Member Directory

Richard Hacker is an author and artist living and working in Seattle, Washington after living many years in Austin, Texas. Before moving to Seattle in 2009, he worked in management and leadership development in healthcare and became an intrument-rated private pilot. He is the author of six novels, the latest a humorous sci-fi novel, The Bifurcation of Dungsten Crease. The artist created watercolor illustrations for Robert Bode’s children’s book, How to Find Yourself, and a book of poetry, Crickets and Commas. He works primarily in oil.

Lea Basile-Lazarus is an intuitive abstract printmaker and papermaker who has been an artist and educator for most of her life. Lea’s passion for printmaking grew in undergraduate school, at The College of New Jersey. She received her MFA with a concentration in Printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. For 25 years she was an art educator in the northern suburbs of Chicago, IL. Lea has been a recipient of a teacher Fulbright to Japan and spent three weeks in Africa visiting Ghanaian schools and villages, in both cases studying their culture and educational system. Lea has exhibited nationally and is featured in numerous collections. Over the past few years she has participated in one person shows or group exhibitions at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, GA, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA, Mavi Contemporary Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA, Alki Arts, Seattle, WA, CoCA, Seattle, WA, and Gallery 110, Seattle, Wa. In 2026, Lea exhibited in national shows at Slip Stitch Gallery, WA, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA, Brand Library and Art Center, CA, and Remarque Print Workshop, NM. Lea moved to the Pacific Northwest almost 6 years ago, now living in West Seattle. She is an active member of the Seattle art community and is currently Co-Chair of the West Seattle Art Tour and is responsible for hanging exhibitions at the Women Painters of Washington Gallery in Columbia Towers, Seattle, WA. Most recently, Lea was awarded a residency at the Remarque Print Workshop. She is also a member of Seattle Print Arts, California Society of Washington, and CoCA, Seattle WA.

Artist Bio Mimi is a self-taught, Seattle-area mixed-media artist who began painting just one year ago. What started as a personal and therapeutic creative outlet has quickly grown into a passion for painting, making, experimenting, and transforming everyday materials into original works of art. Her approach is intuitive and exploratory. She works with bold color, texture, collage, abstract forms, photography, found objects, and repurposed materials while continuing to discover and develop her artistic voice. Upcycling is an important part of her practice. Old canvases, previously used frames, recycled materials, leather jackets, and unexpected objects can all become surfaces for something new. She is drawn to the idea of transformation—seeing possibility and beauty in something that might otherwise be overlooked or discarded. Right now, Mimi is especially inspired by the vibrant color, energy, and visual storytelling found in Caribbean art and artists; wolves, which she identifies with as her spirit animal; flowers and botanical forms; sacred geometry; and the beauty, shape, texture, and presence of large, magnificent Afros. These influences appear in her work through color, pattern, symbolism, organic shapes, portraiture, and experimentation. Art-making is also deeply therapeutic for Mimi. Creating gives her a place to decompress, reflect, process emotions, and become completely absorbed in working with her hands. The experience of making the artwork can be every bit as important as the finished piece. Only a year into painting, she embraces being a beginner rather than trying to hide it. Her practice is about curiosity, experimentation, learning, and giving herself permission to create without being confined by traditional rules or a single artistic style.

feminine expression in its forever expanding, multitude of forms. acrylic painter, muralist, singer, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist, and music producer. born and raised in the warmth of los angeles, california. 1993. childhood summers spent with grandparents in tokyo, japan. she acknowledges the fragility and passivity of the human form. through her study and practice of buddhism, she contemplates the interbeing of her outer world, her own inner world, and the world beyond the physical and explainable. the interconnectedness of those before + after her. rebirthed in seattle, summer 2023.

