Structure Series 2008 - 2009

Artist Statement

Restless Structures is an exploration of our surroundings, of architectural forms and spaces and the need we have to constantly change our environment.  Sometimes these changes are rapid and conspicuous, other times they happen slowly and unnoticed. What ever the rate, change seems to be constant. My work is a response to the energy and ordered chaos that unfolds during the construction or demolition of a structure. These stages I feel provide an infinite amount of possibilities for exploration.  Using a variety of pencils and graphite a drawing can develop gradually by adding and taking away marks.  Occasionally I work to a plan. My main aim is to show the intensity and give an expressive sense of our manmade surroundings.


Structure Series 1 Graphite on Paper 59cm x 84cm

Structure Series 3 Graphite on Paper 84cm x 59cm

Structure Series 2 Graphite on Paper 84cm x 59cm

Gable Series 19cm x 14cm

Gable Series 19cm x 14cm

Gable Series 19cm x14cm

Untitled Graphite on Paper 30cm x 21cm

Untitled Graphite on Paper 30cm x 21cm

Untitled Graphite on Paper 30cm x 21cm

Structure 8 Graphite on Paper 156cm x 151cm

Untitled Graphite on Paper 156cm x 151cm

Structure 9 Graphite on Paper 156cm x 151cm

Untitled Graphite and Acrylic on Paper 30cm x 21cm

Line Drawing 1 Graphite on Paper 59cm x 49cm

Untitled Graphite on Paper 170cm x 151cm

House Graphite on Paper 156cm x 151cm

Untitled Graphite on Paper 156cm x 151cm

Untitled mixed media on paper 100cm x 151cm

Structure Series 5 Graphite on Paper 110cm x 151cm

Structure Series 4 Graphite on Paper 120cm x 151cm

Structure Series 6 Graphite on Paper 120cm x 151cm

Structure Series 7 Graphite on Paper 145cm x 151cm


© Betty Gannon 2019