Still-life with Pineapple - Painting by Sarah Myers

Still-life with Pineapple, Sarah Myers

In this large still-life are combined a handsome pineapple, an exuberant vase of red clay, a pair of early oranges from our own orange tree, and two solemn red pears. Shape echoes shape and colours mirror colours in smaller and larger forms. The spheres of the oranges imitate the rotund base of the pottery; the outline of the more prominent pear reflects the upright body of the pineapple, though its colour – apart from the brown tones that describe its softer, natural substance - is very similar to the earthenware pot.

This painting is in acrylics. The vase is a rendering of a hand-built ceramic by my sister Amy Myers.

Still-life with Pineapple, Sarah Myers.  Detail.

Still-life with Pineapple, detail.

Still-life with Pineapple, Sarah Myers
Detail

Looking Upward - Sculpture by Sarah Myers

Head Looking Upward, Sarah Myers
Sculpture in terracotta

She stares upward, head tilted back to look intently. What is she watching for? Who? What is she hoping as she gazes?

Made from a strong red terracotta, this sculpture was completed rapidly and carries the spontaneity of its quick creation. Nevertheless the image had been in my mind for months if not years, and the simple and even somewhat rough form is the outcome of a thought being suddenly imposed on malleable clay. The kiln-firing that turned it into hard earthenware made the thought a permanent image.

Head Looking Upward, Sarah Myers

Head, Sarah Myers
Terracotta

Head in terracotta.  Sarah Myers

Head Looking Upward, Sarah Myers

Lady with a Ruff - Art by Sarah Myers

Lady with a Ruff, Sarah Myers
Drawing in charcoal and conte on grey paper

She gazes down quietly at the gauzy frill running across her shoulder. The ornate ruff is only faintly outlined, but the turn of her neck and her gently lowered eyelids show her concentration on the elaborate fashion we can barely see. Our attention is not there, but on her, on the shadow that covers much of her face and the light that touches it abruptly, directly - a bright glow.

Lady with a Ruff, detail.  Sarah Myers

Abundance - Sculpture by Sarah Myers

Abundance, Sarah Myers
Sculpture in terracotta

    Leaning lightly forward, she wraps her arms around her cornucopia brimful with fruits of harvest. A late summer wind stirs in her hair and in the bowing grain.
    This sculpture was created very quickly and spontaneously from my favourite earthenware clay, a terracotta whose formula was originated by my sister and which I make from the dry minerals. The warmth of the clay's tone matches the tumbling fruits and gentle, reaching arms of the figure.

Abundance, Sarah Myers
Sculpture from slightly above

Abundance, Sarah Myers

Abundance, Detail
Sarah Myers

Abundance, sculpture in terracotta.
Side

Abundance, detail.
Sarah Myers

Abundance, Sarah Myers
Sculpture

Horse on Silver - Painting by Sarah Myers

Horse on Silver, Sarah Myers

A horse - alert glance and backward tilted ears showing its liveliness - arches its neck, looming against a background of reflective silver. This is a large canvas and makes a very strong impact on the wall. It was painted in acrylic and metallic acrylic.

Horse on Silver, Sarah Myers
Detail

A Sculpture - with some flowers - Art by Sarah Myers

Lady holding a Bowl, Sarah Myers
Terracotta

Lady holding a Bowl, back

      A lady in red terracotta offers a bowl-full of early autumn blooms. She came successfully through the kiln; her ringlets, the gathered folds of her dress, and the shell-like bowl she holds were all perfect after the fire. She was simply waiting for someone to fill her dish or bowl with a few treasures – and so my first marigolds, a few zinnias, and a delicious rose from my sister's garden were tumbled into her outstretched hands.

Lady holding a Bowl, Sarah Myers 

Rabbit - Art by Sarah Myers

Rabbit, Sarah Myers
Charcoal and Conte

Some mornings back this small rabbit appeared near my window, eagerly nibbling stems of tumbleweed. From a snapshot I took, this charcoal drawing was drafted later in the evening – a picture larger than the young animal it was created from. Natural black charcoal, white conte on grayscale paper, it was a gift for my Mother's birthday.

Rabbit, Detail.  Sarah Myers