- Lindsey Anderson
- Oct 16, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 2
Larysa Myers
Eyes on You, 2022
Graphite on Japanese Paper
11.75 in x 8.25 in
Genie, 2022
Graphite on Japanese Paper
11.00 in x 8.50 in
Ghost, 2023
Graphite on Japanese Paper
12.25 in x 9.25 in
Moonbathing, 2022
Graphite on Japanese Paper
11.00 in x 8.50 in
Mother Saint, 2023
Graphite on Japanese Paper
11.75 in x 8.25 in
Red Tide, 2021
Graphite on Japanese Paper
11.75 in x 8.25 in
River, 2021
Graphite on Japanese Paper
11.75 in x 8.25 in
Smoking in the Mangroves, 2023
Graphite on Japanese Paper
12.25 in x 9.25 in
Waiting, 2021
Graphite on Japanese Paper
11.75 in x 8.25 in
"My paintings and drawings explore personal history through the universal and the cyclical, the mythological and the contemporary. It often reflects on ideals of motherhood or femininity and its dualities. The body is reduced to a female archetype as the form is silhouetted and manipulated. Settings are domestic, wild, mundane, and fantastical, each opening into different parts of the psyche and identity. I work from imagination influenced by memory, feelings, symbols and nature. Repetitive patterns and lines in mark making lead me to a slower, more reflective state."
LARYSA MYERS studied drawing and painting at Grand Central Academy and textile design at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, developing a love for classical drawing methods and pattern making. After leaving the city and moving to Beacon, New York, she started a family and began a new body of work focusing on drawing. Recent group exhibitions include “Aura” at Wilder Gallery, London (2024), “Paintings of Common Objects” at Fortnight Institute, New York City (2023), “Charta” on the Fortnight Institute Salon (2022), “I Walk Through Walls” on MePaintsMe.com (2022), “Night Scenes” at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, New York (2021), and “Soft Temple” at Mother Gallery in Beacon, New York (2019). Her work has been featured in Maake Magazine and ArtMaze Mag.