I am beginning to work on a project of painting different scenes within my state of Oklahoma for a show that I will have at the State Capital Gallery in the summer. It is pretty colorless and bare out there right now but fortunately the sun began to set as I sketched and I was able to capture ( I hope ) the pretty trees as they turned from their pale gray to bright yellow. to bid on this painting in my ebay auction, or just to visit my ebay gallery... click here If you are interested in purchasing one of my painting how to videos or my new full color book on oil painting you may do so here, on my blog.
here are a couple of photos from that day, one before and the other during the sunset
Welcome to my blog where I post recent photos of my work and journal about my life as an artist. I live and work in Tulsa Oklahoma. It is from my early life in the mountains that I developed a love of the natural world which now includes vast prairies and endless skies. To contact me about a purchase all in lowercase letters you can write me at margee And then my last name @Gmail. Opening the web version of this blog gives the opportunity to purchase any of my how to books/videos, etc..
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
SOLD Prairie Girl 16x20 oil
This is the painting I have been working on in my adult class. We all started with a portrait originally painted by Bouguereau and then added our own take on it. I love to paint the Oklahoma sky so I put my little girl in a prairie dress and sweater and put her in an Osage landscape w a beautiful sky. I just posted this to ebay, both in my ebay gallery and on auction through my ebay gallery. To visit the gallery, click here
To learn the process of painting a portrait like this, check this blog for my new instructional DVD.
To learn the process of painting a portrait like this, check this blog for my new instructional DVD.
Monday, February 06, 2012
French Convent
I don't travel outside the country but I have friends who do :-) Thanks so friends, Bill and Linda, who visit their daughter every couple of years or so at the convent where she lives in France, I get to see their beautiful photos. I used one of them to paint this impressionistic little landscape. I have it on auction today for a few hours left ... on ebay. To bid, click here I also just finished a new video of how to paint a portrait in the tradition of the masters. It hasn't gone into mass production yet ( that will take several months ) but is available here on my blog.
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Lemons and Magnolia Flowers
This is a painting that I did as a class demo. Magnolia flowers have such a lemony smell. I thought about including the lemons and perhaps tea with lemon in the still life. It is for sale this week on my ebay auction. I have about 24 paintings left on auction this week which is coming to close in the next day. to bid click here
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Yellow Flowers in Reflective Vase
I was going to set up a still life for my students and another instructor had left this great reflective vase w yellow flowers in the room. We created a still life around it. What fun! I have a painting video that details the process of painting reflective objects on my blog as well as a couple of other DVDs and my new full color instructional oil painting book. . This painting is on ebay right now and you can bid on it by clicking here
Monday, January 30, 2012
SOLD Petunias 16x20
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Picnic
My adult class had been working on an outside scene w a table set for a ladies picnic. I had a new student who wanted to do the same but didn't know how to approach it so finding a canvas in the studio that needed to be painted over I demonstrated the process to her. Using a canvas that already has paint on it can produce some interesting results. This painting is a little darker than the 1st one as the underpainting affects the top layer of paint. I still liked the results and my new student produced a successful first painting. I have this and the first painting on ebay this week on auction w no reserve. It is 16x20 oil on stretched canvas. To bid or enter my ebay site to see my 40 other auction paintings click here
Friday, January 27, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Friday, December 09, 2011
Beautiful Girl 20x24 oil
This is the latest painting I did with my class. I was attempting to teach some glazing techniques and also some more impressionist brush stokes, dry brush etc. This painting has a little bit of everything. I have it on auction this week through my ebay site and also have a lot of daily paintings there as well. Click here to bid
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Louise in the Meadow, 16x20 oil
I am also posting a page every day or so of my book on oil painting to my blog. I think I am up to around page 12 or so. Check back often and you can read the whole book or better yet, purchase the book here so you can hold it in your own little hands! It would make a great gift for your favorite artist. .
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