Margot Voorhies Thompson is a pretty great artist living and working in Oregon.

Painting detail Work in progress Layer upon layer Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractureddesert #intensecolor #workinprogress #layers

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A small detail of a larger painting I enjoy building up layers in a painting’s surface, working both additively and subtractively Color Intensity and motion are current pursuits #workinprogress #paintingdetail

Iron oxide Rusted landscape #ironoxide #rustedlandscape

Chalk drawing#chalk #drawing

Fire and erosion in the desert Charcoal Earth pigments

Thinking about erosion #earthpigments #erosion #desert #paintonpaper

Twisted woody shrub, a calligraphic tour-de-force shaped by its life in the desert #gloriettacanyon

Desert rocks and wildflowers in Coyote Canyon, Borrego Springs Intense color

Watching the clouds move swiftly over the mountains from Yaqui Pass #clouds #yaquipass #pointofinspiration

Dramatic skies from Yaqui Pass Point of inspiration

Hiking in Glorietta Canyon Desert wind and intense colors Drifts of wildflowers after last night’s rain My kind of place Elements for future paintings abound

Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park Color study Desert color

Stones in the Joshua Tree National Park #stones #rocks #joshuatreenationalpark #color#structure

Frosty tree, indigo sky, early morning California roadtrip #frostytree #indigosky #indigo #earlymorning #roadtrip #california #hipstamatic #salvador

Color test Ochre and amber Painting within a painting Gouache and watercolor Layers #paintingwithinapainting #gouacheandwatercolour #intensecolor

Color test, gouache Afterglow Intense color Painting within a painting #paintingwithinapainting #colorvibrations #intensecolor #gouacheandwatercolor

Ethereal transformation #spirit #ethereal #transformation

Rolling calligraphic forms in wintry light Light and shadow #circularforms #calligraphic #gesture #abstraction #lightandshadow #wintrylight #motion

Intersecting forms#wireforms #intersecting #intersectingforms #abstraction

Playing with intersecting forms #wireforms #intersectinggorms #abstraction #seeingthrough

Color and texture Detail from a recent painting #intensecolor #autumnmood #texture #layers #gouache #watercolor

#burned #forestinrecovery #gatheringcharcoal #drawing #foragingartmaterials

#insectarchitecture #waspnestinterior #blowdown #exposedinterior #forestwander #siuslawnationalforest #treasure

#siuslawnationalforest #walkinthewoods #forestlight

#collageelements #preparingelementswithgudyo #teachingcollageworkshop @sitkacenter

#teachingacollageclass @sitkacenter #collageelements #backingwithgudyo

#sitkacanoe #rivergraffitti #boatscraffritto #boatbottom

If you are a student or an artist-teacher, Sitka is one of the finest places ever Inspirational setting and values #gettingready #teachingcollageatsitka #sitkacenterforartandecology #collageclass @sitkacenter #bestplace

Margot Voorhies Thompson

Wavelength

Painting detail Work in progress Layer upon layer Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractureddesert #intensecolor #workinprogress #layers

Detail from this painting in progress Building layers Abstraction Fractured desert landscape #abstraction #fractured #desertlandscape #intensecolor

A small detail of a larger painting I enjoy building up layers in a painting’s surface, working both additively and subtractively Color Intensity and motion are current pursuits #workinprogress #paintingdetail

Iron oxide Rusted landscape #ironoxide #rustedlandscape

Chalk drawing#chalk #drawing

Fire and erosion in the desert Charcoal Earth pigments

Thinking about erosion #earthpigments #erosion #desert #paintonpaper

Twisted woody shrub, a calligraphic tour-de-force shaped by its life in the desert #gloriettacanyon

Desert rocks and wildflowers in Coyote Canyon, Borrego Springs Intense color

Watching the clouds move swiftly over the mountains from Yaqui Pass #clouds #yaquipass #pointofinspiration

Dramatic skies from Yaqui Pass Point of inspiration

Hiking in Glorietta Canyon Desert wind and intense colors Drifts of wildflowers after last night’s rain My kind of place Elements for future paintings abound

Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park Color study Desert color

Stones in the Joshua Tree National Park #stones #rocks #joshuatreenationalpark #color#structure

Frosty tree, indigo sky, early morning California roadtrip #frostytree #indigosky #indigo #earlymorning #roadtrip #california #hipstamatic #salvador

Color test Ochre and amber Painting within a painting Gouache and watercolor Layers #paintingwithinapainting #gouacheandwatercolour #intensecolor

Color test, gouache Afterglow Intense color Painting within a painting #paintingwithinapainting #colorvibrations #intensecolor #gouacheandwatercolor

Ethereal transformation #spirit #ethereal #transformation

Rolling calligraphic forms in wintry light Light and shadow #circularforms #calligraphic #gesture #abstraction #lightandshadow #wintrylight #motion

Intersecting forms#wireforms #intersecting #intersectingforms #abstraction

Playing with intersecting forms #wireforms #intersectinggorms #abstraction #seeingthrough

Color and texture Detail from a recent painting #intensecolor #autumnmood #texture #layers #gouache #watercolor

#burned #forestinrecovery #gatheringcharcoal #drawing #foragingartmaterials

#insectarchitecture #waspnestinterior #blowdown #exposedinterior #forestwander #siuslawnationalforest #treasure

#siuslawnationalforest #walkinthewoods #forestlight

#collageelements #preparingelementswithgudyo #teachingcollageworkshop @sitkacenter

#teachingacollageclass @sitkacenter #collageelements #backingwithgudyo

#sitkacanoe #rivergraffitti #boatscraffritto #boatbottom

If you are a student or an artist-teacher, Sitka is one of the finest places ever Inspirational setting and values #gettingready #teachingcollageatsitka #sitkacenterforartandecology #collageclass @sitkacenter #bestplace

Wavelength

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Works in Progress

Opening the Mouth of the Dead

Playa Sketchbook

Paintng within a Painting

Playa, Another Detail

Playa, Painting Detail

Oregon Coast

Mictotextures

Thinking of Playa

Underpainting Drip

A Pencil Drawing

Drawing Turned Into a Pattern

Texture

Mountain

Oregon Outback

Desert Poem, Windstorm Over the Playa

Desert Poem

Desert Conversation

Spider Calligraphy

Intense Color

Between Night and Day

Forest architecture

Forest Cathedral