STRUCTURE (manganese blue), 2006-07

Referring to the combination of two dissimilar elements in the work: nature and architecture, Livingston writes about her oil on canvas works from 2006-2007:

"Perhaps a sense of longing for some exotic and wild ‘Nature’ compels me to hang branches and twigs in my studio. But once the branches are in the studio, the grid of architecture asserts its presence. To articulate the interaction between the grid and the natural forms, I’ve built three-dimensional perspective grids out of string and wood around the branches.

These hybrid structures--with both natural and built forms--become the model for my paintings.”
- Margie Livingston