Flowers for a Sculpture - Sarah Myers

Sculpture with flowers, Sarah Myers
Terracotta "Woman with a Bowl", roses, lavender, bougainvillea

       Rich apricot blooms, exquisite purple-pink roses much tinier, and sprigs of lavender – all flowers from my sister's desert garden – mingle with bougainvillea and dark orange-tree leaves from our orchard. The fragrant bouquet fills the bowl of my terracotta sculpture; with assured dignity she carries the autumn wealth of the garden poised lightly on her head. The light makes stars and streams in long beams through the dark, intricate lattice-work of a handmade screen from India, while under the sculpture's feet, where her long skirts sweep the ground, are the delightfully bright tiles, orange, green, blue, of a small table from Mexico. In these images you are seeing a corner of our home in the desert.

  

Terracotta sculpture with bowl full of roses and lavender

Flower arrangement, sculpture.  Sarah Myers

Sculpture in my home, Sarah Myers
Terracotta figure, arrangement of roses and lavender, Indian screen and tiled Mexican table.

Woman with a Diadem - Drawing by Sarah Myers

Woman with a Diadem, Sarah Myers
Minimal line drawing in charcoal.

    One of my favourite drawings from the last year is this imaginary portrait, a woman in a Greek style of diadem. Minimal lines match the classical curves of her hair and headdress and the graceful tilt of her head, which is caught almost, but not quite, in profile. The sketch is rendered in strong black charcoal, like the others of my pictures in this long series. More of this collection is arranged on my site SarahMyersArt.com.

Woman with a Diadem, detail.  Sarah Myers

Lady with a Schnauzer - Drawing by Sarah Myers

Lady with a Schnauzer, Sarah Myers
Minimal line drawing in charcoal.

     A lady holding her small dog sits in front of us. The pet's small paws are draped gently over the woman's protective arm; fluff of brows and whiskers on the dog prevent us from seeing its eyes. But we can tell from the line of its body that it is pleased and relaxed, in contrast to the somewhat more watchful expression of its owner as she glances intently out of the picture to our left.

   This minimalist drawing in charcoal is part of a large series I have made; many of them, including the sketch here, you can see on my website, SarahMyersArt.com, under “Drawings”. 

  

Lady with a Schnauzer, detail.  Sarah Myers

Duck Flapping - Drawing by Sarah Myers

Duck Flapping, Sarah Myers
Drawing in minimal line, charcoal on paper 

 The duck eagerly flaps her bright white wings as she rises on tip-toe. Simple lines describe this friendly bird who has come to shore to see us; the black charcoal defines beak, eye, neck, and especially the feathers that curl as she briefly, gently, lifts herself on the impulse of her smooth wings.

Duck Flapping, detail.  Sarah Myers