Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma: January 2017

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. Opening the web version of this blog gives the opportunity to purchase any of my how to books/videos, etc..

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Heber Srpings water falls

I just put this pretty little painting on auction on Ebay. This was painted after a trip to Heber Springs, Arkansas last year. What a pretty place. I love just about anywhere there is the sound of running water.... unless it is a leaking hot water tank after an earthquake ;-) That is a story for another day though. The running water from this crystal clear, cold stream was welcome on a hot summer hike into the woods.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Doing what we do best.

Doing what we do best... Oklahoma, with its miles of prairie land also sports the very best skies in the world. here are just a few of the recent sky paintings that have sold this year. ( the second one from the bottom is more recent and is for sale on ebay along with several other landscape paintings where the sky is the main player.) To visit my ebay gallery, CLICK HERE.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

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Every now and then I make it over to the Gilcrease, Zarrow Center's Saturday sketch time. This was painted during one of those sessions. Peaceful sublime....

Tulsa's 'The Artery'

I am happy to say that I will have my work at Tulsa's newest gallery located in downtown Tulsa, The Artery. It is right in the hub of where everything is happening in downtown, in the Blue Dome District. We had a soft opening the other night w a major one coming in March. you can see some of my paintings in the background and some of my family's books, cds and my little prints in the foreground. This is going to be a great space for art and music. I am looking forward to working with them.

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

SOLD! but prints still available in all sizes for King of the Prairie

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Friday, January 13, 2017

Grateful for these paintings finding good homes this year. ( Just a sampling )

Monday, January 09, 2017

Re visiting an older piece

This painting was 'completed' several years ago. About a year ago I went back in and took out some things and added others. The painting was started as a complicated still life for a class. I had to put a little of everything in it so that no matter where my students were in the room, that they would have something interesting to paint. As the teacher I pretty much demonstrated the painting of every object so therefore had a lot of objects in my finished piece. This painting deals with the magic of childhood and contains a lot of my own and my students' toys. It is for sale on Ebay. To visit the painting in my ebay gallery and see more of my work, Click Here

Art Student Supply List

Supplies are as follows: Oil Paints: Specifically Windsor Newton brand Winton 200 ML size. Student grade is preferable and if it says ‘hue’ after the color that is fine, and preferable too; Alizarin Crimson, Cad. Red, Cad. Orange, Cad. Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Cerulean Blue, Sap Green, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium white, Burnt Sienna.

Assortment of boar bristle brushes from ¼” to 1: (feel free to get the cheap ones,) I like filberts but flats are ok too.

canvas : depends on what we are painting. Usually no larger than 16x20

Pallet; either purchase large pallet or 12 x 16 cardboard cover with freezer paper purchase Reynolds freezer paper in the grocery store where plastic wraps, foil are found.

A pallet box is optional but saves money in the long run.

I will supply easel, spirits, rags

Step by Step Still Life

Notice, no detail till nearly finished. Start with blocking in main color areas, make sure to cover every inch of the canvas with something. Also notice you don't have to paint everything in in perfect detail. We paint how the eye sees.... When you are looking at one specific thing, everything else looses its detail. I like to pick an area or two where I paint a flower or flowers in well and let the viewer make up the rest with their own eyes. If I paint one cherry blossom well, the viewer now knows that all those other white, flowery things are cherry blossoms, for example.

Painting the Impressionist Still Life with Margaret Aycock

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some; it is in everyone. And, as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson from "Reflections on a Course in Miracles" My hope is that my painting will be that shining light.

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