About The Artist

Howard “Luke” Lucas paints not from photos, but from being out in the wonder of our planet. He engages in the glorious struggle of plein air painting, capturing light, form and color on paper… connecting the Akashic Record with our dynamic universe. A founding member and past president of Artbeat Gallery, an art coop with 80 member artists. Artbeat Gallery received a prestigious award, Innovation in the Arts by the Silicon Valley Arts Council in 1993. He has served on the San Jose Art League Board of Directors, as Program Chairman for the Los Gatos Art Association and newsletter editor for the East Valley Artists. He is a past president, served on the Board of directors and Program Chair for the North Valley Art league. He has attended numerous painting workshops at Asilomar, Ruidoso, and Mendocino and St. Mary’s Art Centers etc, as well as completing sixty semester units of community college art training. Retiring with 32 years of service as an educator in 2000, he moved to Viola where he established the Mt. Lassen Art Center. He has five grown children and four grand children. He enjoys a warm relationship with his large 7 generation Northern California extended family from Shasta, Siskiyou and Butte Counties. California State Teaching Credentials: Standard Elementary (Life). Designated Services (Counseling and Social Work) Life, Learning Handicapped, Resource Specialist.