Margaret Mayer Art
An Art Journal
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Fun day plein air painting at Eudora Welty House & Garden in Jackson, MS
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Watercolor Daily
These paintings were inspired using word prompts from the Sketch A Day app.
The paintings are all original - painted from life or a reference photo.
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If I have used a reference photo, credit to the photographer is shown in the description of the listing.
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Sunday, January 7, 2024
Joy in Oxford
I painted this piece at the Mississippi plein air event this year in Oxford. It was a cold, breezy October morning. I drove up from Jackson with my mom that day. I painted and focused more on my mom, the other artists painting nearby, and visitors who walked by. I painted with joy - a joy and heartfelt trust in God. I finished this painting in my studio.
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Pacesetter Gallery
310 Ridge Way
Flowood, MS 39232
Please call (601) 488-0345
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Taste of Fall
Monday, October 9, 2023
Renaissance - a rebirth
I want to say thank you to all the people who stopped by while I was painting. I enjoyed talking to you about art. Thank you for your kind words about my painting.
I am glad my piece won third place in the oil category.
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Taste of Flowood
I am excited to paint in this event this coming Tuesday evening. Please come taste some delectable food and visit the Pacesetter Gallery booth.
Get tickets here. Hope to see you there! ❤
Saturday, August 5, 2023
Impending Storm
Here is a painting painted in 2020 before COVID. It has been part of the National Museum of Women in the Arts 2023 Showcase at E E Bass Cultural Arts Center in Greenville, MS. Even though I painted it in 2020, the piece represents rural Mississippi in the late 1970s for me. It was a time in my youth dear to my heart. These days and summers spent at my grandparent's home in Conehatta were special to me.
As other artists will tell you, there is solitary time in the art-making process. Solitary time has not bothered me for the most part. Being alone and doing my art seems normal since I am also an only child and have done this my whole life. There is a difference, however, between just painting to paint and creating a heartfelt piece. Creating a work from the heart must be inspired by a deep love of something or someone. This way of creating involves no thinking but just doing. It is a state of being where one is peaceful and surrendered. It is easy for one to make art in this state. I am in my element - in that creative zone. I have realized this is the part of being an artist I love. For me, making art goes hand in hand with my faith and reading the word (The Bible). It is where I learn about God and see I am fully known by God. I can rest in His protection, allowing me to be freely creative with no fear.
This is one of those meaningful paintings from my heart representing Conehatta, MS, at my grandparent's house in the 1970s and early 80s. My grandparents were Sally and Sam Bishop, who I called Mama B and Granddaddy. My cousins and I spent time at their home during our summers, and this time influenced all of us more than we realized. They owned around 80 acres with two lakes, two barns, livestock, chickens, and a very large garden. Granddaddy was a carpenter when he wasn't running the farm with Mama B. Us kids got to see how hard they worked to keep this farm. They rarely went to the store except for the essentials. Mom said when she was a little girl, a man with a store truck visited, and my grandmother would trade eggs for flour and sugar. Mama B was an active member of Conehatta Baptist Church. She taught the Bible to children at Sunday school. I appreciate how much she must have bore fruit for the kingdom of God in her small rural town. One thing my mother told me that I will not forget. My grandfather was once approached by the Klu Klux Klan (a very evil group). They wanted him to join them, and I am proud he said "NO" and took a stand against all they were doing and what they stood for. My grandparents took care of the less fortunate local people. They gave work to the Choctaw Indians and took food to those in need.
Mama B showed us, cousins, how to garden and care for chickens. Granddaddy showed us how to bait a hook for pole fishing. We learned how to grow potatoes, make pies, dig up worms for fishing, and collect eggs, shell beans, and peas. Whatever catfish we caught in the pond, Granddaddy would clean, and we would have them for dinner. We slept on sheets dried on a clothesline with windows open to feel the cool night's breeze since there was no a/c. I remember our times eating watermelon on the porch and playing board games with my cousins.
Recently, we had our annual Bishop family reunion. My cousins, grandparents, inlaws, and all still gather to stay in touch. My aunt Nan Owens has made beautiful photo albums from these memories, and I am sharing some of these pictures here. I hope these memories will last and our kids will carry them on to share with their own families.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Friday, April 21, 2023
Earth Day Paint Out!
a watercolor from my sketchbook He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to ...
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Impending Storm 16 x 16 Oil on Canvas SOLD The location of the barn in this painting is south of I-20 in Lake, MS. I painted this piece in J...
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This is a 10 mins per square/rectangle exercise....I really needed this! It helps you loosen up. Here are the details if you want to kn...