I have been teaching painting for a long time now. I often start with a master painting to teach the methods of measuring, drawing etc. What I have found over the years is that I can make a pretty good guess at who produced the painting by how much the painting looks like the student. I have been painting portraits for years. I am a Caucasian female. I once painted from life, an oriental girl and then just another Caucasian female. On both portraits, I was asked, " Is this a self portrait?"
I guess we can't help ourselves. We see that image in the mirror every day and it just appears on our canvases!
Welcome to my blog where I post recent photos of my work and journal about my life as an artist. I live and work in Tulsa Oklahoma. It is from my early life in the mountains that I developed a love of the natural world which now includes vast prairies and endless skies. To contact me about a purchase all in lowercase letters you can write me at margee and then my last name @gmail.
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