Emma Graham (she/her), based in Seattle, WA, is a multidisciplinary artist focused on watercolor and gouache painting. She is known for her playful and colorful style that emphasizes exaggerated and strange perspectives of humans, plants, animals, and landscapes. She explores themes of belonging, self discovery, and play through her painting, engaging in a playful relationship with the sometimes unpredictable nature of water. Graham is a self-taught artist whose practice is rooted in creating intimate relationships with her materials. Her work has been shown across the Pacific Northwest and in various print magazines. Her current work is rooted in discovering what she calls her “personal folklore,” in an effort to deeply understand her sense of self, the world around her, her relationships with others, and her desire for others to connect to their own creative selves and histories.

Fidalgo Island artist whose work is distinguished by joyful saturated colors, a lively mix of patterns, and rich details.

I am an acrylic and oil artist living in the Seattle area. Find me on Instagram at @gillianpaints

I am a Bellingham, WA-based mixed-media nature artist with over 40 years of experience. As a teenager struggling with undiagnosed PTSD, artmaking was lifesaving for me, providing a calling, a practice, and a sense of generativity. I attended the Rhode Island School of Design and afterwards worked as a full-time artist–painting, exhibiting, visiting schools, libraries, and synagogues, and publishing two picture books–while raising my sons. In 2007, I returned to school for education, earning a master’s in 2009 (Harvard Graduate School of Education) and a doctorate in 2018 (Northeastern University), focusing on language and literacy for nontraditional and multilingual students. Until 2022, I taught academic writing to students of all ages and backgrounds, from incumbent workers at Boston hospitals to nursing students at UMass Boston and first-year Boston University students. The pandemic brought me back to the studio full-time, transformed. This year, I am participating in Surge, an art/science collaboration through the Museum of Northwest Art, and in 2024 I served as Visiting Artist at the Native Plant Trust in Massachusetts. I have exhibited and sold my work widely. View my work at https://www.juliebaer.com.

Colleen Hoffenbacker is a multidisciplinary artist whose work begins with the visual language of nature and unfolds into intricate fields of reimagined form. Her work is included in the permanent Lunar Codex, a curated archive of creative works launched to the Moon, and is featured in private collections, galleries, museums, and publications internationally. Hoffenbacker is a Who's Who in America honoree.

PA - 30years, NYC - 20years, Seattle Area - 6years. Aquired a chronic illness along the way. Artist, Writer, Tattoo. Living the best I can. Open to conversations.

Catherine is a native Seattleite and retired therapist. She has lived in the humidity of South Carolina, Japan and Hawaii, and has enjoyed temperate Seattle for the past twenty years. Catherine works primarily in cold wax and oil on cradled birch panels or paper creating abstract art with a variety of tools such as brayers and squeegees and even an occasional brush!

I started painting full time after I retired from a career in software. My interest in painting comes from being out in nature, especially after I completed hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Observing the nuances of trees, plants and animals on the trail inspired me to try and capture the feeling they invoked on canvas.

Hi. My name is Scot Briscoe. I am a reasonably fine dabbler in fine art, drawing and a practitioner of creative expression. Trained as an illustrator at Utah State University.

Amy Ferron – Artist’s Bio My mixed media art is influenced by my decades as a master quilter. It informs my painting style where I translate from fabric into paint and collage. With this process I create my own fantastic worlds. I play with the papers to define space with light and dark. My paintings and collages have been shown at the Whatcom Museum, Cascadia Art Museum, San Juan Museum of Art, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle City Hall, Anacortes Art Festival and many other local galleries and juried shows.

a person that really enjoys doing good, and works to add interesting ideas into life.

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Jen Monteleone is an abstract intuitive expressionist drawing from deeply rooted emotions to create vibrant works that explore self-awareness, transformation, and rebirth.

Nancy Romanovsky is a Pacific Northwest landscape artist whose work is inspired by the forests, waterways, and changing light of the region. Working primarily in oils, she creates paintings both in the studio and outdoors through plein air painting, capturing the atmosphere and quiet beauty of nature with expressive brushwork and a strong sense of place. Alongside her fine art practice, she is passionate about building community through workshops, events, and creative experiences that connect people to art and the outdoors.

