ABOUT THE ARTIST
ABOUT THE ARTIST
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Sarah Atcheson
Founding Artist & Sole Proprietor of
Crooked Anchor Transcendental Artistry
Sarah was born and raised near Regina, Saskatchewan, where she currently resides in the countryside with her partner and two children. A true Gemini and self-taught artist, Sarah enjoys exploring the messiness and the freedom of an unconventional path. She draws inspiration from nature, love, loss, and her extensive experience working with others in the field of integrative healthcare. Sarah also owns Beyond Body Holistic Wellness Centre in Regina, where she practices various healing modalities and works alongside a diverse team of wellness professionals. Her passion lies in sharing healing, that she and others may transcend the self-imposed limitations and struggles found through life's deepest challenges. Sarah finds her purpose in spreading beauty, creating and holding space for healing; and practicing courage and compassion when life demands that we explore what anchors us.
Sarah Atcheson
Founding Artist & Sole Proprietor of
Crooked Anchor Transcendental Artistry
Sarah was born and raised near Regina, Saskatchewan, where she currently resides in the countryside with her partner and two children. A true Gemini and self-taught artist, Sarah enjoys exploring the messiness and the freedom of an unconventional path. She draws inspiration from nature, love, loss, and her extensive experience working with others in the field of integrative healthcare. Sarah also owns Beyond Body Holistic Wellness Centre in Regina, where she practices various healing modalities and works alongside a diverse team of wellness professionals. Her passion lies in sharing healing, that she and others may transcend the self-imposed limitations and struggles found through life's deepest challenges. Sarah finds her purpose in spreading beauty, creating and holding space for healing; and practicing courage and compassion when life demands that we explore what anchors us.
Why the Name, "Crooked Anchor?"
On August 1st, 2016, a tragic accident took the life of my beautiful nephew, Blake Atcheson when he was just 19 years old. Blake was an old soul with a huge heart, who came into my life when I was 14 years old, born to my older sister. It is difficult to put adequately to words the immensely life-enriching experience it was to welcome him into our family and how very blessed I was to be able to help raise Blake on my parents' farm for the first several years of his childhood. He was "everyone's boy" and life was forever changed when my family very suddenly had to say good-bye when Blake suffered a traumatic brain injury from a longboarding accident.
Blake was a kind, loyal young man who was fascinated by nautical tattoos. He had a great sense of music, style, humour, and was well on his way to looking like a seasoned sailor. His first tattoo was an anchor, which was not intended to be crooked, but was. He loved it anyway. I never said a word to him that I noticed it was crooked. It was pretty perfect on him. Since Blake's death, the anchor has become a deeply meaningful symbol to my family as we navigate the storms we will continue to face in the wake of our lost sailor. A crooked anchor serves as a reminder to me that the imperfections and unexpected results we get in life are actually what we come here to experience. There is always something beautiful in the "mistakes."
I have learned that even the deepest of grief – as deep as an anchor, fixing that shipwreck to your soul...that abundant, heavy, sinking grief - can actually be beautiful. When we can be with it and not judge it, it truly becomes one of the purist reminders of the Love.
So, Crooked Anchor is the name I have chosen to represent all of the imperfections that make that person we miss so very much, perfect in our eyes. No one will ever be quite like them, and life will never be the same without them. We, ourselves, are so very different without them.
I create art of many kinds but my heart is truly at home with its purpose when I am supporting and sharing in the healing process of those who have been touched by deep loss. Alongside the work I do at my wellness centre, this calling very naturally evolved into creating custom art and jewellery, specializing in healing and recovery; in particular, bereavement/memorial work, and artistry that is supportive to other such profound life transitions. I am able to incorporate personal items, photographs, handwriting, cremation ash, locks of hair, and other sacred and sentimental media into custom art and jewellery.
It is my honour to be with you and your most precious memories, and to create mementos that assist you in anchoring your Love to every present moment.
♥ Sarah
