Margaret R. Thompson

Margaret R. Thompson is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned her Bachelors of Arts in International Studies and Visual Arts at Eckerd College with a concentration in Latin American and socio-cultural anthropology. Filtering reality through her own mythology, she weaves narrative oil paintings, ritual performance films, and sculptural artifacts into fantastical worlds where the spirit reigns. Margaret’s work possesses an expressionist quality, documenting life through emotion, color, wonder, and complete freedom. Inspired by elements of the symbolist movement and magical realism, she channels dreams, visions, and the associative powers of the imagination into her practice. Margaret’s work explores both the artist’s and viewer’s perception of the soul, the heart, resilience, and the mysteries beyond our physical realm.