About Dawn Sagar

I am a landscape artist currently living in Port Townsend, Washington. My work is about ephemeral moments. With many of my more traditional oil paintings, this is evident by the need to show one moment in time at a specific location. In other works I use ephemeral media to convey the sense of fleeting time. All of my work is about place, and our interactions with place.

Recently I have been working with the ideas of ritual in artwork, addressing the spiritual in relationship to the power of place. In many of these works I use local elements to honor a particular place.

My drawings are frequently a combination of elements, both working from an instinctual / ritualistic side and also responding to perceptual information. I use a wide range of drawing media as the process of mark-making is very important to me. In all of my work process is very important, and decisions made during the creative process are evident.

I am an award-winning artist originally from Fort Collins, Colorado; I have shown work largely in Colorado, Minnesota, Florida, and Washington. My work is in many private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Germany. More of my work can be seen at Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water Street.

I earned my Bachelor's degree in studio art from St. Olaf College, graduating cum laude and with departmental distinction. Currently, I am working on my MFA with a focus on painting and the power of place from Goddard College.