Self taught.
Passionate.
Multi-talented.
Crazy Cat Lady.
Award winning artist and photographer.
Old Crone.
Writer and Poet.
I have successfully exhibited for more than 30 years and my mandala and fine art work is in private and public collections around the world. I started as an illustrator but when I discovered the art of the mandala I knew I'd found my passion and my purpose. The art of the mandala and of sacred geometry, of colour and symbol, all conspire to reflect the ancient spiritual practise of working within to heal. It has been my privilege and pleasure to have been able to work with many people and groups over the years to facilitate this healing process, but after the catastrophic fire which destroyed my house in 2015, I found myself unable to create - it was all I could do to simply survive the aftermath of one of the most terrible tragedies of my adult life.
Time has moved on and with the arrival of the Covid pandemic on its worldwide tour, I discovered an old love - colouring in! The influx of adult colouring books to the market opened up a whole new way to express and create - and heal. I have finally succumbed to 10 years of loving nagging from friends and fans and have spent a lot of lockdown translating my mandalas from my limited edition Mandala Meditations Guidance Cards and from my wider body of work into lineart for you to colour. There are now three books available on the Amazon marketplace in glossy covered large paperback format. I may do more at some stage.
On August 3, 2021, I was diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer. I survived eighteen months of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and major surgery and am in remission.
In February, 2023, I was going through a box of papers that had survived the fire and discovered a trove of old manuscripts and decided that I would finish things I had started in another life time and return to my first love - writing. I have now completed three novels, which are with beta readers at the time I write this, the third being a science fantasy begun when I was 15, 47 years ago! My how the science has changed! Not so much the fantasy hahaha. Just a little darker with age. With thanks to AI technology, I have been storyboarding with concept art to assist my chemo damaged brain to visualise the developing story and may include some of the illustrations I have edited. I don't know yet, I'm not finished. One thing I'm certain, I will not go to my grave regretting I did not finish these books. They will become available on Amazon as well, when they're ready for publishing. They'll be published under my pen name - Maggie Summers.
Every day now is a gift, I am living on borrowed time.
Thanks to everyone who has supported me and my work over the years.
You are all such a blessing.
Love & Light
Marg
You can contact me by messaging me on my Facebook site:
https://www.facebook.com/margthomsonfullcirclemandalas
Time has moved on and with the arrival of the Covid pandemic on its worldwide tour, I discovered an old love - colouring in! The influx of adult colouring books to the market opened up a whole new way to express and create - and heal. I have finally succumbed to 10 years of loving nagging from friends and fans and have spent a lot of lockdown translating my mandalas from my limited edition Mandala Meditations Guidance Cards and from my wider body of work into lineart for you to colour. There are now three books available on the Amazon marketplace in glossy covered large paperback format. I may do more at some stage.
On August 3, 2021, I was diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer. I survived eighteen months of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and major surgery and am in remission.
In February, 2023, I was going through a box of papers that had survived the fire and discovered a trove of old manuscripts and decided that I would finish things I had started in another life time and return to my first love - writing. I have now completed three novels, which are with beta readers at the time I write this, the third being a science fantasy begun when I was 15, 47 years ago! My how the science has changed! Not so much the fantasy hahaha. Just a little darker with age. With thanks to AI technology, I have been storyboarding with concept art to assist my chemo damaged brain to visualise the developing story and may include some of the illustrations I have edited. I don't know yet, I'm not finished. One thing I'm certain, I will not go to my grave regretting I did not finish these books. They will become available on Amazon as well, when they're ready for publishing. They'll be published under my pen name - Maggie Summers.
Every day now is a gift, I am living on borrowed time.
Thanks to everyone who has supported me and my work over the years.
You are all such a blessing.
Love & Light
Marg
You can contact me by messaging me on my Facebook site:
https://www.facebook.com/margthomsonfullcirclemandalas
In the spirit of reconciliation I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. I pay my respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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The legal and moral rights of the artist have been asserted.
All rights reserved. No part of these artworks, photography or writing may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the artist, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the artist.
I own full and exclusive copyrights on all my photographs, images, poems and writing on this website and they are protected under International Copyright laws. My images and writing do not belong to the public domain and may not be posted in another web page on the internet or intranet, may not be published in a journal on this site or any other website such as Facebook , Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest or any other platform, may not be published in any book, magazine, newsletter or newspaper, may not be duplicated, used in a derivative work of art, used as illustration for musical, dramatic, and/or literary works, or used for commercial use of any kind whatsoever without my prior express written permission, including but not limited to resale of my images without a license for use.