Architect / Sketcher / Author / Arborist
Jim Lammers
Jim Lammers was educated as an architect back when freehand sketching was an integral part of the curriculum. He holds degrees in architecture from Columbia University and Iowa State University. In addition to his private practice, Jim taught at the University of Minnesota for 18 years and also guest lectured at Iowa State for a few years. He currently teaches travel sketching at Marine Mills Folk Art School in Marine on St Croix, Minnesota.
An inveterate world traveler, persistent writer and relentless sketcher, Jim has been published in a number of professional journals and on websites. His drawings have been exhibited at Landmark Center, Hallburg Center for the Arts, Phipps Art Center, and ArtReach.
His books, Capture the Moment: An Architect's Guide to Travel Sketching, Barns of the St Croix Valley: An Architect's Sketchbook, and Lighthouses of the Great Lakes: An Architect's Sketchbook, have been published by ORO Editions. Jim is presently working on another book: Lighthouses of the World: An Architect's Coloring Book.
Farmstead
When not absorbed in writing or sketching, Jim enjoys working as arborist on his 100-year-old farmstead.
"Sketching takes just two things—courage and perseverance. If you like it, then it's a good sketch."
BOOKS BY JIM LAMMERS
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Lighthouses of the Great Lakes
"This charming book is a personal tribute to Great Lakes lighthouses. Author, architect, and artist, Jim Lammers gives us more than just the drawings he sketched while on his journey around the lakes. He gives us a history lesson as well."
—Sherry Nelson, Board Member, Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
Capture the Moment
"Lammers shows us how to 'Capture the Moment' in quick sketches that depict the places we visit."
—Thomas Fisher, Dean Emeritus Dayton Hudson Chair in Urban Design, College of Design, University of Minnesota
Barns of the St. Croix Valley
"This book is just part of spreading the gospel of sketching that goes beyond books for Jim Lammers."
—Chisago County Press
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