Rook Totem, Margaretann Bennett, Greengallery

More than one year on from being invited to create a body of work for my solo exhibition, my vision has finally taken shape for the Greengallery show.

After a long, exhilarating creative journey, I’ve finally realised a carefully assembled collection of bold, resonant paintings and monotypes that represent where I’m at right now as an artist and some that hint at my future creative direction.

Work centres round themes which I’m passionate about: beautiful decay and remembrance, Victorian mourning, memento mori and the holding on to love despite inevitable loss through the inexorable passing of time.

From smaller investigative works exploring the poignant motifs of tombstones and family crypts, sometimes with faded, stained portraits, to reimagined landscapes in large abstract form exploring the rich textures and surfaces of this subject matter.

Pitted textures of rust, moss and verdigris, all rained upon and worn by the passing seasons dance in a battle for supremacy through carefully textured paint, layered across canvases of remembrance, capturing the bittersweet weathering of nature and time

Current works for sale

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'The Wild Widow'
    9.75 × 13.75 in
    £595.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Weathered Words'
    12 × 16 in
    £950.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Wraith Stone'
    8 × 10 in
    £595.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Verdant Stone'
    11 × 13.5 in
    £750.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Velora'
    18 × 24.25 in
    £750.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Turquoise Monument'
    7 × 11 in
    £495.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Trio with Verdigris'
    8 × 10 in
    £850.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Transience'
    32 × 44 in
    £4,500.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Three Mossy Cabachons'
    8 × 10 in
    £495.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'The Mourner'
    9.5 × 12.25 in
    £1,250.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'The Mirror Stone'
    9 × 12 in
    £450.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'The Forgotten Muse'
    9 × 12 in
    £450.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'The Fog Stone'
    8 × 10 in
    £495.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'The Darkest Heart'
    8 × 10 in
    £950.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Summoner'
    12 × 17.75 in
    £495.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Stone Wings'
    36 × 40 in
    £4,500.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Somnolence'
    9.75 × 13.75 in
    £650.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Solstice'
    36 × 44 in
    £4,500.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Sleeping Rook'
    9.75 × 13.75 in
    £650.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Skinny Red Stone'
    5.5 × 11 in
    £295.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Rustler'
    11 × 9 in
    £395.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Rusted Corner'
    16 × 20 in
    £1,500.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Rust and Ashes'
    46 × 54 in
    £5,750.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Rook Totem'
    9.75 × 13.75 in
    £650.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Pilgrimage'
    34 × 30 in
    £3,950.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Passage'
    12 × 16 in
    £850.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Pale Crypt'
    7 × 11 in
    £595.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Origins'
    8 × 10 in
    £650.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Opulent Threesome'
    12 × 12 in
    £1,250.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Neon Corner'
    10 × 10 in
    £550.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Moss Study'
    8 × 10 in
    £295.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Moss Conspiracy'
    8 × 10 in
    £750.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Moss and Mist'
    8 × 10 in
    £495.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Momento Mori'
    9 × 11 in
    £395.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Miss Monument'
    9.5 × 11.5 in
    £1,250.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Midnight Moss'
    8 × 10 in
    £750.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Midnight Crypts'
    7.5 × 8.5 in
    £650.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Invocation'
    17 × 21 in
    £1,500.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Harbinger'
    18 × 24 in
    £750.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Frontier'
    24 × 24 in
    £2,750.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Foxed Mirror Blues'
    10 × 12 in
    £1,250.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Fading'
    8 × 10 in
    £850.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Ethereal Wings'
    10 × 13 in
    £395.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Emily’s Ribbons Were Red'
    8 × 10 in
    £750.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Emily’s Parlour'
    30 × 30 in
    £3,500.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Emily'
    12 × 16 in
    £1,750.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Elements Conjured'
    12 × 12 in
    £850.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Edged Out Rust'
    36 × 44 in
    £4,500.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Diva’s Dark Mirror'
    12 × 16 in
    £1,950.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Crusted Sepulchres'
    16 × 20 in
    £1,750.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Cathedral'
    12 × 16 in
    £850.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Binx'
    24.25 × 18 in
    £695.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Ascension'
    8 × 10 in
    £550.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Apparition'
    8 × 10 in
    £750.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'Alchemy'
    30 × 34 in
    £3,950.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    'A Wild Weathered Love'
    8 × 10 in
    £750.00 Sold

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    '1890'
    10 × 10 in
    £550.00 View

  • Margaretann Bennett RSW
    '78'
    10 × 10 in
    £550.00 View