Prints
Imagekind Gallery PointsNorth
I happened to catch a glimpse of this young Alaskan Brown Bear playing in a river this last summer. He looked like he was having so much fun that I couldn’t resist painting him.
Mixed Media on Paper 2007……An intimate and intense portrait of a Tlingit man in traditional costume.
Mixed Media 2007
I love the sinuous movement of growing kelp and that it’s the backbone of the rich body of sea life in the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest and Southern Alaska.
The light is always doing something wonderful along this particular stretch of the Seward Highway, just outside of Anchorage. In early spring the twilight seems to last forever and takes on a quality that very few but the most adventurous early season travelers and the locals get to witness. This mixed water media piece is my take on the Vernal Equinox at low tide along Turnagin Arm. You guess what time of day it is
by S. McElwee
I was fortunate to live in a place where Native Culture is alive and well. This was inspired by a T’ligit Dance Troupe in Anchorage
This highly detailed water media piece is a portrait of one of the more shy shore birds to inhabit Resurrection Bay, the Oyster Catcher.
I spotted this guy at the tide wall in Seward, Alaska in company of an array of brightly colored anemones in the tide pools.
Mixed Media 2007—
The cold waters of the Pacific Northwest coast supports a wealth of sea life. This guy lives under a dock.
by S. McElwee 2007
This color study features loose and lively brushwork as well dynamic color relationships.
A moment caught in the far North spring.
by S. McElwee 2005
The sky here in Alaska does amazing things all of the time. A promise of the midnite sun to come.
by S. McElwee 2005
This hyper realistic piece was inspired by a day in an Alaskan forest on the edge of Cook Inlet. Many transparent washes and drybrush work gives this a real feeling of depth
and subtlety even with dynamic color relationships
Mixed Media 2006—–Cook Inlet is often overcast…but it makes for amazing and subtle variations of color.
Imagekind Gallery WorksOnPaper
By S. McElwee Mixed Media on Paper 22X28 2005
An image of feminine power with a shamanic flavor.
The heat ripples projected onto the dancer’s skin makes this an unusual and conversation provoking piece
By S. McElwee
Original Graphite on Bristol 1996
An incredibly detailed and dynamic study of an African icon.
By S. McElwee 2008 Ink and Wax pastel on Paper
original dimensions: 16×22
An interactive and transformative moment integrating fire, earth and sky.
The original of this piece is available. Contact me for further details 
by S. McElwee 2005 Original 16X20 Mixed media on Paper
The first in the Trancedance series. The original piece is AVAILABLE.
by S. McElwee 200 Graphite and Wax Pastel on Bristol
One of my very favorites from the archives. Evocative.
By S. McElwee 2005 Mixed Media on Paper 22X28
A powerful image of personal transformation
The Original of this piece is AVAILABLE.
By S. McElwee Graphite on Paper 2000 10X12
An intimate and gestural drawing of a Tibetan woman in traditional garb
by S. McElwee 1996
A dynamic wax pastel original. It features Bakira, one of the celestial generals of Japanese Buddhism, who is said to guard against disease and defend the faith.
by S. McElwee
Graphite on Paper 2000
A gestural study of an ancient piece from the Harappa dig in India.
Imagekind Gallery Illustration
by S. McElwee 2005
This was the first in a series of illustrations based on the Trees of the Celtic Alphabet.
by S. McElwee 2004
I’m occasionally asked to design iconography. This is one of my favorites!
by S. McElwee
Mixed media 1999
I’ve always loved the movement of this piece, originally designed for a festival poster.
Imagekind Gallery ColorPhotography
There is a special beauty to barn owls. I also love that they are relatively unafraid of people, making shots like this one possible.
I think Jellyfish are some of the most mysteriously beautiful creatures in the world. Moon Jellies are positively ethereal.
I came across my first painted wing creature slowly walking across the bike trail in front of my house. I think he was searching for a sunbeam. I love all the fuzzy texture.
This shot was a macro moment in my mothers garden this winter.
I really like the textural things that happen when it frosts up.
I love wild roses in all seasons. In the autumn it seems like all the color they are capable of goes into overdrive. This shot was taken just outside Denali National Park.
There are many sorts of shrimp in the cold waters of Resurrection Bay located in South Central Alaska. This Spot Shrimp was crawling on some line under a dock.
Another Macro taken in a Pacific Northwest garden this winter.
The color and textural qualities of these plants was utterly beautiful to me.
