Large Still-Life with Pumello - Painting by Sarah Myers

Still-life with Pumello, Sarah Myers

In this very large still-life are two warm red, earthenware vessels, hand-built by my sister, Amy Myers; around and inside the clay pots are fruit, dark grapes and an enormous, yellow-green pumello. The colour of the pumello is, as depicted in the picture, a bracing chartreuse; it is a plump fruit, ancestor of the grapefruit, with thicker rind and blander taste. It is slightly flattened, and for the painting's composition I actually propped it upright on the single grape you see under it to the right. The rest of the grape cluster, climbing from the earthenware bowl, fills the space left between bowl and the tall red pot. The artwork is acrylic on canvas.

Still-Life with Pumello, Sarah Myers
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Still-Life with Pumello, Sarah Myers
Detail of grapes

Woman with a Bowl - Sculpture by Sarah Myers

Woman with a Bowl, Sarah Myers

My newest sculpture strides gracefully forward, bearing a bowl I have clustered with flowers. Her long robes flow back and around her heels as she moves; her left hand is raised to balance the bowl atop her head – just now filled with a gift of blooms in orange and gold – and her right hand, swung down by her side, grasps a bottle or large flask.

Woman with a Bowl, Sarah Myers
Sculpture in red earthenware

She is created from red earthenware which gives a lively tint to her form; the bouquet is a bunch of bronze chrysanthemums, a yellow rose, and leaves of desert plants and citrus.

Woman with a Bowl, Sarah Myers
Detail of face

Relying on the value of spontaneity and immediate vision, I completed her in two day's worth of work; all the modeling was done with a light hand with an eye to preserving an image of beauty, refreshment and vitality.

Sculpture, Sarah Myers

Woman with a Bowl, Sarah Myers
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Sculpture and bouquet by sunset light
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Sculpture in earthenware
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Woman with a Bowl
Sculpture, Arrangement and Photography by Sarah Myers

Bright Flowers Light a Dim Day - Photography by Sarah Myers

Bright Bouquet, Sarah Myers
Photography

     On an overcast day, these bright colours came inside - simply a yellow rose, a dark red rose, cherry-coloured geraniums, some orange lantana. In a graceful vessel by my sister Amy Myers, they bring a vivid fistful of beauty to the room, like the music of trumpets and violins on an empty, still noon.

Flowers on a Dim Day, Sarah Myers
Photography

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
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