“Painting in oils with passion and joy for over 20 years. Always striving to capture the essence and beauty of a scene under dramatic light. Recently Margaret has enjoyed very much painting in watercolors, acrylics, and pastels.
Margaret Buchte is a local resident of Great Barrington, MA, in the Berkshires and a self-taught artist who draws her inspiration from the beauty of the Berkshires and beyond.
Streetscapes, historic buildings, places of interest along with nature also an irresistible draw as well as landscapes of mountains, rivers and seascapes. She also paints portraits of people in oils, watercolors and pastels and charcoal. Animal portraits and house portraits are also work she accepts for commissions. Mediums that she enjoys working in are oils, watercolors, acrylics,, pastels and charcoal.
Margaret has displayed her work with the Lenox Fine Art Gallery for five years until they closed. She has had solo exhibition shows at Berkshire South, Great Barrington; Lee Library; Mason Library in Great Barrington and the Douglas Library in Canaan, CT. CTSB TV showed two televised interviews on Margaret discussing her artwork on two different occasions. One was held at her solo show at Berkshire South and the other was held in the Lee Library. Margaret's work has been accepted in numerous juried shows in the Berkshire area, most recently, the Berkshire Arts Festival, at Butternut, Great Barrington, MA, and her painting titled 'Finding A Good Spot' was displayed on one of the Berkshire Arts Festival's posters. Margaret has accepted commissions to paint in oil, watercolors and pastels and charcoal portraits of people and homes with landscape and successfully completed the commissioned artwork to the satisfaction of her clients.
Her highly sought after 'Note Cards' and paper products from her collection of over 100 oils, watercolors, acrylics and pastel images are available all over Berkshire County: Most notably at Tanglewood, Shaker Village, The Mount, Norman Rockwell Museum, Red Lion Inn, Williams and Son, Bookloft, Lenox Print and Mercantile, Purple Plume, Villager Gifts, Sheffield Pottery, Bella Flora, Berkshire Coop Market, Elm Street Market and JWS Art Supplies.
During the year 2015 and currently Margaret is represented by the Berkshire Art Gallery, 80 Railroad Street, Great Barrington, MA and teaches Drawing and also Painting in Oils, Watercolors, Acrylics and Pastels to Adults/Teens/Children - all skill levels at the Renaissance Arts and Wellness Center, 420 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington. Call Renaissance to sign up for a class (413) 528 9600.
Margaret also teaches watercolor painting at Noble Horizons in Salisbury, CT to Assisted Living Residents.
Margaret continues to paint with a 'Quirky Twist' for her subject matter with much enthusiasm and the diversity of her work comes through in a most delightful way and promises to be a valuable collector's item in years to come.”