Gilcrease Museum Family Days in the Fall

I will be helping Gilcrease Museum create some fun, family projects this fall.  Some of the programs will be on Saturdays ( held in the children's classroom just down from the gift shop )and others will be held on Sundays in the Vista Room.  The Mathews building, once finished, downtown, will house some of the events as well.  To be announced.  We will have a lot of free, fun, family activities just around the corner.  Check the museum schedule for times.  click here to visit the museum

Margaret's Paintings to grace the State Capital's Gallery in 2012

I am proud and pleased to announce that I have been selected to show my work at the Oklahoma State Capital Bldg in the summer/fall of 2012. I am very excited about this opportunity and hope to have some wonderful new work featuring some of my favorite places and people in Oklahoma.

Looking for Shells 8x8 oil $100

Since I won't be getting as far east as the beach this year, I have to rely on paintings to take me there.  This is one of several little beach paintings on auction this week through my ebay gallery.  I also have a few $5 starting bid daily paintings on auction.  See if you can find them and get your bid in.  I never have a reserve on any of my auctions so high bid, even if that is $5, wins the painting.

To visit this particular painting click here

New! Art Tiles

I just got hooked on a new thing and I love it!  I am creating art tiles out of jpgs of my paintings.  The tiles are vivid in color.  They are 6x8 and can be hung or they have a support in the back that allows placement on a table top.  I have them all in my ebay gallery

SOLD Hot Peppers starting bid $39

We like it hot around my house and my garden supplies lots of fodder for great little studies like this one. This little painting is one of about 15 daily paintings that I just listed on auction this week on ebay. This one has a very low starting bid ( w no reserve ) of $39. I have around 8 items starting at one penny so see if you can find them and get your bids in. The penny auctions are fun for me and I know they make it interesting for my buyers so have fun bidding. ( no reserve on those either )

To go to my ebay gallery click here

SOLD Just for Fun

I had several new students who wanted to complete a painting in a day and several other students who were working on a still life.  Since I teach demonstration style I was getting a lot of exercise that day.  So here is the little painting that my new students worked from ( painted by me ) Just for fun, I posted this on ebay this week for one penny.  If you want to get a bid in, please join the fun and bid here

Please check out the other auctions that I have going this week.  There are about 25 of them I think.  This is the very best deal though.

White Iris, 6x6 oil on canvas

I CAN'T PAINT FAST ENOUGH!!!!  My garden is in full bloom and I do mean full.  Everything that could possibly be in season has decided to bloom.  Irises with peonies with roses, primroses and more.  I don't know where to turn or what to paint.  They all came at once and now they are all disappearing at the same time.  :-(  I have listed several new little Iris paintings on ebay this week and put this one on auction ( along w the others ) If you would like to bid click here to go to my ebay gallery
To find out more about me and my work, or to order one of my teaching videos or my new book on oil painting ( w tons of color pics and great instruction ) click here to visit my blog.

Summer's End

I just finished this painting with my adult class.  I was teaching glazing and layering techniques to them.  I put her in the osage prairie in Oklahoma where I live.  She looked like summer to me and so I decided to give her a background that matched her hair which around these parts is a nice mix of the last greens mixed with mature ochre/orange grasses.  If you would like to see this painting or

Upcoming workshops

I have two workshops coming up in the next couple of weeks
The first is at the Gilcrease Museum. Sign up is through the museum. It is a one day painting workshop where I will lead you through the process of painting the Oklahoma, Osage landscape. Class is Saturday, March 26th from 9:30 - 4:30. Bring a lunch or order from the restaurant there and we will enjoy the grounds w a picnic. The other workshop is in OKC and addresses selling your work online. It is also on a Saturday, April 2 from 1-4. There will be another speaker before me. Sign up for that workshop is through ovac... http://ovac-ok.org

