Meet Margaret!
Margaret is our PPWS’ Featured Artists for September, 2026!
Margaret has been a member of PPWS since 2015 and is an Associate Member.
MargaretsMarMargaret’s Bio:
I grew up in Houston, TX then lived in eastern US until 2006 with a move to Colorado. My first artwork was making animals out of the clay soil, known as “black gumbo” in our backyard.
My college education was mainly in the sciences: zoology, botany, and chemistry, with post-grad. in medical technology, which was my work when I was not home raising 3 kids. My art training was squeezed in now and then.
I like sketching and painting outdoors, sketching in the passenger seat on a road trip, and joining the Wednesday morning Portrait Group at the Senior Center on N. Hancock St. I enjoy the challenge of portraiture and recommend this group.
I’ve been married 54 years to my husband, Fred, a retired pediatrician, have 3 kids, 5 grandchildren, and I like skiing, hiking, bicycling, and traveling here in the West, along with flower gardening.
When I get ready to paint, I tell myself: “Organize your materials, then, jump in, and devil take the hindmost!”
Margaret’s favorite things to paint:l
Landscapes, portraits, shapes.
Margaret also works in pen and pencil.
Margaret’s favorite or most admired artists:
Michaelangelo, Thomas Moran, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Norman Rockwell, John James Audubon, Albrecht Dürer, Fredrick Remington, Lorraine Watry, Martha Mans, Karen Standridge, Tom Lockhart, and many more in PPWS.
Margaret’s goals for the next year:
To paint more often; to simplify the drawing; to paint clouds.
FAVORITE ARTSY QUOTE
“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
– Pablo Picasso
Margaret’s Tip or Trick:
• Don’t overwork the painting.
• Make a sketch or two to organize the painting.
• Make a NOTAN to plan the lights and darks.
• Keep a piece of paper handy to test the color before painting with it.
