Meet Our
Artists
Art Starts Here
We are home to 10 full-time studio artists and 15 part-time locker artists who work in a wide variety of media. We offer low-cost workspace for artists giving them a chance to collaborate and grow in their creative journey. Creating community is what we do at Art Start NW. One of the many ways art starts here.
Our studio and locker spaces remain full but occasionally we have openings. If you are interested in learning more go here for studio info and here for locker info.

Jane Behrens
She/Her
Jane is an abstract artist residing in Edmonds Washington. She paints in both acrylic and oil mediums. Her influences are cubism and abstract expressionism. With abstraction, Jane is drawn to the process of creating tension and harmony with the use of color, shape and texture. She has loved creating all of her life and believes that everything we do can be a creative choice.
“We have to continually jump off cliffs and develop wings on the way down” Kurt Vonnegut
Jane is an abstract artist residing in Edmonds Washington. She paints in both acrylic and oil mediums. Her influences are cubism and abstract expressionism. With abstraction, Jane is drawn to the process of creating tension and harmony with the use of color, shape and texture. She has loved creating all of her life and believes that everything we do can be a creative choice.
“We have to continually jump off cliffs and develop wings on the way down” Kurt Vonnegut
Jane is an abstract artist residing in Edmonds Washington. She paints in both acrylic and oil mediums. Her influences are cubism and abstract expressionism. With abstraction, Jane is drawn to the process of creating tension and harmony with the use of color, shape and texture. She has loved creating all of her life and believes that everything we do can be a creative choice.
“We have to continually jump off cliffs and develop wings on the way down” Kurt Vonnegut

Ruth Blaikie
She/Her

Dawn Chesbro
She/Her

Sarah Crumb
She/Her
Sarah’s background reflects these particular interests: An undergraduate degree in Art History has helped cement a lifelong love of close inspection of art of all kinds. A Masters in Zoology where she honed skills in utilizing scientific inquiry to question and closely observe the natural world. Volunteering at Woodland Park Zoo in the waterfowl department brought her up close and personal with a wide variety of birds (and red pandas!) And finally a lifetime of devouring fantasy media from Tolkien books to Marvel movies has provided an extensive library of popular culture to draw from.
She currently lives with her family and pets in Bothell, WA.
Sarah’s background reflects these particular interests: An undergraduate degree in Art History has helped cement a lifelong love of close inspection of art of all kinds. A Masters in Zoology where she honed skills in utilizing scientific inquiry to question and closely observe the natural world. Volunteering at Woodland Park Zoo in the waterfowl department brought her up close and personal with a wide variety of birds (and red pandas!) And finally a lifetime of devouring fantasy media from Tolkien books to Marvel movies has provided an extensive library of popular culture to draw from.
She currently lives with her family and pets in Bothell, WA.
Sarah’s background reflects these particular interests: An undergraduate degree in Art History has helped cement a lifelong love of close inspection of art of all kinds. A Masters in Zoology where she honed skills in utilizing scientific inquiry to question and closely observe the natural world. Volunteering at Woodland Park Zoo in the waterfowl department brought her up close and personal with a wide variety of birds (and red pandas!) And finally a lifetime of devouring fantasy media from Tolkien books to Marvel movies has provided an extensive library of popular culture to draw from.
She currently lives with her family and pets in Bothell, WA.

Andy Eccleshall
He/Him

Tamara Lee
She/Her

Dana Len
She/Her

Mike O'Day
He/Him

Julie Perrine
She/Her

Rainny Zhao
She/Her

Scott Anstett
He/Him

Carol Bolt
She/Her

Mark Boyle
He/Him

Lisa Castillano Szilassy
She/Her

Jenny Danger
She/Her

Krister Eide
He/Him

Janis Graves
She/Her

Rebecca Hartsook
She/Her

Vicki Hone Smith
She/Her

Martha Hurst
She/Her

Ken Ketchum
He/Him

Dave Lane
He/Him

Judith Larsen
She/Her

Cheri Obrien
She/Her

Jill Owen
She/Her

Sue Robertson
She/Her

Nikki Starwalker
She/Her
