Elginia McCrary

Elginia McCrary is a native of  Chesapeake, Virginia and the third of four girls.  Her father died when she was fourteen; however, her mother strongly supported her love and desire to become an artist.  She attended California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA where she received her BFA Degree.  She later received her masters at Norfolk State University.

Elginia has been a technical illustrator, a freelance artist, a draftsman, and an art teacher.  During these different avenues, she always continued to create her own works of art, which have been displayed in areas of Maryland, Chicago, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, DC.