JIM LAMB SHARES PLEIN AIR SKILLS
Meeting on May 15th

Jim Lamb will be the guest speaker at EAFA's Annual Meeting May 15. Lamb is nationally recognized for his plein air landscapes and wildlife art. His demo will feature his techniques in painting with oils.

Born in Hamilton, Montana, and now living in Sammamish, Washington, Lamb studied at the Art Center College of Design of Los Angeles and has 15 years experience as a professional freelance illustrator. Numerous leading movie studios and national corporations have commissioned his work.

Lamb was chosen Artist of the Year in 1991 for the nationally recognized Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston, South Carolina. His work was also selected for the National Birds in Art Show that traveled to Japan and can be seen in North Light’s book, The Best of Wildlife Art. Jim’s work is part of the permanent collections of the National Football League, the Smithsonian Institution, the Pentagon, the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum and the Montana Historical Society. The US Postal Service included Jim’s work in a show at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts displaying the best of 40 years of US stamp designs. The show traveled to several other museum venues throughout the United States.

Jim is a member of the prestigious Northwest Rendezvous Group of artists that holds it’s annual show in August at Helena, Montana and of the California Art Club. His work was featured in the February 2001 issue of Southwest Art magazine and the January/February 2008 issue of Art of the West. He has also exhibited at the historic Laguna Art Museum’s annual Invitational Plein Air Painting Competition for the past 9 years. Recently, the Sammamish Arts Commission presented a solo exhibition of 30 of Jim's landscape paintings at Sammamish City Hall. His work hangs in collections throughout the United States.

Jim teaches two or three painting workshops a year in addition to his commitment to studio and plein air work. For more information about Jim's work and workshop schedule, go to his web site at www jimlambstudio.com

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