Collage, Painting and Assemblage
Saira’s first visual art exhibit opened during July 2022 at King Street Station in Seattle. It featured over 30 collage pieces, an installation, an interactive poem and a video loop featuring five Black artists who Saira has collaborated with and admired.
More information on Pantheon Anew,
the Seattle Art Beat Blog
In two and three dimensions, Saira mixes mediums like watercolor, acrylic, dried plants and yarn/fiber. Saira dreams of future installations that include living plants.
Three collages in gallery at King Street Station. Two circular canvas boards, 12" in diameter hang to either side of a 48x60" collage portrait. A pile of rose petals gathers below the large scale collage.
Forebearer of Knowledge, 2022. 12inch diameter. materials: paper, foil, watercolor.
detail of Growing Green Man Installation. materials: fabric, plaster cast, wire, dried moss, dried wood, acrylic, yarn
Skull Guard and eyes, 2021 - 12" diameter canvas and 4x13" curve. materials: acrylic, watercolor, paper, canvas board, foil, pen
Skull Guard 2: goat, outdoors. 2021. 12 inch diameter. materials: acrylic, watercolor, canvas board, foil, pen
Bodybuild Scroll, 2021. A central painting detail from a 43x12" collage. materials: paper, acrylic, pen
Deer Clown Scroll, 2021. A central painting detail from a 50x12" collage. materials: paper, acrylic, pen