MARGARET MOUSSEAU

First published: March 2026

Vermont artist Margaret Mousseau lets the stories of her past flow out of her through unearthly, twisted, vine-like strokes of colour

Winding lines in vivid coloured pencil connect figures, forms and curious creatures in the drawings of US artist Margaret Mousseau. Each work is layered with pattern and detail that draw a viewer in to notice things entwined in the scene, like the tendril of some otherworldly flora or the multicoloured body of a bird. Her spontaneous style gives the feeling that these drawings are still transforming as she responds to both joyful and haunting experiences of the past and present. “My way to deal is to try and draw a feeling,” explains Mousseau. “It flows from me to the paper, and maybe that’s the end, or maybe I continue and draw more, draw what the image is telling me. I often have an idea from personal experiences, the news or other situations.”