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Portrait of Patricia. 11/2025. Oil on Wood Panel. w 16 x h 20 in. Sold. Portrait commissions welcome.
“Margaret Garcia’s sensitivity to the world around her unveils the ordinary in extraordinary ways. She exudes a confidence in her ability to express a sensibility without any hesitation. Her portraits reign with striking expressionistic colors and excel with quick strokes of paint. Garcia poetically captures expressions like haikus; emphasizing intensity, simplicity and directness. Her portraits acknowledge the richness of an intercultural ethnicity by celebrating diversity in an art which renders a visual language that inspires confidence and pride.
Expressive and dynamic, Garcia’s art accentuates her Chicana/Latina millennial heritage by extending traditional Latin American colors vibrant and rich, into her expressive portraits.
We cannot speak of Chicano art without acknowledging one of the most prolific contemporary artists of the Southwest today. Margaret Garcia is a collaborator, an independent historian, a mentor, a mother, a friend, a wife. A Chicana who “defines Chicano art by producing it” by painting the people in her community and their landscape. Her lifelong dedication to the arts contributes to bringing a better understanding of who we are as a people.
Born in East Los Angeles, Margaret Garcia has exhibited across the country and has participated in international exhibitions for the past 40 years. Undoubtedly, she is one of the most inspiring and socially committed women artist in Los Angeles”.
Jimmy Centeno, Los Angeles-based Art Historian, Writer, Welder, Critic, Artist, Curator