Niki has a B.F.A. in studio art from the University of Oregon and shows her paintings regularly in Seattle. Born in Wisconsin and growing up in Texas she spent weekends of her teenage years at the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum, assisting summer camps dreaming big. Her fascination with landscapes started at a young age growing up in Texas. Gazing at expansive horizons and big skies, she describes imagining mountains and waterfalls not yet seen in person. Now in Rainier Beach, Seattle, she continues to revel in the natural world through painting the grandeur of nature found while rowing.