Trish Harding

Trish was born in Washington State and grew up on Lummi Island, literally feet from the water’s edge with a magnificent view of Mt Baker at the same time.  She has always felt a part of the Salish Sea.

Her formal art training includes Western Washington University and the Academy of Art University San Francisco.

Trish is owner of Trish Harding School of Art at Studio UFO in Bellingham WA which has proven to be the hot spot in the region for leading edge art and art education. Trish not only teaches painting at Studio UFO she also has been teaching at Whatcom Community College and Portland’s Creative Arts Community and Menucha, both for 25 years, and countless workshops around the Pacific Northwest, including museums and art centers.  She is an art trip leader to such places as Paris, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico City, Yellowstone, Ghost Ranch, Palm Springs & Victoria Canada.

She has facilitated the Annual Downtown Bellingham Plein Air Paint Out and Exhibition (PAPO) event for 16 years for which she received The Bellingham Mayor’s Arts Award.

In 2017 Trish was selected as the Skagit Valley Internation Tulip Festival Poster Artist. Her image received the Gold Pinnacle Award from the International Festivals & Events Association for Best Commemorative Poster that year. 

As a past president of the NW Pastel Society Trish established digital entries and newsletters effectively updating the society to the digital age.

Her work is in permanent collections throughout the region and is the recipient of many awards.

Her most recent accomplishment is being invited into the esteemed Women Painters of Washington Organization.

In June of 2023 she and husband Tom moved back to her childhood home, Lummi Island, to be able to paint closer to the edge of the Salish Sea than ever before.

Trish Harding, artist 360 319-6115 Trish.c.harding@gmail.com

www.studio-ufo.net