About
Sarah Crumb is a lifelong Seattle area resident who loves to combine her interests of wildlife and fantasy to create intricate drawings and colorful paintings. Her favorite natural subjects are birds, which she spends time delicately representing in ink and watercolors. Inspiration sparks her with frequent trips to low tide on Edmonds beach, to local zoos, aquariums, art, and natural history museums, dressing up in closet cosplay to attend as many comic cons as possible, and listening to very loud music on her headphones while working on art.
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.
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EDUCATION
2001 BA in Art History, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2015 MA in Zoology, Miami University Advanced Inquiry Program, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA
AWARDS
2019 Puget Sound Bird Fest, Edmonds, WA, Winner, Poster Art Contest
2019 Chroma, Tsuga Fine Art & Framing, Bothell, WA, Winner, ADG Award
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Geek Girl Con, Seattle, WA
2024 Crow and Ravens Show, Red Sky Gallery, Lake Forest Park, WA
2024 The Crow Show, Tsuga Gallery, Bothell, WA
2024 Story of Narrative, Graphite Studio Artists, Edmonds, WA
2024 Edmonds Art Fest, Edmonds, WA
2024 Edmonds Art Studio Tour, Edmonds, WA
2023 Greenwood Natural Science Art Show & Market, Seattle, WA
2023 Holiday Miniature Show, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Geek Girl Con, Seattle, WA
2022 B&W, Graphite Studio Artists, Edmonds, WA
2022 Sip and Stroll Art Walk, Molbak’s, Woodinville, WA
2022 Edmonds Art Studio Tour, Edmonds, WA
2022 1st Annual Wild Art Open International, www.wildheartgallery.com
2022 Guardians of the Jungle, @guardiansofthejungle
2022 Edmonds Art Fest, Edmonds, WA
2022 Nordic Folktales Reimagined, Nordic Northwest, Portland, OR
2020 Small Works, Gallery North, Edmonds, WA
2019 6×6, Shoreline Lake Forest Park Arts Council, Shoreline, WA
2019 Visual Storytelling: The Art of Narrative Painting, Tsuga Fine Art & Framing, Bothell, WA
2019 Art of the Garden, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2019 Yours Truly Launch Event, Cascadia College, Bothell, WA
2019 Pacific Regent Invitational Show, Bellevue, WA
2019 Small Works, Gallery North, Edmonds, WA
2019 Pets on Parade, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2019 Share the Love, Seattle ReCreative, Seattle, WA
2018 Sip and Stroll Art Walk, Molbak’s, Woodinville, WA
2018 6×6, Shoreline Lake Forest Park Arts Council, Shoreline, WA
2018 All Creatures Great and Small, Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, WA
2017 Shoreline Arts Festival, Shoreline, WA
2017 Cloud 9 Art School Ongoing Instructor’s Display, Bothell, WA
MEMBERSHIPS/ASSOCIATIONS
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Northwest
Woodinville Arts Alliance
Graphite Edmonds
ART TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 – present Private art teacher, Bothell & Edmonds, WA
2017 – 2019 Youth Art Instructor, Cloud 9 Art School, Bothell, WA
2010 – 2019 Art Docent, Northshore School District, Bothell, WA
