Portrait drawing from life in conte pencil
Ralph


Ralph on Pink 1
Unison pastels on paper

by Sally Hyman

Portrait of Becky

Oil on canvas

Commissioned double portrait

Oil on canvas

Sam aged 19

Oil on canvas

Portrait of young boy


Oil on canvas

completed commission in private collection London

a striking profile
Detail from commission - Nick at chalet

Detail


Piano Man
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman


Mai
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman

completed commission in private collection


Orly and Shira the Bird
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman

Ralph
Portrait work in progress.

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

Model and Arsenal fan
The annunciation

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.

Sculpture portraiture

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.

Lute player life drawing in pastels
Life painting


Study in Yellow and Blue
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman

Valentina

Pastel drawing

Lily
Expressionist Lidia

Becky - another interpretation see above
Quick sketches from life in my studio


Brendon 1
Oil on canvas

by Sally Hyman

Stephanie in Diana’s old studio
Regal Stephanie


by Sally Hyman

Stephanie another style
Expressionist Stephanie
Introspective Stephanie

Anxious Stephanie portrait


Stephanie 1
Unison pastels on paper

by Sally Hyman


The White Dress
Acrylics on canvas

By Sally Hyman

Invented man with texture

Becky and Sam - and wisteria.

texture

Painting Big Sue, one of Freud’s favourite models

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

Paul reading
Clive in orange shirt


Unison pastels on paper

by Sally Hyman

Another drawing of Clive
And another one


Clive in Orange Shirt
Unison pastels on paper

by Sally Hyman

Painting of Phil a life model
My terracotta sculptures .

In the garden since 2009

Phil the life model

I have sculpted him too

Portrait of artist and printmaker Henry Hagger

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

Ralph
Frank

Drawings
Adrian life model ; two poses

Pastel

Commission - portrait of a cat and books

Sold ;oil on canvas.

Crumble on Rothko background

A silly dog we love

In the studio
First self portrait - in my mid twenties

How it all started ..

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