Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma: 2026

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Copies of my books available at my show

Copies of my books, Claire Goes Foraging and In Contemplation of Water, Earth and Sky are always available through this website but will make a special appearance in person at my show in May at Liggett Studios in Tulsa

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My Painting... The Calm After the Storm won 3rd place as the People's Choice At the Oklahoma Juried Show at Terra Rosa Gallery in Guthrie

Thursday, April 02, 2026

In Contemplation of Earth, Sky, Water

If you are in or near Tulsa, save the date and come to the opening! Also open Thursdays from 5-8

and Saturdays from 1-5

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Several shows coming up:

I have a joint show with Courtney Lockhart, a ceramic artist opening on the second Friday of May. The show is entitled In Contemplation of the Sacred: Land, Air, Water. My pieces are landscapes in and around Cherokee County and Osage County in Oklahoma. I created a little booklet to go with the show featuring the written word by both my husband, Scott, ( an award winning poet ) and myself.

Another show is in Terra Rosa Gallery called Wait 5 Minutes. it will feature a couple of paintings... billowing clouds on the Osage Prairie and one of Travertine Creek in Chickasaw National Park, OK.

And last but not least I had a piece accepted in the new magazine, Okie Modern for their April issue.

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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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