Interview
Amie Easton
Amie Easton was born and raised in the northern town of Prince George, BC. After graduating high school, she spent five years building her education and creative foundation, earning a Multimedia Communications and Design Diploma. During that time, she worked as a graphic designer for Trimline Signcrafters, CKPG as an event promoter and newsroom editorial assistant, completed one year in the Emily Carr transfer program, and later moved to Vancouver to attend the Art Institute of Renfrew, majoring in Character Development. Life eventually brought her to Kamloops, where she pursued a career as an Employment Counsellor and Marketing Coordinator for the WorkBC offices. Six years into that career, opportunity knocked—and she set her government path aside to begin a tattoo apprenticeship at Sakred Skin and Studio in 2019. Outside of tattooing, Amie is a mother, wife, event planner, painter, horseback rider, hay farmer, animal lover, and all-around art enthusiast.
What is your background and how did you start your journey in the art world?
“I’ve been drawing and creating since I was a kid growing up in Prince George. Art was just always my thing. I started with painting — usually moments, or memories that stuck with me Eventually, that love for creating turned into tattooing. I apprenticed, learned the ropes, and slowly found my style and my place in the tattoo world. Since then, it’s grown into running my own shop, organizing the Kamloops Tattoo Show, and starting Juggerbean as a way to bring artists together.”
What inspires you?
“The passion to create and bring a fun event to the community.”
What themes do you pursue? Is there an underlying message in your work?
“I pursue anything that will make me smile or look pretty.”
How would you describe your work?
“Fun and charismatic.”
Which artists influence you most?
“I have quite a few but right now Lora Zombie, Daria Projenki and Deanna James.”
“I pursue anything that will make me smile or look pretty.”
What is your creative process like?
“Honestly, my process has completely changed since becoming a mom. With a one-and-a-half-year-old, any sense of routine has gone out the window. These days, if I get a spare moment, I just throw something on a canvas or piece of paper and see what happens. I’ve been leaning on my iPad a lot too — it’s way easier to haul around when my kid is running amok. My art right now is very ‘create whenever and wherever I can,’ and I’m learning to roll with it.”
What is an artist’s role in society and how do you see that evolving?
“I think an artist’s role in society is to create connection — to tell stories, spark conversation, and reflect what’s happening in the world. With AI, it’s hard to say exactly how that will evolve, but I think artists who have a unique style, whether in painting or tattooing, will be the ones who adapt and thrive. Those who can put their personal touch on their work, and reproduce it in a way that’s unmistakably theirs, will always have something AI can’t replicate.”
Website: juggerbean.ca
Instagram: @amieeastontattoos
