Woman with Jasmine Flowers - Art by Sarah Myers

Woman with Jasmine Flowers, Sarah Myers
Charcoal, conte, paper-cut and collage

    She looks out from the storm of perfumed jasmine flowers, blooms that blow down and across her and are caught in her stillness. Her face with its intense but motionless glance is reminiscent of ancient portraits from late Rome or from Fayum, but she and the fragile blossoms are clearly from own our time.

      Cut-out, collage, 'decoupe', 'mixed media' are all names for the techniques used; a charcoal and conte portrait was sketched and then cut from brown paper and applied to a sheet of soft grey; white bristol makes her large, handsome collar and the jasmine flowers hovering around her are simple stars of white paper, fastened down lightly.

Woman with Jasmine Flowers, detail.  Sarah Myers
Mixed media.

Autumn - Art by Sarah Myers

Autumn, Sarah Myers
Cut paper and line-drawing in charcoal.

      Autumn with her tall basket of fruit, a wreath of windblown leaves crowning her dark hair, gazes forward; her dignified profile forms a contrast to the firm lattice and heaped fruit of the bounty she holds. This artwork was created from three kinds of paper; charcoal line-drawing stating most of the shapes, which were then hand-cut and assembled in collage.

Autumn, Sarah Myers.  Detail.

Autumn, Sarah Myers.  Close-up of wreath.

Autumn, Sarah Myers.  Detail of basket with fruits.

Summer - Art in cut paper and charcoal by Sarah Myers

Summer, Sarah Myers
Charcoal, cut paper

Pomegranates, palm-fronds, jasmine stars, grapes and various flowers wreathe around the head of a personification of Summer. A charcoal drawing with cut paper ornamentation of brown, black and white.

Summer, detail
Sarah Myers

Face - Drawing by Sarah Myers

Face in Near-profile, Sarah Myers
Charcoal, conte, pencil, cut paper

    This is a drawing in charcoal, conte, and pencil; after the sketch was finished on light brown paper, the face was cut from the original sheet and backed with white bristol, projecting a sculptural effect.

Face, detail
Sarah Myers

Star Medallion

           Levantine Star  
   S. Myers   Medallion, cut paper

    This decorative medallion was inspired by intricate stone-carving on a pillar in Israel.

Carnation Medallion, Cut Paper

Vase of Carnations, S. Myers    Cut Paper Medallion

   The inspiration for this piece was a distantly glimpsed faience tile.  The medallion gained a life of its own with broad vases and exuberant blooms - it is an exceedingly fragile framework of paper!

Homage to Matisse, Paper Medallions

Matisse Foliage Medallion, S. Myers

   These are medallions in cut paper inspired by Henri Matisse's paintings and own cut-paper works.

Matisse Still Life Medallion, S. Myers

Matisse Lattice Medallion, S. Myers

Paper Maiolica

Maiolica Medallion

   These are cut paper medallions inspired by the patterns on antique Mexican maiolica.

Maiolica Birds

Maiolica Garland