Margaret Baker

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Hi! Gorgeous artwork!

Day 2 at Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, Philadelphia. Here this weekend June 6-8, 11-6pm

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The mug has a picture of a mouse trying to plug a crack while reaching with his toe for the cheese. The thought bubble from the mouse says “Help!”.

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“Lake Swimmer” 36x24 inch, oil on linen

#art #oilpaintings #nostalgia

More painting starts

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Creating more functional space in the studio, I made these pegboards to hang all my framing materials. Pretty proud. (frames from canvasplace.com)

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Studio view this morning

See that canvas storage rack in the corner? That thing is the new essential thing that I thought I didn’t need but now that I have it, I will never not have it.

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My cardboard diorama layout for The Harding Art Show versus the actual layout. Time that I thought it would take me to hang 20-25 paintings on the show provided pegboard walls: 1.5 hrs. Actual time 4 hrs.

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“Freehand Float”, 16x20 inch, oil on linen. Available this week @thehardingartshow in Nashville, TN.

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“I said, More Cocoa Puffs!”, 8x8 inch, oil on wood

I maybe the kid standing on the chair.

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Day 1 of Fort Worth Main Street Art Festival. Booth 812, April 10-13

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So much of my worry doing these art festivals is about parking and load in. When it’s done right, directions are clear, and I have made it to my spot, it’s like an actual weight has lifted off my shoulders and I can relax. Waiting to head into the Forth Worth Main St and I am relaxed.

On to the next festival after a quick stop at the studio to load more paintings and then a 2 day drive. Find my art this week, April 10-13, in Fort Worth, TX Main Street Art Festival

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The behind the pretty art gallery tents. Love the hidden places where artists work. This weekend’s art festival is Mainsail in St Petersburg, Fl. Booth 318.

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Thank you!

“Puppy Nap”, 8x8 inch, oil on wood

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15 seconds of garden zen.
Monarch cat munching tuberosa milkweed. Num num num num num.

My little pollinator garden is my power up.

#garden #powerup #monarchcat

Do I ever finish work or just keep starting paintings? I do and I also keep starting paintings. This one is 75%, so good chance it’ll be 100% by tomorrow.

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work in process, and a reminder to put on sunscreen

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“Sunday Best”, 8x8 inch, oil on wood.
My grandmother, Leota, outside the office of the Baker Motel & Seasonal Cabins, Elkhorn, WI.

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Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival

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“Pink Kitchen”, 8x8 inch oil on wood panel

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Fresh off the little easel “Giddy Up”, 8x8 inch, oil on wood panel

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Now, this one hangs out to dry.

She’s the fourth in a series of aunts and mothers being confidently happy at the beach and at the lake in their own bodies and in a swimsuit. “A Lakeside Smoke”, 36x24 inch, oil on linen

#art #oilpaintings #vintagewoman

At this stage it looks “ugly”. I’ll stare at this for a long while because at this point, this painting has all the potential.

#oilpainting #art #summertime #oilpaintinginprogress

Thank you! I get nostalgic for summer

Sketching in the underpainting for a couple new paintings. I use a loose wash of burnt sienna to map out my compositional road map before I start painting.

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Setup my Bluesky Flashes account. @flashes.blue

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Thank you!