You have reached the homepage of Margaret Beeson. I am an artist based out of Portland, OR who works in various mediums including painting, drawing, collage, sewing, and sculpture. I embrace silliness, immaturity, and laughter. I love toys, games, bikes, kazoos, puppets, marbles, circuses, bubbles, accordions, kites, cartoons, wickets, the number 23, bunnies, turtles, slugs, snails, octopi, squids, penguins, pink elephants and hungry hungry hippos. My artwork is often cartoonish, in between funny and serious and speaking to themes of childhood, motherhood, environmental issues, sex, and love. My artwork is deeply personal, always touched by my day to day experiences and interactions.

I try to live a simple life, focusing on creating art instead of trying to amass material possessions. I do not own a car by choice, preferring to bike or bus. I often salvage objects that others have thrown away to turn them into works of art and I love finding treasures in free boxes, thrift stores, and trash dumpsters. I have painted on cabinet doors, broken glass, and old furniture to name a few different mediums. I thrives on imperfection, knowing that nothing in the world is perfect. My paintings are often embedded with spontaneous poetry and since my brush does not come equipped with a spell checker, don’t be surprised to find an error or two.

I do not like gravy, specially when that term is used by Thai restaurant menus in reference to their sauce.