- LES CHATEAUX
These are faux commissions, in which personae from my Acrobats, Big kiss and Ignudi series reappear as inhabitants of these French chateaux.
Source photos from Les chateaux de l'ile-de-france, Collection Realites, Hachette, 1962
- WOMAN IN PREDICAMENTS II
Predicaments, intrinsically neither good nor bad, present us with moments of potential in which all possibilities co-exist and the outcome is as yet unknown.
An extension of the prior series of allegories of contemporary life, which utilizes images from mythology, 19th c. circus engravings, and the grand tradition of European figure painting with current imagery.
- BACKYARD SERIES
Oil paintings on canvas done in San Diego. For me, the amazing beauty of Southern California suburban scape is the odd, dynamic combination of organic and geometric shapes, of the extreme darks created by the extreme light.
- VANITAS
Oil paintings inspired by the historic 17th century Vanitas motif: a still-life with flowers, bugs, a skull and an hourglass to imply life, death and the passing of time. In these contemporary Vanitas paintings, a digital clock and a cell phone replace the hourglass.
- TULIP MANIA II
A further development of the Tulip Mania series, now more gestural and abstract, in order to convey the mingling of chaos, beauty and darkness. 
- TULIP MANIA I
Oil paintings inspired by 17th century Dutch flower paintings and the tulips and never-blooming roses sold in New York City delis.
- WOMAN IN PREDICAMENTS I
Predicaments, intrinsically neither good nor bad, present us with moments of potential in which all possibilities co-exist and the outcome is as yet unknown.
- DIVINE COMEDY
"Divine Comedy" is an installation painting, first shown at BACA/Downtown in Brooklyn, NY. "Divine Comedy" covered the walls and ceilings of three areas of the BACA site, each one reflecting the distinct regions of Dante's masterpiece.
The first stair well becomes Hell (L'inferno), the second stairwell with its 20 ft ceiling is Purgatory (Purgatorio). "Divine Comedy" culminates in a square, high-ceilinged room, transformed into a swimming pool, entered into as if underwater Paradise (Paradiso).
"Cyr's versatile and imaginative image-juggling plays elegant games with the history of painting, and manifests these strengths in a fantastical and involving production."
- 108 Review, June 1988