Residences Programs” over the last 6 months, and we’ve got exciting new works to share. We decided to set up our own yard art galleries.

 

 

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Jane and I hope you will enjoy an artful afternoon in our Arlington neighborhood. We will observe social distancing rules so please wear a mask and stay 6 feet apart.  

 Please feel free to invite friends and neighbors and spread the word.

Outdoor Art Show This Sunday, Sept 27 from 2 to 5 in my driveway!

Georgetown and the Potomac Canoe Club
watercolor and ink 

Sunset on Georgetown
oil

There is going to be a neighborhood outdoor  art show in the Dover/Crystal neighborhood off of Nelly Custis Dr.  The show will be on Sunday from 2 to 5 pm.  

2 Arlington Artists will be showing their art.  Ingrid Matuszewski will have large and small acrylic paintings of landscapes and abstracts. 

I will be in my driveway, social distancing, and showing my work that I've done during Covid. I have 6 Key Bridge/Georgetown paintings as well as some seascapes and florals.  Come by and see me and my art at  4057 N. 27th St.   

Ingrid Matuszewski will be showing her work in her driveway at 2515 N. Quincy Street. 

 We live about 2 blocks apart, so you can drive or even walk and see both shows.  

Brass

Brass with Clementines (6x8)
original oil painting by Jane McElvany Coonce

Brass, Clementines and Peonies (8x10)
Original oil painting by Jane McElvany Coonce

Due to Covid-19, I'm teach 2 classes online, one Thursday afternoons and one Thursday evenings.  Last week, the subject was reflective metals.  Here are the two "brass demos" I did.  Can't wait to see what my students do. 

The class is an hour long.  I did the brass and the clementines for the demo.  Later on, after class, I added the orange slice to help balance the painting, and I added the flowers to the other one.  I've got 2 beautiful frames waiting for these two.

Rainy Days

Red Umbrella on a Rainy Day
oil painting by Jane McElvany Coonce

I am teaching my 2nd session of online oil painting classes. I have 2 classes that are both on Thursdays.  One is at 2pm and the other at 7 pm.   The first week we worked on rainy day scenes.  I did a demo, explaining how to block in a painting and then proceed to finish it as best I can in an hour.  Afterwards, I send notes to my students so if they have forgotten the steps or what colors to mix, they can follow the notes.  My students have been doing great work and I'm proud them.

These are the two paintings I did for the first class. Rainy day scenes are fun because the wet pavement has all kinds of reflections in it.

Strolling on a Rainy Day
oil painting by Jane McElvany Coonce

Baltimore Watercolor Society Annual Show 2020

Koi Pond
watercolor by Jane McElvany Coonce

Once a year, Baltimore Watercolor Society has an annual juried show.  It's a very prestigious show, and it is hard to get in to it.  I know you are all tired of seeing my Koi Pond painting, but it was selected to be in the annual show of Baltimore. The juror was Linda Daly Baker, a highly acclaimed watercolorist. So to be selected by her is quite an honor.

Due to Covid19, this show will also be online. 
www.baltimorewatercolorsociety.org.
The show will be on line from July 1 - Aug 31, 2020.

Potomac Valley Watercolorists : Featured Artist for July

Koi Pond
watercolor by Jane McElvany Coonce

I am honored to be a member of Potomac Valley Watercolorists, a juried membership for area watercolorists.  This month I am the featured artist.  If you click on the site, www.potomacvalleywatercolorists.org , you can see what quality of art there is in this group. 

As the featured artist, there is a little write up about me as well as 12 paintings that I have done recently in watercolor.

The Potomac Valley Watercolorists were supposed to have a show at Green Springs Park, but due to Covid19, we had to turn it into an online show.  You can also see that show if you go to PVW's website that I listed above.  This is a hard time for artists.  Although I'm producing a lot of art because I'm staying inside, there is not many places open to show art.  My basement is filling up!!!!

So I hope you will go to PVW's website and enjoy an art show and view members' art works. 

The Removal of Appomattox

Appomattox: The Defeated Confederate
watercolor by Jane McElvany Coonce

I was surprised last week when the city of Alexandria suddenly removed the statue called "Appomattox" from the middle of Washington St. and Prince St.
This was a controversial statue for several reasons, one being that it was of a confederate soldier and the other that lots of cars hitting it caused many traffic accidents.  It was in the middle of an intersection and Washington St. is the main thoroughfare through Old Town Alexandria.

I happened to be stuck in traffic one day and was the first one at the stoplight at Prince and Washington.  I took out my cell phone and took photos because I thought this would make a great painting.  I didn't really think about it as a political controversy.  As an artist, I judge statues as how the artist rendered it.  James Muir, the sculptor that produced Appomattox, captured the forlorned look: the body is slumped, the head down, the hat in hand all tell the story of the anguish of defeat.

I never thought of this sculpture as a political one. I just loved how the artist captured the mood.  As my artist friend, Sybil Bedner-Ostrowski said, "I loved that statue.  It wasn't about glorifying one side of that particular war or the other.  It was pure art.  A most beautiful rendering of sadness, hopelessness and fatigue.  Human suffering transcends politics."  I know a lot of people won't see it the same way artists do.  I understand why it was controversial, but it still is a beautiful piece of art. 

Sculpture by James Muir