Garden Deva Show

This is for all of you who are going to be in town on November 3rd and 4th ... or for those of you who need an excuse to come to town.... We are having an event that I look forward to every year and every year it gets better...The Annual Garden Deva Open House.. There will be 2 days filled with great music great food and wine, and of course, wonderful art by many local artists at the Garden Deva's new warehouse on 3rd St. Need more info about when musicians will be playing ... write me at artistswaygallery@yahoo.com.... Be sure to make it Friday night for Jesse Aycock's CD release party..

Tin Roof Art Show

Hey all you locals....
We are hosting another art show benefiting Brady Heights Neighborhood Association's Art Parkway Project. It is a great way to make a difference in your city and put a little cash in your pocket too. We are giving the artists 40% of their sales. So here's the plan.... I have the tin pieces at my house. They are ceiling tins that are squares inside of squares. Use your imagination and create something wonderful for this year's silent auction. The artists set the minimum bid and we have found that lower is better if you expect to sell and of course, quality work sells better than something just thrown together. You can paint on these, do mosaics, create a 3 D piece etc. Allow me to brag just a little.... The one I did for the last show sold for $500 so I will definately be at it again this year. Write me for a copy of the entry form and details... The event will be in November at Living Arts so write soon.
artistswaygallery@yahoo.com

Margaret Aycock Paints the Still Life....New DVD

I have two instructional DVDs for sale. They are self produced and I am still learning the ropes so be gentle :-) The first is me painting the Bouguereau piece called L'Attente. It is a demonstration on how the masters painted using and underpainting, glazing and direct painting. It is about 2 1/2 hours long.

The second one is me demonstrating the process I usually use when I paint still life. It is also about 2 1/2 hours long. I have both paintings on ebay for sale as well as the DVDs. Of course you can aslo order them from me by emailing me through this blog and through pay pal. They are both $16. A bargain !!!

Both of them are a little peek into my wonderful adult class here in Tulsa.

Enjoy.

Workshop at Gilcrease Museum

All you Oklahoma artists who work during the week now have a chance to take a mini workshop with me. I will be teaching Still Life Painting in the Impressionist style on the 21st and 22nd of October. Write me for details or call the education dept. of the museum. We will be painting in the newly refurbished Gilcrease Home on the Museum grounds. Should be tons of fun... Plan to eat at the Rendevous Resteraunt for lunch.

New Web Site for Tulsa Portrait Painters

I am a member of a longstanding portrait group in Tulsa. Years ago we met at the Philbrook Art Museum. When they started their several years of remodeling we moved to Whiteside Park where we paint portraits religiously once a week. I guess I shouldn't say " paint " portraits as the group is very diverse and is open to those who wish to sketch in pencil, charcoal, watercolor, pastel,acrylic and oil. We have yet to have a sculptor join us but that would be fun too. The group is always open to new artists joining. Prepare to pay the wopping $3 model fee and bring your own supplies. We meet at 11:15 on Tuesdays and we paint till 2:15. We use live models and paint from the same pose. We are open to and encourage our models to show up in an interesting outfit. Check out our new web site to see some samples of work at portraitpainterswest.com

painting lessons

Just a note for those of you who might be looking for painting lessons this year. I teach an ongoing class at Zieglers for beginners through advanced. I teach demonstration style which is the way I learned years worth of technique in a very short time. ( forget the 4 years of piddling around in art school ) Anyways..... I am open to having some teens join the class in the summer so give me a call or better yet, make contact through this site. You may wish to check out a new web site for the portrait group that I belong to at portraitpainterswest.com. You can also check out more of my paintings and those of other great regonal artists at midwest-fine-art.com blogtopsites.com/arts/

Recent Shows

Hey Everyone,
It occured to me that some of you might live in the area and might be interested in this. I currently have a small show at Lolas down on Main and Brady. This is a portrait show. Lolas is a great place, wonderful food, music and staff..... and then of course, there is Lola :-)

My son, Dylan who is on tour this summer has left a show of his art work for us to remember him by while he is gone. His work can be seen at the very cool, Shades of Brown Coffee house on Peoria and 33rd. I have some of his abstracts in my ebay store as well. You can see if he will be in your town by going to his my space. He is touring with Mar. His band is The Doldrums....click on the link in this site to catch up with him.

Some Recent Paintings

Hi,
Here is the latest thing I have been working on with artists in the Oklahoma area. I don't know what it is like in the art world at large but around here we are asked to donate to a lot of fundraisers where there is no split with the artists. We have been banning together and agreeing to ask for a portion of the sales. Here is a copy of the letter we drafted several years ago. It was recently adopted by the Tulsa branch of Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.

As artists we are asked many times through out the year to donate our work to various charities for use in fund raising. We love to be able to help our community in this way.

We would like to provide a way in which your charity will be able to make a greater profit using our artwork. We respectfully request that charities share a portion of the profits with the artist. In this way you will benefit in retaining a higher quality of work from the artist, which will bring a higher price at your auction or event. Keep in mind that our canvas and framing often takes up 25-30% of the cost of our painting. We would hope that you would choose to give back to the artist at least 40-60% of your sale.

When artists are asked to donate without a share of the profit it really puts us in a bind. Those of us who are struggling to make a living at this can’t afford to give away the piece that we can sell in a gallery but we also can’t afford to put pieces that aren’t quite gallery quality out in public. You also may not be aware that artists are unable to claim the value of their donation on their income taxes. We are only able to claim the cost of supplies used.

When charities split the profits with the artist every one wins. The artist is able to keep only their best work in circulation, benefactors get a quality piece of art, the charity makes a greater profit and may be able to get more than one piece from the artist.

It is for these reasons that members of Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition will willingly donate to organizations that adopt these practices and we will also respectfully decline all offers where there is no split with the artist.