Krista O'Halpin holds a BFA in Visual Communication from SCAD and is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Seattle Washington. Her work is a distinctive blend of dark, bold, and familiar elements from folklore that is often used to focus on dismantling analytical and systemic patterns where unfairness resides. Krista draws heavily from her own personal experiences with trauma, mental health struggles, a natural curiosity and appreciation for things often overlooked. Using a wide variety of mediums from illustration, printmaking, design, embroidery, photography to explore empathy, connection, and the human condition.

I am a "Designated Master" with both the American Impressionist Society and the Oil Painters of America. I am currently still painting and teaching classes and workshops.

Jessica Nash is a mixed media artist based in Fall City, Washington, creating work inspired by the wild edges and quiet rhythms of the Pacific Northwest. Born and raised in Alaska, she carries a lifelong connection to nature, movement, and creative exploration. After years in health care and a long season of creative experimentation, Jessica found her enduring artistic home in painting. Her mixed media practice blends intuition, layered color, and organic forms, echoing the landscapes and lived experiences that continue to shape her work. She lives in Washington with her husband, their two young boys, and a lively mix of pets. Balancing family life with her studio practice, Jessica draws steady inspiration from time outdoors—hiking, exploring, and cooking for the people she loves.

ohn Smither is originally from the Chicago area and grew up in the Midwest with an MFA in printmaking from Washington Univ. in St. Louis. Once out of school he moved back to Chicago where he continued to make relief prints, video, and large-scale drawings. His subjects focused on the urban and wild landscapes of the area. After showing in Chicago at solo and group events for many years he moved to Seattle. In Seattle, he continued to work on drawings, paintings and developed a new way of creating mixed media video installations based on the local environment of the Pacific Northwest. His work is included in numerous private and public collections. John's studio is in Seattle, Washington’s Georgetown Equinox complex and is open for visits every second Saturday of the month and by appointment.

I'm from California, moved to Seattle at 17. Found creativity in painting. Created, artistic value, & paint to enjoy myself in a wonderous soulfulness energy.

Michael holds a fine arts degree in Sculpture from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. After a decade working as an independent sculptor and jeweler, he transitioned into digital graphic art and medical technology, launching a 20-year career as a software product manager, patent holder, and startup co-founder. His industry expertise led to featured appearances on MythBusters and a Discovery Channel documentary. Following a final decade of organizational leadership in the nonprofit sector, Michael returned to his studio practice in 2024. Today, he channels his passion for cultural diversity and our shared human experience into evocative mixed-media creations.

I'm a lifelong lover of the Surreal and Nature. I tend to incorporate colors and shapes found in the everyday, abstracting them into something unique and engaging. -Nick

James has shown at Laura Russo Gallery in Portland and in galleries in EU. His work is in many collections including The MOMA, the LACMA, and Hallie Ford Museum.

Painter, traveler, gardener, birder.

39 • navy veteran • life long self taught artist • I currently work with acrylics and ink, but work with other types of mediums.

Picket Fence Art Studio is a one-stop shop for art enthusiasts of all levels. They offer art classes, a gallery of original art, and a wide selection of oil painting supplies.

I am a seasoned commercial artist professional with 11 years of related work experience.

West Seattle artist Roberta Pacino creates original acrylic paintings rooted in magical realism and symbolic storytelling. Her whimsical animals, powerful women, and imagined worlds invite wonder, reflection, and connection. It’s Not Just Art, It’s a Conversation™.

Watercolor & traditional media artist with a focus on animals and nature. I'm also a graphic designer!

Contemporary impressionist oil painter. My primary work is large format in the studio, but I also paint en plein air in our beautiful state and all over the world (mostly bicycle touring and camping with paint kit). I occasionally teach private painting lessons and workshops at my warm and inviting studio in the East Renton Highlands.

