Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

A sketch from my mother in law's back yard

8x10 oil

$100

I think I may bring down the importance of the white flowers on the nandina but for now this is what it looks like ;-)

Prairie Burn

16x20 oil on canvas

$450

This was painted from a photo taken by a friend after a visit to a ranch on the prairie. They do a burn of the prairie land in the spring of the year. It takes several days and a lot of planning and weather watching to make it all happen. The burn does some very interesting things to the atmosphere that one might not expect. From many miles away the sunset was amazing and the sun turned a brilliant RED! It was weird and beautiful.

Blackberries in Bloom

8x10 oil on canvas

$150

blackberries in Bloom

Gosh I wish I had remembered to run back over there when they became blackberries

The Nam

8x10 on board $150

The Nap

Friday, May 08, 2020

a little landscape lesson

Since my class can't meet right now I decided to send them a little assignment. I might as well share it with you too so here it is....

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Moonlight Rodeo

$750 16x20 oil on canvas Contact through my blog if interested.

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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