Margaret Fronimos
Rochester, NY
Margaret uses abstraction and color to channel emotions, experiences, and her studies in myth and archetype.
MessageMargaret is a multidisciplinary artist based in Rochester, NY, whose work spans painting, photography, poetry, and mixed media. Drawing on acrylic, watercolor, ink, and charcoal, she creates layered abstractions that serve as vessels for emotion, memory, and myth. Her process is meditative and alchemical, an intuitive synthesis of color, gesture, and inner vision.
Margaret’s creative journey began in childhood and deepened through her early work in theatrical makeup design, where she first explored the power of transformation. She went on to study fashion, philosophy, visual art, and design at Grand Rapids Community College, cultivating a cross-disciplinary lens rooted in curiosity about the human psyche and the archetypal stories we carry.
In 2017, a ten-week residency at La Muse in southern France catalyzed a profound return to her studio practice. Since then, her work has continued to evolve as a form of emotional alchemy and spiritual inquiry. She believes beauty has the power to arrest time, inviting reflection and renewal.
Through painting, photography, and consulting, Margaret invites viewers and clients into an intimate dialogue—one that bridges emotion, story, and the universal search for meaning. Her work is an offering: a mirror, a portal, and a quiet call to come home to oneself.
Statement
Each of my paintings is a ritual of meditation and devotion, an alchemical process through which emotion, inner vision, and mythic memory are transformed into layered, abstract works of art. Using saturated hues and gestural marks, I traverse the depths of my psyche and explore the archetypal themes that connect us all. Though rooted in personal experience, my work invites others to reflect inward.
These paintings unfold slowly, often over the course of months or years. What begins as an intuitive exploration deepens through repeated layering of color, form, and texture. This evolving process mirrors the shifting rhythms of my emotional landscape and draws from my ongoing studies in astrology, myth, and symbolic language. In this way, each piece becomes a synthesis of feeling and thought, a visual excavation that reveals its truths over time.
As a multidisciplinary artist, I move between painting, photography, and poetry to explore themes of healing and transformation. My creative process is tied to emotion and spirit, both of which I perceive through a lens of color. This inner synesthetic vision allows me to translate grief, longing, and memory into a visual language of beauty and depth. These practices cross-pollinate, forming a holistic approach to artmaking rooted in reverence and renewal.
Art is not simply something to make, but an offering. Each painting is a portal, a place where my inner world meets the viewer's soul. What begins as a solitary act of creation becomes communal through reflection and dialogue. In this exchange, the personal becomes collective, and the invisible finds form.