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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Quartz Mountain at the Gloaming 8x10 sketch

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A trip to Quartz Mountain had me doing a lot of onsite oil sketching.  What a wonderful weekend.  Here is one sketch that was done just a fe...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Fairy Tales oil on canvas

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I teach adult oil painting in Tulsa.  When I set up this still life for the class I kept coming back to the theme of fairy tales.  This pain...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Peach 6x6 oil

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I was looking over some of my paintings that have been in the studio for a while and decided to rework a couple.  This is one that got a lit...
Friday, February 08, 2013

SOLD1 Red Haired Girl 20x24 oil

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This began as a class demo.  I started with several photos.  a few of pretty girls and a few from our trip to the Wichita Mts.  Like Franken...
Sunday, February 03, 2013

Creativity Bleeds into the Garden "Bed"

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A couple of months ago we got rid of a single bed and were left with the problem of the wooden box springs.   I first used them to put on ne...
Friday, February 01, 2013

e books, my book is available

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Just in case you don't already know... my book on oil painting is available for download through createspace and amazon.  I keep noticin...

Make me an offer!... on or off ebay

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Just to let you art lovers know that you can always make an offer on anything you see on my Ebay website.  I know that some of these paintin...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Ruby's Slippers

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I don't claim to be a tango dancer but I have a lot of fun trying to become one.  This painting was inspired by the tango and by the rec...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Just for fun, a short video of me painting one object

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http://youtu.be/jLy5nQlqmkE
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Vintage Green Vase

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This fall I went to a garage sale and came across this great little green vase.  I have been wanting to paint it for a while and thoug...
Saturday, January 05, 2013

Remember When

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a few fun studies in the Pre Raphaelite vein

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Pre Raphaelite Girl in Oklahoma Field 20x24

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I am on a Pre Raphaelite kick and a red coat/sweater kick :-)  This painting was done earlier this year but is on auction this week so I t...
Wednesday, January 02, 2013

SOLD! Girl Wearing a Red Coat Walking in Snowy Field

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We recently attempted to beat the storm out of Arkansas.  We set out on I 40 only to find that the roads were already icing over, the delta ...
Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Prairie Walk 16x20 oil

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It is Christmas vacation and I get to paint what I want to paint ( not that I don't already do that :-) but since I am not teachin...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

Big Sale up to 65% off on our Zazzle Stores

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Zazzle is having a sale of up to 65% off which includes http://zazzle.com/margaretaycock   and http://zazzle.com/folksalad .  Check them ou...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Downtown Heber Springs Window Dressing

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While in Heber Springs Arkanas over the holidays we decided to peruse the music shops and art galleries.  Being Christmas, most of the sho...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Pre Raphaelite Girl 16x20 oil on canvas

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In my adult painting class we usually start with a master painting and use it as a jumping off point in which to do a work of our own.  Sin...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

SOLD ! Sunset on the Gulf 8x10 oil

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This is a little painting that I did while on vacation in the Gulf.  I was finally able to break away from the crowd as they all went out fo...
Sunday, December 09, 2012

Scott's Pretty Vangoghish Landscape

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I know, I usually only post my own work but this time I am posting one of my favorite student's work.... My husband, Scott.  He has been...
Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Big sale on ebay

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I just finished having a huge sale at my house.  It reminds me of the old " Little Rascals" series that we watched, growing up.  M...
Monday, December 03, 2012

A great sale at our house this weekend

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Friday, November 30, 2012

14 artists, Holiday Sale

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Open Studio on Sunday, Dec 2nd  from 12-4:30 at our house.  Drop by 1135 N Denver Can't make it?  Check Doran Gallery or Philbrook Art ...

My book on Painting the Still Life is now available on Kindle Just in time for Christmas

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link to my book on Kindle
Sunday, November 04, 2012

Group of Little Paintings

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I try to keep a collection of these up on my ebay site and one, a week on auction there.  I love how they look in groups and thought I wou...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

My cheery little studio

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                                                    cleverly disguised as a kitchen :-)
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Oklahoma Tornado

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This is an original oil painting on stretched 11x14 canvas.   One of my favorite subjects is the ever changing, massive, Oklahoma S...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

SOLD! Pallet Knife Experiment

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I love painting the Oklahoma skies.  On this painting I wanted to experiment with the use of a pallet knife, which was used on the sunlit wh...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

SOLD! Cowgirls 16x20 oil on canvas

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 Original  Oil Painting by Margaret Aycock.   This is an original oil painting on stretched 1 6x20 canvas.  I live in Oklahoma and I ...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Miss Tess band to visit for a house concert

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You all may or may not know that we have 1-3 house concerts at our home each month.  This month we are hosting a really cool band called M...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

A walk in the Osage

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Yesterday was magic.  The weather was as close to perfect as it could be and I felt a need to get out into nature.  Since my husband, Scott...