Currently working on a collection of oil paintings on panel around the themes of transparency and reflection

Find the website at http://jwellsmoran.com, and see selected paintings at galleries, as listed on the artist’s website, or by appointment. .

Inspiring antiques and second hand things become the "Actors" in my studio. I also collage & paint in a whimsical style, with loads of color & pattern.

Hi! I’m Jodie and I have been painting my colorful, happy signature dog art for 20 years, but have been in the creative field all my life as a former cartoonist and graphic designer. A love of animals, nature, vibrant color (I live in the gray Seattle area after all!) and humor highly influences my work. I enjoy coming up with fun titles for my paintings as much as I enjoy creating them. A few of my accomplishments include my work being recently chosen as the winner for the 2021 National Purebred Dog Day Poster by Juror, Dr. Alan Fausel, Executive Director of the AKC Museum of The Dog in New York. In 2017, I was a featured artist and interviewed on KOMO-TV’s “Seattle Refined.” I’ve had my work shown at Schack Art Center, Overlake Hospital, Red Bluff Art Gallery in California as well as several other art shows including Best of The Northwest in Seattle. I enjoy meeting new collectors and talking with them about their own pets and sharing a love of animals. And yes, I absolutely I would love to see a photo of your dog! Or cat, or horse, or hamster for that matter. Commissions keep me busy as well as my own creations. My backyard studio is in Kirkland where I live with my husband and a fluffy, Great Pyrenees mix named Ranger. We have a college-age son who just finished his college degree in Japan. We lost our sweet Golden Retriever mix years ago We miss her terribly as she was a constant source of inspiration. For questions or to request a quote for original pieces, purchase a print or bring your own pet's unique personality to canvas with a custom painting. e-mail me or text me at 425.591.3664 at jodiesarahartist@gmail.com, I’d love to hear from you.

Very small artist, just starting out in Seattle, WA. I’m looking for a community to connect with and find resources through. I’m 20, halfway through college, with a needs-improvement portfolio. Advice, critique, anything is loved and appreciated.

I am a watercolor miniaturist creating small-scale works that celebrate resilience through the quiet details of nature. My Story: I was an active professional in my 30s when I started getting sick. I fought to stay healthy, but surgeries and diagnoses piled up until I was disabled and homebound. I lost my social life, independence, and livelihood. But I flipped the script by reconnecting with my neglected art. And it's been life-changing! I feel like art is giving me back pieces of myself. Maybe I can no longer stand at an easel, but I can still make art, one tiny piece at a time. Art is giving me new purpose, new energy, and a new community.

Dmitri Ivanov of dmitriivanovart.com is a passionate contemporary Seattle artist, creating stunning original paintings, intricate drawings, hand-drawn digital art, as well as other types of art, involving different types mediums. His work is a reflection of his unique vision of the world, blending intuition and imagination to bring life to his creations. With a commitment to authenticity and creativity, Dmitri Ivanov Art aims to share the beauty of art with the Seattle art scene and the rest of the world. Dmitri Ivanov is widely recognized for his hyper-intricate pen-and-ink illustrations that blend cosmic exploration with botanical surrealism. His distinct approach to world-building separates his art from traditional science fiction illustrators. Operating out of the Pacific Northwest, his unique identity is defined by several core elements: High-Contrast Stippling and Line Work - The foundation of Ivanov’s style relies on painstaking, microscopic ink application. Instead of relying on digital gradients, he generates depth, shadow, and cosmic textures using dense stippling (dot-work) and cross-hatching. This gives his illustrations an organic, hand-etched texture reminiscent of 19th-century engravings, even when depicting highly futuristic subjects. The "Space Garden" Concept - While most sci-fi art frames outer space as cold and metallic, Ivanov’s signature thematic universe introduces interplanetary botany. He routinely places astronauts, moons, and spaceships alongside massive, swirling celestial mushrooms, terrariums, blooming flora, and winding vines. This surreal mashup frames cosmic exploration as a form of cosmic gardening or eco-futurism. Sub-Aquatic Cosmic Surrealism - Ivanov frequently merges the imagery of the deep ocean with deep space. His portfolio features iconic images of deep-space octopuses floating past planets, alongside astronauts navigating alien worlds that behave like coral reefs. This thematic crossover emphasizes the parallel mysteries between Earth's uncharted oceans and the edge of the universe. Multi-Disciplinary Flexibility - Beyond the black-and-white ink work that serves as his social media hallmark under @dmitri_ivanov_art, he is a highly versatile creator. He intentionally experiments across different mediums, fluidly translating his high-concept fantasy and surrealist aesthetics into physical paintings and sculptures. Dmitri’s artworks can be found in private collections across the Pacific Northwest. Dmitri's portfolio can be viewed on his website: dmitriivanovart.com

