Margaret R. Thompson is a painter living and working in northern New Mexico. Her work explores the intersection of nature, mythology, and the human spirit. Working 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 explore universal truths woven into the framework of our collective species. Her process is intuitive, led by texture, memory, light, and materials gathered from the land. In each piece, figures dissolve into their surroundings, symbols surface and recede, 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 offer a window, a mirror, a myth in motion. Through them, she invites others to remember their own connection to the earth, the body, and the mystery that holds them both. Her work has been included in numerous art fairs and exhibitions, including Art Athina presented by Arusha Gallery, Athens, Greece; Zonamaco solo booth, Red Arrow Gallery, Mexico City, MX; Zonamaco duo booth, MAIA Contemporary, Mexico City; CAN, Arusha Gallery, Ibiza, ES; Plural, Duran Mashaal Gallery, Montreal, QC; High Desert Art Fair, Pioneertown, CA, Red Arrow Gallery; select shows with Galerist, Istanbul, TR; 1969 Gallery, New York, New York; Wilder Gallery, LAMB Gallery, Arusha Gallery, London, UK; Gallery II, Tel Aviv, IL; Tyger Tyger Gallery, Asheville, NC; Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN; Millicent Rogers Museum, El Prado, NM; Smoke The Moon, Santa Fe, NM; My Pet Ram, Santa Barbara, CA and New York, New York; MAIA Contemporary, Mexico City, MX; CAIM at Slane Castle, Ireland. Margaret was highlighted as one of the top 100 Early-Career artists by Artcube in their 2024 Discoveries Report and she is a 2025 Hopper Prize grant Recipient. She has upcoming exhibitions in Istanbul, Utah, Chicago, and New York.