Three Pictures of Pigeons - Drawings by Sarah Myers

Pigeon Strutting, Sarah Myers
Drawing in minimal charcoal on paper

    Three pigeons busy themselves in these drawings. Strutting, preening, scratching, the friendly birds appear in dark charcoal on the white page, descriptions of their everyday life rendered simple and distinct by the strength of a bright sun...

Pigeon Preening, Sarah Myers
Drawing in minimal charcoal on paper

Pigeon Scratching, Sarah Myers
Drawing in minimal charcoal on paper

Pigeon with a Branch - Drawing by Sarah Myers

Pigeon with a Branch, Sarah Myers
Drawing in Charcoal

     Simple lines describe a pigeon – or dove – with a sprig of olive in its beak. As a drawing she is partly the symbolic dove of peace but also simply a real, purple-grey pigeon, humorously plump and happy, who decided to build her nest on our roof, and who is holding a twig she has found before flying with it to her new house. Minimal line, charcoal.

Pigeon with a Branch, Sarah Myers, detail

Two Drawings of Birds - Art by Sarah Myers

Pigeon on a Roof-top, Sarah Myers

Here are two simple line-drawings of birds: a dignified pigeon perching alertly on the clay tiles of a roof-top, and a duck swimming slowly through bright, clear water which shows his reflection in quivering outline.  The art is in charcoal pencil.

Duck Swimming, Sarah Myers