The Fantastical Inner World & Artistic Expressions Of Margot Thomson

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Painted images on canvas settled comfortably like ornaments on the grassy lawn at the Crescent Beach home of artist Margot Thomson who passed away this year from a brief illness. Her author husband, Ben Nuttall-Smith, put her vivid and extraordinary imagination on display, offering dozens of her paintings to the public for donations to Hospice. I wonder if you can guess which painting I took home.



















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  1. stardustJune 10, 2019 at 7:33 AM

    Grassy lawn looks a perfect location to such an impressive display of Margot Thomson’s works. “Vivid and extraordinary imagination”, indeed. I wonder what was in her mind during her painting as some looks scary. I'm not so sure which you took home, but I'd go for #2, 3, or 8.

    Yoko

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  2. Lady FiJune 10, 2019 at 11:44 AM

    Expressive paintings that tell a lot of different stories!

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  3. Carol @Comfort Spring StationJune 10, 2019 at 3:26 PM

    Love the canvases against the green grass and trees.

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  4. DeniseinVAJune 10, 2019 at 3:34 PM

    I always lie to be introduced to artists I haven't heard of before. Thank you Penelope. Each one is very striking.

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  5. Fun60June 10, 2019 at 7:57 PM

    An unusual but effective way to display the work. Not sure which one I would have chosen but it would have to be one that was the least scary!

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  6. AlJune 12, 2019 at 4:39 PM

    Very inventive paintings.

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  7. MarjaJune 13, 2019 at 1:13 AM

    Wow very imaginative and colourful and I love these trees with that person crawling So beautiful

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  8. carol l mckennaJune 13, 2019 at 8:14 AM

    So creative and colorful and what a lovely idea her husband had ~

    Happy Day to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  9. betty-NZJune 15, 2019 at 1:57 AM

    What a fun piece of the world! Thanks for sharing your images of these great artworks!

    My Corner of the World

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  10. Yogi♪♪♪June 15, 2019 at 8:54 PM

    Such a talented artist!!

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  11. colleenJune 16, 2019 at 10:56 AM

    WOW. I like the purple sky where the person is crawling and the woman protecting her wine best.

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  12. David M. Gascoigne,June 18, 2019 at 9:57 AM

    How very generous of her husband to offer these pictures to admirers for a donation to the hospice. i hope that people were equally generous in their response.

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  13. AngieJune 18, 2019 at 10:03 PM

    I agree with the comments above that this was a lovely setting for her paintings, especially since many of them seemed to deal with stark/emotional subjects. A clever idea to support hospice and her art at the same time. You will tell us which one you took home, right?

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    1. Penelope NotesJune 19, 2019 at 7:30 AM

      It's the third from the bottom, a dark large bush with a small tree on its right with clouds overhead ... a little different than the rest and painted during the earlier years of the artist. :)

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