Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma

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..

Friday, March 30, 2018

Pretty Girl with Shawl

I just put this on ebay for $399 starting bid. If it has no other bids feel free to contact me for purchase and I can pull it from the Ebay gallery for you. To visit my ebay gallery, click here

Monday, March 05, 2018

Oklahoma Bounty

When I was asked to create a show of paintings for the Circle Cinema I looked at my body of work and noticed how many paintings I had with an Oklahoma theme, whether it was the billowing clouds over an Osage prairie, Tulsa Ballet dancers, or the simple bounty of fruits and vegetables from my back yard garden. I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I enjoyed painting them. We will have a little opening on March 8th from 6-8 during the Kendall Whittier first Thursday Art Walk. I hope to see you. Bring a friend!

Friday, February 02, 2018

Oil Painting Workshop at Tulsa Botanical Garden

Getting ready for a little workshop that I will be conducting at Tulsa's Botanical Garden next week.
I went out there last week to visit the green house and earmark some plants that we might use for our still life workshop and couldn't pass up the opportunity, although a very cold and windy one.... to paint outside. Just when you think there is no color left in the world, you look a little closer....

Apples

A cold and windy day.... what to paint?..... Apples on a sunny table.
visit in my ebay auction or contact me directly for purchase.
8x10 oil on canvas

Friday, January 26, 2018

My husband, Scott's paintings

Hi everyone.... I thought I would share this sampling of my husband's paintings. He has been my student for a couple of years and I thought it was time to brag on him a little. This is a page that I made for his art work that can be found on my ebay gallery.

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

SOLD What I saw one day

This pretty scene was painted from memory and photographs. Of course, it is the beautiful cloud formation that first captured my attention. We are so lucky here to be able to see this kind of thing on a weekly basis. This is a tiny painting which is available for sale through me or on my ebay gallery. contact me if you want to go around my ebay auction which has the painting starting at $185 and purchase directly from me. Otherwise, Happy Bidding! Click here to visit my ebay gallery

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Oranges

When it is cold outside, I cruise around the fridge looking for inspiration. These little oranges were on their way out and I decided that they need to be eaten today.... and painted today. To Bid on this 6x6 click here

Monday, January 15, 2018

Tangle of Trees

This is a painting that I did last year using an onsite, black and white pencil sketch and a photo taken the same day. I enjoyed working with the negative space to create the positive illusion of tangled tree branches. I loved following the abstract shapes that just happen when you tone your canvas first before jumping in. Inside those negative areas were plenty of little twigs trying to reach the light.

This painting is for sale on ebay this week. Click here to visit my ebay gallery.

Happy to be a part of this show at the Performing Arts Center in Tulsa

Art Student Supply List

Supplies are as follows: Oil Paints: Specifically Windsor Newton brand Winton 200 ML size. Student grade is preferable and if it says ‘hue’ after the color that is fine, and preferable too; Alizarin Crimson, Cad. Red, Cad. Orange, Cad. Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Cerulean Blue, Sap Green, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium white, Burnt Sienna.

Assortment of boar bristle brushes from ¼” to 1: (feel free to get the cheap ones,) I like filberts but flats are ok too.

canvas : depends on what we are painting. Usually no larger than 16x20

Pallet; either purchase large pallet or 12 x 16 cardboard cover with freezer paper purchase Reynolds freezer paper in the grocery store where plastic wraps, foil are found.

A pallet box is optional but saves money in the long run.

I will supply easel, spirits, rags

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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