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Margaret Baker
@margaretbakerart.bsky.social
Painting moments-in-between
studio in Lake Mary, FL
www.margaretbaker.art
Day 2 at Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, Philadelphia. Here this weekend June 6-8, 11-6pm

#art #oilpaintings #philadelphia #rittenhousesquare
June 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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!”.

#art #oilpainting
May 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“Lake Swimmer” 36x24 inch, oil on linen

#art #oilpaintings #nostalgia
May 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
More painting starts

#art #oilpainting
May 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Creating more functional space in the studio, I made these pegboards to hang all my framing materials. Pretty proud. (frames from canvasplace.com)

#art #artstudio #frames
May 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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.

#art #artstudio #oilpainting
May 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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.

#art #artshowlife #oilpaintings
May 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Freehand Float”, 16x20 inch, oil on linen. Available this week @thehardingartshow in Nashville, TN.

#margaretbakerart #paintingmomentsinbetween #oilpaintings #thehardingartshow #nashvilletennessee #thehardingartshow2025 #art
April 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“I said, More Cocoa Puffs!”, 8x8 inch, oil on wood

I maybe the kid standing on the chair.

#art #oilpaintings
April 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Day 1 of Fort Worth Main Street Art Festival. Booth 812, April 10-13

#art #artfestival #mainstreetfortworth #fortworthtx
April 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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.
April 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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

#art #oilpaintings #fortworthtx #mainstreetartfestival
April 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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.

#art #artfestival #stpetersburgfl #mainsailartfestival
April 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Puppy Nap”, 8x8 inch, oil on wood

#art #oilpainting
April 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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
March 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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.

#art #oilpaintings #swimmingpools
March 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
work in process, and a reminder to put on sunscreen

#art #oilpaintings
March 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“Sunday Best”, 8x8 inch, oil on wood.
My grandmother, Leota, outside the office of the Baker Motel & Seasonal Cabins, Elkhorn, WI.

#margaretbakerart #paintingmomentsinbetween #oilpaintings #art
March 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival

#art #oilpaintings #artfestivals #winterparkfl
March 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Pink Kitchen”, 8x8 inch oil on wood panel

#art #oilpainting
March 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Fresh off the little easel “Giddy Up”, 8x8 inch, oil on wood panel

#art #oilpaintings #swimmingpools
March 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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
March 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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
March 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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.

#art #paintinginprogress #oilpainting #paintingprocess
March 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Setup my Bluesky Flashes account. @flashes.blue

#art #oilpaintings
February 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM