Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Artery in Tulsa " The Feminine in Art"

These are a few of the paintings that I am considering for the Feminine in Art show at the Artery

Out on the prairie in Oklahoma, where I live, the horizon line can be very low. Painting what's in front of you here in the wild places, I find my interest is often drawn upward to the sky. I have a series of paintings of Oklahoma skies in my ebay gallery. This is one of them.

Friday, September 08, 2017

Garage Sale at Brady Heights Historic District... and My House and Studio!

My studio will be open to any of you who live in Tulsa and have seen this note. ;-) I will have some Class Demos outside for sale but all the other paintings will be in the studio which is always open to you guys by appointment but open to you w/o appointment today and tomorrow.

Friday, August 25, 2017

Canoeing the Boundary Waters Margaret Aycock oil on canvas

Once upon a time when we were in our 20s we took a wonderful trip to the boundary waters between Minnesota and Canada. This painting was inspired by that time we spent so far away from civilization in such a quiet place.... we finally decided that we would throw back any fish that wasn't 12 inches long, we were catching so many!

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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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