Jarea Art Studio began when mother-daughter team Jantje Blokhuis-Mulder and Andrea Mulder-Slater combined their names and their talent to form JAREA.

Beginning with original paintings Jantje and Andrea then produced handmade floorcloths and later designed, constructed and decorated woodburned board games and boxes, as the women found a market for their work.

Later, Geoff Slater, became part of the the studio, and today contributes his talents in the form of paintings, drawings and murals. Kyle Hargrove joined us as well and now creates whimsical metal art from found objects.

Today at our art studio, you can find handmade, original floorcloths, oil, watercolor & acrylic paintings, folk art, wooden boxes, pickets, woodburnings, murals, painted furniture, stone sculptures, board games, abstract art, metal art, glass sculpture by Larissa Blokhuis, coffee paintings, line paintings and joy!

Art education is important to the artists of Jarea Art which is why Jan and Andrea co-founded KinderArt.com, a website featuring thousands of free art lessons for children from preschool to high school.