Sierra James pours her love of people and nature into her art. She is really excited about offering an opportunity for WAST Tour participants to co-create art pieces when they visit our studio.

Customers will be able to select the size, colors, and how involved they want to be in completing the piece together.

Sierra was born near Bellingham, Washington, and attended both the University of Washington and Columbia University.

She has been painting for over 20 years. She has spent 15 years living in the post-conflict nation of Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia advocating for child protection, gender equity, and violence prevention. For this work, she was awarded an Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship.

​Sierra’s artistic work covers a variety of media including producing film, graphic design, resin, watercolor, oils, acrylics, and mixed media. For her visual art pieces, she uses techniques including collaging, acrylic pouring, string pulling, blowing, heat torching, and painting.

Her work has been exhibited in Bellingham, Seattle, New York, and Timor-Leste.