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Margaret Aycock is an oil painter known for her Impressionistic portraits, delicate floral still lifes Oklahoma landscapes and exciting. bright groupings of bathing suited beach figures. She is a plein air painter who works from life painting portraits and landscapes. She has been painting for over 25 years and has studied under such fine artists as John Szekes, Virginia Jarboe, Hugh Wakinshaw, Xaing Zaing, Joanna Arnett, and Jonnie Lihlidahl.
Margaret has participated in many juried shows over the years. In 1997 she won second place in a show juried by the editor in chief of American Artist Magazine. She won best painting in the Oklahoma Women in the Arts Show in 1995. Her work has been featured every year since 1995 in Tulsa’s International Mayfest Invitational Gallery. Her painting, “Nutcracker”, was chosen for The National Wachovia Bank’s holiday card in 1999. Carpentree Company purchased publishing rights to two of her pieces in 2004 for mass production for their client, Mardel Christian and Educational Supply. Her work is currently being represented by Ziegler’s and Doran Galleries in Tulsa, OK. She also runs a successful online gallery/store which can be found at www.midwest-fine-art.com. Her online gallery represents her original work and the work of other fine Midwest artists.
Margaret has been a member of Oil Painters of America and Women Artists of the West. In 2007 she represented her state when her painting of the Tall Grass Prairie was chosen to travel with the national show, ' America Paints the Parks '
Margaret currently teaches adult oil painting lessons in Tulsa. She leads painting workshops at the Gilcrease Museum. She works with the Tulsa Arts and Humanities Council’s Artist in the Schools program and has an artist residency at Hillcrest Hospital’s Kaiser Rehab.
To find out more about her work you may visit her blog at http://margaretaycock.blogspot.com
