Maya Ellone-McKenley

sketchbooks
Coptic Sketchbook #1, 2024 – present
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.8cm (8 x 5 x 2in)
Cotton, laced polyester, foam board, mixed media on bristol paper.
Flats scans of the covers and spine of Maya's first coptic bound sketchbook.
Left scanned page features a woman playing a game on her cellphone sitting in an economy seat onboard a Boeing 717 plane in service to Atlanta, Georgia from Greenville, South Carolina. The right scanned page features a plane viewing overlooking a sunset while a man plays a game on his cellphone.
Left scanned page features a seating area at the Delta Sky Club at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. One young man is sketched along with two glasses of champagne sitting on a coffee table next to a long, tube sofa. A man's crossed leg and shoe hangs behind the coffee table. The right scanned page features a receipt of the Toronto based cocktail bar, Barchef and tiny swatches of Chiyogami paper.
Scanned spread features details and swatches on the materials Maya used to construct her first coptic bound sketchbook.
Scanned spread features receipts from shopping in Toronto's Chinatown. It also features long, rectangular swatches of colorful Chiyogami paper.
Left scanned page features three people eating breakfast at Senator Restaurant in Toronto, Ontario. The right scanned page features two young men getting haircuts at Terminal Barbershop, a Toronto based barbershop chain.
Left scanned page features a sketch of Ben attempting to work remotely of the VIA Rail in route to Niagara Falls, Ontario. It also features a receipt and still-life sketch from breakfast at Niagara Falls' Old Stone Inn Boutique Hotel. The right scanned page features three people at the Toronto's Chinatown based coffee shop, Neo Bar, working and/or staring at mobile devices.
A young lady, her father, and a businessman wait on their flight in Toronto Pearson Airport.
Journalism Moleskin #2, 2022 – 2024
14 x 8.9cm (5.5 x 3.5in)
Ink on paper.
Red Moleskin 14 x 8.9cm sketchbook cover and back
People wait on their flight in Toronto Pearson Airport.
People wait on their flight in Toronto Pearson Airport.
A family of four shares dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings in Greenville, South Carolina. The two little boys watch a show on their parent's cellphones.
Lunch time at the QuikTrip gas station in Gaffney, South Carolina.
Yeshua rolls a blunt and DJ's at Prada$'s album release party in Greenville, South Carolina.
A lady with box braids gets her nails done by a nail technician with 4C hair. Greenville, South Carolina.
Performers at a beats and rap cypher at the Velo Fellow. Greenville, South Carolina.
A young lady with bangs and glasses sits alone at a table and writes in a notebook at the Greenville based coffee shop, Coffee Underground.
A litter girl gets her nails done by a male nail technician. Greenville, South Carolina.
AJ's Celica at a Selvation car meet at Pop's Old Fashion Diner. Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Close up of a nail technician's tool box while performing a pedicure. Greenville, South Carolina.
A middle-aged woman gets her nails done by a young female nail technician. Greenville, South Carolina.
A still-life of equipment at the Greenville Woodworkers Guild.
A still-life of Maya's friend, Jewel, scrapbooking receipts and paper trinkets from her travels at Methodical Coffee. Greenville, South Carolina.
Ben is wrapped at in a comforter on his sofa sleeping off a cold. Greenville, South Carolina
A still-life of Maya's unshaven legs from her point-of-view while she gets a pedicure. Greenville, South Carolina.
Landscape sketch of a swimming day at Lake Jocassee. Salem, South Carolina
Maya's father's Honda Inspire parked at the Mountain Goat coffee shop in Greenville, South Carolina
Journalism Moleskin #1, 2016 – 2022
selected works only
14 x 8.9cm (5.5 x 3.5in)
Ink on paper.
Black Moleskin 14 x 8.9cm sketchbook cover and back
On the first page, a lady folds clothes in a laundromat. On the second page, a man is DJing on turntables at the Velo Fellow. Greenville, South carolina.
People watching at the Velo Fellow. Greenville, South Carolina.
Men waiting on their flight at the Newark Liberty airport and a young man reads on a book on Montreal's metro.
Cityscape sketch of Old Montreal.