Artist Sarah Aagesen

I am working on two pieces for someone who is very special to me.  She has a fabulous home, great style, and would love two large canvases, of different sizes, above her fireplace.  Her style if very Mod mets Art Deco.  Her colors are very strong, brilliant oranges, with a subtle ice blue/green, and loves the clean lines of white on white.  She has a beautiful family, which includes her, her husband, and their little boy, Ezra.  I have been sketching a few different ideas and I love the idea of flowers, plants, trees, or seedlings, because they give you the idea of growing and building.  We haven’t quite decided on which ones we will be using, but I wanted to post the sketches that I have.  

 Seed of 3.       Untitled.  

   Untitled.

 I have this student named Josh.  He is 8 years old now, but he was 7 when he drew this scene.

    He first drew the fish and then told me that he would like to draw a monster that would like to eat the pretty fish.  When he finished the monster, he told me that he would like to complete the piece by naming the two.  The fish’s name is Flump and the monster’s name is Flim.  It’s one of my favorites!

Last August, I was commissioned to do some work for a house out in Colorado Springs.   A very good friend, by the name of Carrie Worthington (owner of the home), approached me about my paintings and asked if I was willing to do some work for her.  It was a wonderful and unexpected surprise,and I am very grateful for this opportunity and happy to announce that I accepted.  She flew me out to see the space in the middle of November,it was also my first time seeing Colorado.   I immediately felt at home, with her hospitality and everything that Colorado had to offer, I already had ideas to get started.  Her home is beautiful and the space that is reserved for my work is outstanding.  It is a long white hallway, about forty feet long and ceilings that are 18 feet high. There is gallery lighting down the center of the hallway, just waiting for the opportunity to keep a beautiful painting warm.  Industrial, yet cozy, Carrie’s place screamed city meets island.

  Overlooking downtown, her patio was a great place to drink wine and talk about our visions for the space.  We decided on ten pieces: 6 canvases and 4 photographs.  She wants to keep my unique, abstract style and have colors, forms, and shapes represent her, her life, and all of her loves and struggles.  

The first piece that I chose to do incorporates warm colors that usually suggest a sunset, yet it represents her in her environment.  She is a strong, independent woman maintaining a successful life and constantly is able to breathe and sit still above the chaos that, sometimes, happens in her life.  She can keep everything in order and find a way for all the outlets to stay connected.

I will always have something that I am doing along side of a large project and this page is to shed a little light on some of my current sketches.(I need to assemble my printer so I can scan the images.  Soon, I promise!) 

    I have finally received my computer and have been trying to learn as fast as I can, so I can get going on this website.It’s January on the Island, which means time has been handed to those of us who have chosen to live here.  The holidays are finally over and I can get started on the projects that I have wanted to share with everyone.  I have  been working on a few different projects.  One being a  beautiful commissioned project out in Colorado Springs consisting of ten pieces.  Another is a great sketchbook section for you to see other pieces I am working on and the last would be a student section, spotlighting the kids that I teach private art lessons to throughout the winter.  (It’s really just for fun and to put smiles on your faces.)  

Sorry that this is all taking so long!  I have finally ordered my computer and it should be arriving within the week.  Everything should be on its way after Christmas!

Thank you all again!

So, this is the beginning of something that I believe will be wonderful. Thank you to a couple of people who have hearts of gold and whom I owe a great deal. Barb and Gregg, Thank you.

I am just getting starting, not to mention learning as I go, so I have to apologize for the slow start. I hope you all enjoy my work, because it’s everything I have to offer and everything I am as a person.