Margaret R. Thompson

Margaret R. Thompson (b. 1990, Washington, D.C.) explores the intersection of nature, mythology, and the human spirit. Working primarily with oils, wax, sand, ash, mica, earth pigments, and plant materials, she creates layered paintings that reflect a deep relationship with wild, remote landscapes and probe universal truths woven through our shared human experience.

Her process is intuitive, led by texture, memory, light, and materials gathered from the land. In each work, figures dissolve into their surroundings, symbols surface and fade, and natural forms hold equal weight to human ones. Her compositions feel like dream-spaces—part narrative, part elemental—inviting viewers into a quiet, contemplative encounter. Thompson’s paintings act as windows, mirrors, and myths in motion, offering moments of recognition between body, earth, and the mystery that binds them.