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Sarah Rakes

Georgia (born 1955)

"Rakes began painting for her own amusement in 1986. Within a year she was being praised by critics as one of the leading folk artists in the South.

She paints fanciful, brilliantly colored paintings of rural landscapes, flowers, animals and angels, all mounted in exotically painted, handmade frames. A dreamlike spirituality distinguishes much of Rakes' work. Perspective is skewed, but in subtle and appealing ways.

All of her paintings are driven by her deep sensitivity to and affection for life and land. They express contentment and happiness in a manner that is stimulating to the eye and the imagination."

Ed Bumgardner
Winston-Salem Journal

Sarah Rakes, 1998
Sarah Rakes, 1998



George Jacobs Self-Taught Art
formerly Creative Heart Gallery
PO Box 476
Newport, Rhode Island 02840
Phone: 401-847-0991
Fax: 401-847-8498
george@self-taughtart.com


To purchase art, please note the artist and the artwork name and email us at george@self-taughtart.com or call us at (401)847-0991.
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"July Butterfly Bush"
2007
14 x 14
$350