Brittani Dinsmore is a Washington-based artist whose work explores curiosity, transformation, and the space between intention and intuition. Working primarily in acrylics, she creates expressive paintings that prioritize emotion, movement, texture, and discovery over realism. After more than 15 years leading marketing and business strategy for technology companies, Dinsmore returned fully to painting following a series of significant life changes that reaffirmed the importance of creativity in her life. Her work is influenced by travel, dreams, music, humor, and the unexpected forms that emerge through an intuitive process. Through both abstract and representational subjects, Dinsmore explores themes of identity, perception, connection, and the often-unspoken aspects of the human experience. She views art as a way to reconnect people with curiosity, authenticity, and a sense of shared humanity. Her ongoing aquatic-themed series uses fish and marine life as metaphors for human behavior, corporate culture, social dynamics, and personal growth. Through humor, symbolism, and layered visual narratives, the work invites viewers to look beyond surface appearances and question assumptions about themselves and the world around them. At its core, Dinsmore’s practice is rooted in curiosity. She sees art as a way to bridge differences, encourage reflection, and reconnect people with their own creativity, intuition, and sense of wonder.

Irina is a Sammamish, WA–based watercolor artist. From an early age, she was passionate about painting, although she began her formal art education at the age of 28. She earned a MS degree in Natural Resources and Environment in 2001 and later graduated from a private art school. Since 2024, Irina has been collaborating with the Karin Kirkland School of Dance in Kirkland, WA, creating commissioned dancer portraits and presenting her work during performances at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, WA. Beginning in 2025, she has also been volunteering at the VALA Art Center in Redmond, WA.

Klever Moscoso is a contemporary Ecuadorian painter known for his symbolic figurative work and emotionally charged visual narratives. Through painting, he explores themes of identity, memory, vulnerability, and the invisible emotional worlds that shape human experience. Working primarily in oil, Moscoso blends elements of magical realism, dreamlike symbolism, and contemporary figurative painting. Cuenca, Ecuador / Pacific Northwest.

Matthew Holloway is a Seattle-based artist. He studied painting at The Ohio State University. He established his Bay Area studio in 1992, exhibiting across the region for fifteen years and building a collector base that spans the country and abroad. Since relocating to Seattle in 2014, he has continued to exhibit and sell work to private collectors.

We believe creating together is medicine for the modern soul. We offer a place to create in community and build an artistic practice through membership-based rental of our affordable studio workspace. We offer art studio space in Seattle with 24/7 access through memberships starting at $40/month, and private studio rentals starting at $185/month. Membership includes access to shared workspace and opportunities to exhibit artwork, participate in creative events, and the potential to host creative workshops of your own.

