Ralph on Pink 1
Unison pastels on paper

by Sally Hyman

Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

completed commission in private collection London

Detail

Piano Man
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman

Mai
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman

Orly and Shira the Bird
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman

In the studio currently a double portrait I’m working on of screen writer Janet Dulin Jones and her dog Pendleton .

Oil on canvas

a commission - also used as image on cover of novella Kaleidescope by Vivienne Woolf, a book about an estranged mother and daughter and their renewed relationship - an awkward and tentative encounter is conveyed in this picture of their meeting in a Bloomsbury cafe.

Painting in oils is my main practice ( and life drawing in pastels on paper) but I did study sculpture about 15 years ago - a weekly class with Patricia Barker ( a great teacher and sculptor) It involved sculpting in clay from a life model who rotated on a revolving platform so we stood still around the model in a circle with our clay on plinths and eventually got to see him or her from all angles, an endless surprise as the new view appeared. I recall the novelty of working from 3 D to 3D rather than 3D to 2D was exciting. It definitely informed my work in 2D on canvas and paper too. I still have these two clay figures . They have lasted well in the garden and built up a nice patina. I like the tension between them. And of course one can rearrange them to play with that. The male model, Phil, is someone I have painted and drawn a few times over the years. A lovely man who has a melancholy air when sitting for artists.

Study in Yellow and Blue
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman

Pastel drawing

Brendon 1
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman

by Sally Hyman

Stephanie 1
Unison pastels on paper

by Sally Hyman

The White Dress
Acrylics on canvas

By Sally Hyman

texture

It was only one session and remains unfinished. She was painted by Freud as the Benefits Supervisor

Unison pastels on paper

by Sally Hyman

Clive in Orange Shirt
Unison pastels on paper

by Sally Hyman

In the garden since 2009

I have sculpted him too

I did this one morning about 20 years ago when he sat for his own class as the model hadn’t shown up

Melancholy
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman

Pastel

Sold ;oil on canvas.

A silly dog we love

How it all started ..