Margie Livingston | Earlier Paintings



UNTITLED (thin over thick), 2000
Oil on canvas, 96 x 72 inches
$7,000. unframed




UNTITLED (skeleton), 2000

Oil on canvas, 96 x 72 inches
$7,000. unframed



UNTITLED (yellow loop), 1999-2001

Oil on canvas, 96 x 72 inches
$7,000. unframed

Margie Livingston paints. Nothing, it seems, could be more anathema to the fast-paced and ever-changing mandates of the contemporary art world.

Conceptually, Livingston works within a fully realized framework based on the observation of nature, specifically the structure of plants and branches. Stylistically, her handling of the medium is informed and confident, her palette muted, and her imagery is distilled to essences. Her grasp of the ramifications of each gesture and nuance of articulation is one of her most mature qualities and a keynote of her poetic style.

That she is dealing with issues of mortality and environmental preservation only lends complicated poignancy to her work.