PAINTINGSPaintingsARTIST STATEMENT
I like to think of my fruit and veg paintings as portraits rather than still lifes. There’s something very intimate about the process of painting a portrait — a conversation between the artist and the subject — that embeds itself in the final painting. The fruit or vegetable has been positioned just so, showing me their best side in a flattering light. At the peak of ripeness, with all their personal curves and bumps and spots on display, each is an individual while representing their kind. They’re singular. I also think it’s important that a painting really be a painting: I don’t draw first or use anything other than my eyes and a paintbrush. Craftsmanship is increasingly valuable, especially today, when it’s so easy to turn a photograph into a stylized image using filtering tools. Wherever possible, I like to include a photograph of the painting with the subject immediately after I finish, as a testimony to this event. I’ve found, from the fruit portraits I have hanging in my dining room, that each develops as a distinct character over the years, so that they become old friends, me growing older while they remain forever young. I trained the Central St. Martin’s School of Art in London, England, and worked as a graphic designer before moving to Pittsburgh in 1989. Archival quality giclée prints of my paintings can be ordered from my Etsy shop. |
MICKI MYERS ORIGINALS
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MULTIMEDIAAnimationI like to work with fabric, and have made a lot of quilts over the years, selling them though my company, Little Nest. I also make life-sized lambswool-stuffed flannel mice (Hidey Mice), felt weighted placeholders, and beaded felt ornaments, all of which are for sale through my Etsy shop.
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