About

SKF Designs , Inc. is headed by Sarah K. Feragen a well trained New England painter with 51 years of painting experience. Through her education, Ms. Feragen has studied with the areas best artists and educators (a list of these exemplary people follows on the bottom of the page). Her work shows a sophistication of an highly educated aesthetic.

Ms. Feragen's training started as a teenager when she attended The Decordova Museum School in Lincoln, MA. The artist graduated Massachusetts College of Art with a B.F.A. in painting. During her senior year Sarah was invited by D. Lowry Burgess and Paul Earls to attend classes at The Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT. While at the Center, Sarah was actively involved in numerous conceptual and environmental art projects. Two examples include Boston's Bicentennial "City Ring" and the 1st First Night. Later Ms. Feragen did post graduate work at the Carpenter Center at Harvard University in color with Albert Alcalay and,also,Islamic Art.

The artist has been exhibited in many galleries and has consistently sold her paintings. Many collections around the world enjoy her art including a major electronics firm in Japan Her work has been seen on Newbury Street and the Museum of Science ( a joint show with Eric Sloane and a short feature on an early Chronicle, WCVB-TV, Channel 5 ).

Sarah K. Feragen brings a wealth of unique visual ideas to any project she undertakes. Her breadth of knowledge , in both, imagery and materials offers her clients a range of creative solutions.

I owe a debt of gratitude to these amazing artists,some of whom are no longer with us. This fact of temporality, impresses upon me the importance of their visual understandings.After so many years their lessons continue to challenge me to strive for artistic excellence.A heart felt thanks to the following:

Albert Alcalay Nathan Goldstein

Meryl Brater Rob Moore

Selma Bromberg Ed Movitz

D.Lowry Burgess George Nick

Paul Celli Dean Nimmer

Dan Dailey Otto Piene

Paul Earls Alejandro Sina

Jeremy Foss Normann Toyton

Albert And I hope I do justice by continuing to engage in the