Sarah Rakes

Sarah Rakes is a self-taught artist who challenges a more established type of naive painting. Strong, bright, layered colors are the primary means of communication in her paintings and sculptures, with lines and patterns used as the symbols. The frames are handmade and painted. Imagery in the paintings is often the narrative. Born in Arkansas's Ozark Mountains in 1955, Sarah Rakes has always lived in a rural environment.

Painting (14-works)

Sarah Rakes Quiet Kingdon_ Sarah Rakes_ painting_ acrylic_ outsider art
Quiet Kingdom
20.625 x 26.625 in
SOLD
Sarah Rakes Black Cats by the River_ Sarah Rakes_ painting_ acrylic
Black Cats by the River
9.5 x 9.5 in
SOLD
Sarah Rakes Long Brown House Cat
Long Brown House Cat
8.75 x 12.75 in
SOLD
Sarah Rakes Mr Handsome
Mr. Handsome
16.5 x 34.75 in
SOLD
Sarah Rakes Pears _ Black Birds
Pears & Black Birds
12.5 x 8.5 in
SOLD
Sarah Rakes Pears in a Wild Garden
Pears in a Wild Garden
12.5 x 8.5 in
SOLD
Sarah Rakes Queen Pondfish
Queen Pondfish
16.5 x 34.50 in
SOLD
Sarah Rakes Rooster in the Chicken Yard
Rooster in the Chicken Yard
20.5 x 20.5 in
SOLD
Sarah Rakes Sunflowers in a Red Room
Sunflowers in a Red Room
20.5 x 20.5 in
SOLD

Pastel (1-work)

Sarah Rakes Spotted House Cat
Spotted House Cat
19 x 21.5 in
SOLD

Sarah Rakes

Sarah Rakes

Sarah Rakes Biography

Sarah Rakes is a self-taught artist who challenges a more established type of naive painting. Strong, bright, layered colors are the primary means of communication in her paintings and sculptures, with lines and patterns used as the symbols. The frames are handmade and painted. Imagery in the paintings is often the narrative. Born in Arkansas's Ozark Mountains in 1955, Sarah Rakes has always lived in a rural environment.

When she was eight, the Nelson Rockefeller “Artmobile” visited her school, which was her first exposure to art. From that point, Rakes knew she would be an artist. Her early media were crayons, acrylic on wood, oil pastels, gouache, and other mixed media. Continuing to educate herself about art, she visits museums, reads, and studies. Rakes lives in an isolated area of Georgia and her work reflects this. Away from the mainstream, she has developed an artistic style that is truly her own.

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