05/21/2026
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Rooted in Margot Voorhies Thompsonโs decades-long engagement with Oregonโs remote Northern Great BasinโFort Rock, Summer Lake, Abert Rim, Hart Mountain, and the Warner Valleyโthe works in ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ draw their palette directly from the desertโs lichen colonies, yielding colors of vermillion-orange, cochineal red, cadmium yellow, and brilliant green, alongside pigments the artist has collected on-site in the form of ditch dirt, minerals, and sand. The paintings explore themes of cosmology, survival, and cultural memory, informed by petroglyphs dating back 10,000 to 18,000 years that speak to the ingenuity of the regionโs Paleolithic nomadic cultures. Accompanying the exhibition, two short documentary film clipsโ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ and ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณโwill stream on the gallery monitor, offering an intimate look at Thompson making art on location under the intense desert sun.โ
Margot Voorhies Thompsonโs ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ is on view through May 30, 2026. โ
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Image: Margot Voorhies Thompson, ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, 2026, gouache and charcoal on watercolor paper, 25 x 19 inches framed.โ
Installation view: ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ by Margot Voorhies Thompson, 2026.โ
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