Artwork by Jamie Lutz

My interest in art began at the age of six with a stack of hand-me-down Walter Foster "Learn to Draw" books. Garver introduced us to oil paints.

My interest in painting really blossomed in high school when Mrs. Until that point I had only used watercolors and other translucent paints and hated the softness of the results. But oil paints were so different - depth, strength, body, opacity, endless adventures in color mixing, even the smell of turpentine - I loved it all! Today I predominantly use acrylics, but still like to catch a whiff of turp every now and then. My artwork is shown at Gallery 360 in Vancouver, WA and other local venues.