“Still Structures”

paintings by Lee Fether

15-31 August, 2025

Open Thursday-Sunday (11am-6pm), or by appointment.

Private view: Friday 15th August, 6-8pm - RSVP if you would like to join us.

Ticketed workshop: ‘Outdoor Drawing’ - Saturday 23 August, 2-4pm. Book here.

Gallery White Box, 5 Hare and Billet Rd, Blackheath, London, SE3 0RB.

“These paintings stem from a fascination with human-made structures. From purely functional buildings to considered architecture, whether old or new, demolished or imagined, these structures are my starting point.

“I’m drawn to the patterns and tensions in the inanimate forms, and look to organise the chaos.” - Lee Fether.

Lee Fether uses found images and photographs she has taken of iconic, now-demolished buildings (Thamesmead, Ferrier Estate) and places she has visited (Hepworth Museum).

Trained in Industrial Design at London’s Central School of Art and Design and inspired by Le Corbusier and Charles Sheeler, Fether remains fascinated by the considered geometry and shadow life of brutalist buildings and purely functional structures.

She identifies the beauty and harmony that is often overlooked in such architectures, reflecting the rawness of concrete and other building materials in her use of raw linen and stained or bared canvas.

Artist biography

Lee Fether is an artist based in Kidbrooke. Working across a diverse portfolio, her new exhibition at Gallery White Box reflects her background in design and her interest in the constructed environment.

In addition to this, Fether is an experienced portrait artist; her portrait of author Michael Rosen is part of the National Portrait Gallery’s Permanent Collection. Fether also teaches portrait painting and will be leading a course at The Conservatoire in Blackheath this September.

Instagram: @leefether