Mike McElwee Designs
Illustrations, graphic design, and artwork created through collaboration with companies and talented designers.
About Mike McElwee Designs
Overview: Mike McElwee Designs Gallery Guitar Sculpture Mirrors Sculpture Water Color Wood Cuts Vintage Hot Rod Lamps About Contact Custom work available in all catagories Guitar Sculpture The Loving Touch Acrylic on steel . 66"w x 29"h Hope and Dreams Acrylic on wood . 64"w x 24"h "J.B." In honor of J.B. Mauney . Acrylic on wood. 66" w x 29"h Impressions of Oak Creek Canyon Copper filagree and Acrylic on steel . 61"w x 23"h "Rock-A-Billy" Acrylic on steel . 61"w x 23"h Where Fear Ends Acrylic on steel . 44"w x 15"h Akashic Record Piece 1 of the Edgar Cayce series. Oil on steel . 68"w x 20"h The Sleeping Prophet Piece 2 of the Edgar Cayce series. Oil on steel . 61"w x 23"h Ancestor's Song Piece 1 of the Sacred Arrow series. Hand carved wood panels. Acrylic on steel and wood . 61"w x 23"h Whisper in a Dream Piece 2 of the Sacred Arrow series. Acrylic on steel . 61"w x 23"h Looking Glass Creek Piece 3 of the Sacred Arrow series. Acrylic on steel . 61"w x 23"h Sapphire Harbor Piece 1 of the 1957 Corvette colors series. Acrylic on steel . 63"w x 23"h Cascading Wave Piece 2 of the 1957 Corvette colors series. Acrylic on steel . 68"w x 20"h Venusian Gypsy Piece 3 of the 1957 Corvette colors series. Acrylic on steel . 68"w x 20"h Arctic Blue Boogie Piece 4 of the 1957 Corvette colors series. Acrylic on steel . 63"w x 23"h Slow Hands Don't Survive Water color and Acrylic on wood. 57"w x 19"h Tombstone Dance Hall Vintage oak wood , Acrylic on Distressed steel 57" w x 38" h The Path Back Home (Sold) Hand-carved wood , enamel and oil paint 56" w x 38.5 " h ( center pic with custom wooden background) Squared Away (Sold) Antique steel, Aged hardwoods , vintage plow yoak and varios found objects. 48" w x 28.5 " h Cloud Ten (Sold) Vintage steel , wood and various found objects 65" w x 24" h. Electric Western Antique roof tin , aged barn wood , 16 –gauge steel , various found objects. 61" w x 17.5 ' h Blue Dog Trail (Sold) 16 guage steel sourced from a 1948 Chevy Pickup truck hood. Wood backing. 65" w x 24" h. Visual Tone Antique roof tin , wood and various found objects. 41" w x 17" h Whirlwind Tour Vintage roof tin , wood and various found objects. 57" w. x 23 h Relicaster Antiqu roof tin , wood and barious found objects. 46" w x 15" h With Us All antique roof tin , wood and varios found objects. 51" w x 22" h Son of Shaw Antique roof tin , copper , various found objects . 64" w x 28" h More Paul Antique roof tin , wood and various found objects. 49" w x 20" h The Wish Fulfilled Antique roof tin , various found objects. 40" w x 14" h We'll Meet There Antique roof tin , enamel and copper. 48" w x 31" h In Search of the Wuji Steel , copper and aged oak. 34" w x 14" h Serendipitous Strat Antique roof tin , brass and copper. 49' w x 24" h Frequency 175 100 plus year old barn wood , steel and copper. 48" w x 27" h That Feeling We All Look Forward To Steel , copper and enamel. 46" w x 34" h Rip Tide Steel , copper and wood. 27" w x 12" h The Hellbound Dobro Airbrush , custom steel top plate. 50"w x 15"h The Git' sum Flying V Printed clothe , wood , steel , enamel and red dice! 46"w x 15" h Mistaken Identity Acrylic on wood with flame treated copper. 60" w x 22 " h Hot Rod Tele Gold pearl acrylic enamel. Mirror Sculpture Everywhere At The Same Time Steel , copper and glass. 65" w x 47" h The Promise Distressed steel , copper and glass. 47" w x 31" h Looking at Yesterday from Tomorrow 1940 Ford Truck Grill Shell , glass and steel. 23" w x 24" h The Queens Reflection Steel , copper and glass. 65" w x 48" h Is There Time? Steel , copper and glass. 64" w x 48" h Believing Is Seeing Distressed steel , copper and glass. 30" w x 24" h Voices inside steel , copper , glass. 38 " w x 32 " h Water Color Wood Cuts My Spirit Roams Water color and Acrylic on wood 31 " w x 24 " h Vintage Hot Rod Bead - Rolled aluminum panels Aluminum panels installed 1940 Ford Pickup. 1929 Dodge Racer Faux painted graphics on vintage 1929 Dodge hood side panels. 40" w x 20" h 1940 Ford Racer Faux painted graphics on a vintage 1940 Ford hood. 52" w x 45" w 1961 Ranchero Pinstripe on 1961 Ford Ranchero hood. 47" w x 45" h Rat Fink Engraving in aluninum. 6"w x 10"h Lamps ALIEN XXX Glass and stainless steel. 7" w x 20" h x 7" d 1957 Chevy 1957 Chevy Tail lights with Blue Dots. 6" w x 8" h x 8" d 1965 Ford Truck 1965 impala lamp base , copper neck with 1965 Ford Pickup running light. 5" w x 12" h x 10" d 1965 Chevy Impala Custom Pinstriping on 1965 Chevy Impala rear panel. 10" w x 11" h x 7" d About Mike McElwee Growing up an “Army brat” gave Mike an uncommon perspective on the world. An early exposure to the graphic art of comic books struck a resounding creative chord that inspired his interest in honing his drawing skills and developing a unique graphic style. During his high school years Mike received many awards for his drawings and could be found selling them on the sidewalk at the local mall in Bradenton Florida. Attending Troy State University gave Mike th