Akhmatova takes up most of the space, as they echo with her Russian heritage. The painting I am not as stupid as you think I am created in 2009 with the topic written repetitively in the work reflects the educational values of punishment in Sages’ generation, as it declares a self-asserting sentiment as a student, an artist, or a woman. The work Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher (2011), densely filled with words from the Bible, demonstrates her patience and techniques as an artist. Relationship with Portrait Subjects Sarah Engledow, an art historian at the National Portrait Gallery, commented on Sages portraits: "The sincerity of the engagement between Jenny and her subjects – and this is the case for all of Jenny's portraits – is the strength of her painting." Her subjects are mainly family, friends, and also fellow artist, authors, dancers, whom she admires as they become friends during the course of creating the portraits. Jack Sages One of Sages best-known works, My Jack (2010) is a portrait of her late husband Jack Sages that won the 2011 Archibald finalist. Sages started painting her husband in June, 2010, and finished in July (AGNSW). Jack Sages died at the age of 85, on 1 October 2010. “This painting was done faster than most portraits because I knew him so well and he was sitting on the veranda and I could sneak out and look at him,” she explained in an interview. Jack Sages played a profound role in her artist career and her personal life. Sages said in interviews that her husband’s frequent participation in her preparatory work and provided care and moral support while she pursued her artist career. "Jack prepared all the MDF boards [for my works]," says Jenny to Wilson in her 2011 interview. "I could paint all I wanted to and he'd look after me." The MDF board My Jack was painted on is the last one her late husband prepared for her, as she dedicates it back to him. Despite drawing him for many times, My Jack was the only painted portrait of Jack Sages. Emily Kame Kngwarreye Sages' friendship with the Aboriginal artist started when she visited her in Northern Territory, where Emily Kame Kngwarreye's community is. Sages was in her 50s and Knwarreye in her 80s. They formed casual conversations about children and their senior age, as Sages recorded their conversations and Knwarreye's gestures and