Cathy Braasch is an artist, architect, and educator. She is the principal of Braasch Architecture and was an associate teaching professor in Penn State’s Department of Architecture. Her research interests include foundational design pedagogy and diversifying participants in the built environment. She founded the Robert Reed Drawing Workshops, celebrating the pioneering educator and artist, the first and until recently only tenured Black professor at the Yale School of Art. Braasch Architecture’s work consists of commercial and residential projects, emphasizing flexibility. Previously, she worked at Stoss Landscape Urbanism, Stephen Yablon Architect, and Della Valle Bernheimer. She began the Daily Drawing series in 2014 and has exhibited iterations of the work in 2017, 2019, and 2025. She received a Master of Architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts at Yale in painting and printmaking. She relocated to Seattle in January 2025.

I am a resident studio artist at Graphite Arts Center in Edmonds. Connect and see more of my work at fineartdana.com

I grew up watching Bob Ross paint his fluffy clouds and insist there were no mistakes when it came to painting. I was mesmerized. He insisted that everyone could be a painter, even me. It was many years later, when my son started first grade, that I started to paint. It was a place of experimenting -- and discovering what might happen next. A place where surprises might surface, on the canvas, and inside of me.

Artist, illustrator, art Instructor, & friendly neighborhood watercolor witch. www.willowheath.com and @willowheath on Instagram

Washington-based multidisciplinary artist Vincent Keele employs bold color, rhythm, and texture to create a sense of movement across a range of abstract expressionist and symbolic figurative works. Keele’s work retells the rich history of African Americans, bringing back phenomenal people and places that have been misplaced, forgotten or unknown. He uses various techniques, from traditional to contemporary, to portray his visual narratives. Keele was born in Los Angeles, California where his passion for art began very early. His first influences of art came from a complete course of art books passed on to him by his mother, artist Mary M. Scott, an alumnus of the Art Institute of Chicago. With these materials, he learned to see and produce art in a wide variety of methods. Keele is a self-taught artist whose work is underpinned by meticulous compositional planning and a deep appreciation for art history and his signature Rhythm Writing technique. His attention to these historical and artistic influences manifest at every level of his work. African American experiences are essential in the creation of Keele’s bold paintings and you can find diverse motifs from all around the African continent. Keele’s work has been showcased in numerous countries around the world and featured on Fox TV.

A visual artist based in Seattle, WA. I focus on creating original intuitive paintings, custom colored pencil and intuitive painting commission without a fixed plan, letting color, texture, and instinct guide the process; as well as mindful decor pieces that bring a sense of stillness and calm to living spaces rather than just a standard decoration.

I’m equally known for painting, my style/colourful clothing, and networking on behalf of Washington's artists. I've an exciting life, growing up around the world (thanks, 3M company). I continue traveling, leading 5 International art delegations forging alliances in China, Eastern Europe, Cuba and South Africa. Life-changing (and life-affirming)! I'm also involved in ARTCARS, decorating/embellishing vehicles into 'public art'. My LEOPARD BERNSTEIN's in an Arizona museum, I drive EXCESSORIES ODD-YSSEY covered with fashion accessories and a magnetic paper-doll. We parade and exhibit around the U.S. For 25 years I've produced THE SEATTLE ARTCAR BLOWOUT, 50-75 vehicles are on display at the Fremont Fair. My studio, home and/or Artcars have been featured in numerous newspaper, magazines and books along with television shows and several films: "Let the Good Times Roll!”

professional flutist, certified yoga instructor & artist. creating w| oil paint, acrylic, charcoal & bas-relief. creating healing art & music for survivors of trauma.

I'm a Seattle based artist, but hail from the Midwest. I bring my myriad of experiences into my art practice, pulling from past lives in architecture, sustainability, interpretive design, lighting design, and performance art. I studied art and architecture at the University of Arizona and University of Illinois, along with classes at Gage and Pratt in Seattle.

I'm an artist living and working in Snohomish.

Gage Academy of Art is a vibrant, nonprofit visual arts education center in Seattle dedicated to cultivating artistic skills, critical thinking, and creativity.

Watercolor artist, gardener, and currently on the Arlington Arts Council's Board