SOLD Avacado

I just finished teaching a workshop at the Gilcrease Museum and in the process, demonstrated techniques that I use to paint my little 6x6 daily kitchen series paintings. It was a great way to teach students the process of oil painting that they can use to create larger still lifes or use it to paint more one object studies. They all enjoyed the fact that they would be taking home at least one finished oil painting that day. Many completed 3 of them. Anyways I just put this on ebay with a very low starting bid of $29 with no reserve. In my ebay gallery I price these at a buy it now price of $99 ea. You may bid on this and check out my other auctions by clicking this link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180639837525&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Granny Smith

This is a painting that I just finished during my workshop this week at the Gilcrease Museum here in Tulsa.  We did several 'kitchen ' paintings that were inspired by my work with this daily painting group.  I put this one on ebay at a very low starting bid with no reserve.  To visit my ebay auction click here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390297665113&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Red Apple 6x6 oil on canvas

This is one of several paintings that i completed this weekend after a Saturday workshop at the Gilcrease Museum.  I taught a little class for beginning oil painters using only one or two objects.  That way they could learn the process with out being overwhelmed .  It was a beautiful spring day and we all had a lot of fun and several of the participants ended up with 2 and 3 paintings.  I am glad I brought extra stuff!  I put all of them on ebay today at a very low start price and no reserve.  Check this one out through the link below.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180639836536&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

SOLD Testing the Waters, 8x10 oil on canvas

This is a little painting that I did after a larger, commissioned painting.  One of my students saw a photo of the larger piece and wanted me to teach the process.  The best way I know how to do that is by demonstration, thus the smaller beach scene... I have this one on auction this week through my ebay gallery.  To visit the auction and view several other pieces that made it to auction this week, click here 

Osage Prairie 12x12 oil on canvas

I have never been to a casino, but I have snuck down the dirt road behind one to paint several beautiful landscapes featuring the Osage Prairie lands. This is one of them that I particularly like. In it are cedar trees that are the bane of Oklahoma farmers ( but I rather like them ) and sumac which was used by the native people for tea and flavoring. I make a great sumac lemonade. This and other paintings like it are featured in my ebay gallery. I have about 25 paintings that I have put on auction in the last couple of days. Feel free to check them out and as always, you are free to make an offer that I can't refuse on any paintings that are not on auction. To check out my ebay site click here to find out more about me and my work or to purchase one of my teaching DVDs or books you may want to visit my blog

Dylan's new Bike

My son bought this old motorcycle and fixed it up and got it running ( much to my dismay ) He took this great picture of it though and I played around with the photo on photoshop and painted it with acrylics and used markers for accent and to make it look a little more like a beefed up cartoon.  Anyways I just listed it in my ebay gallery for $250 but put on my auction at $125 minimum bid with no reserve.  To bid or to visit my ebay store click my link...Old Motorcycle on Ebay

Petunias in the Sun 16x20 oil on canvas

I just finished this painting and thought I would post it here to brighten up your winter as it has brightened mine while painting it. I just put it on auction in my ebay gallery/auction site for those wishing to bid on it. I usually have a lot of my smaller, one item, daily paintings there as well. If there are none on auction, please feel free to make an offer. Here is a link to the ebay auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390294887355

Nancy's Pets 6x6 oil on canvas SOLD!

My sister hired me to paint portraits of her best pals. These are the finished products. Thanks to the daily painting group, I was already in the habit of painting small and finishing in a day. These are the products of 4 days. To bid or purchase a painting of your own pet you may contact me or visit my online ebay gallery at http://midwest-fine-art.com where I also have several instructional DVDs and one full color instructional book for sale.

SOLD A Little White Cup $95

Over Christmas break I decided to do a little teaching video to advertise my workshop at the local museum that is coming up this spring. This is the one object painting that I did for the video. The painting can be purchased this week on ebay. click here to bid ebay where it is on auction w starting bid at $49 and no reserve.....and if you would like to watch the video you may do so on you tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLy5nQlqmkE

a little painting demo

Another Macantosh painting w stripes

I just think these stripes look like Christmas. I have been having a lot of fun with this striped cloth and apples. This is one of several that I have on ebay this week. One of them has a very low reserve price. This one has no reserve if I remember correctly. To visit my ebay site and possibly bid on this piece or another one click here