Waiting/Esperando, 2019, Oil on clayboard,  48”x 36” By Karen Mary Davalos Over the past four decades, Margaret García has developed her own color theory. She sees purple in flesh, sapphire blue in the trees, and aqua green in the urban pavement. While this perspective might suggest a psychedelic scene, Garcia is known for blending and combining paint to create harmonious and inviting landscapes or deeply reflective portraits. Her color theory requires an understanding of high key color radiant and how their luminous and lustrous qualities work together. The list of colors she recommends to the students of her oil painting workshop, which she teaches weekly at her studio and gallery in Highland Park, is evidence of her vision: Violet, Dioxine Purple, Alizarim Crimson, Cadmium Red Deep, Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Yellow light, Phtalo Green, Phtalo Blue, and Ultramarine Blue. More tellingly, she finishes the ...