Coming from an artistic family that encouraged creativity and curiosity, Eastwood originally worked selling advertising in the art industry, before she realized that she most desired to be on the creative end of art production. In 1990 Eastwood left her job to pursue her aspiration to create an art form to enrich life. This desire led her to the process of hand tinting black and white photographs with special oil paints. It is an old technique that was created before photography was sophisticated enough to be developed with color film.

Eastwood is thrilled by watching the transformation of a black and white to a color print as her paints add fine detail and warmth to the photograph. Her first images were fruit and vegetables photographed against natural surroundings such as brick, wood and slate. She has since added flowers, landscapes and architectural images.

“Many of the photographic backgrounds are in my home which is situated at the base of Mt Diablo in Northern California. I feel the result is an elegant image, subtle in color and textures, richly detailed and slightly nostalgic. I hope to evoke an old-world European look with recognizable images and romantic beauty.”

Very shortly after experimenting in her medium, Eastwood found accounts with Restoration Hardware, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Eddie Bauer Homestores, Domain and numerous other stores. Her art is of a high standing in the retail gift industry where it is distributed nationwide.

Eastwood worked for a while as a partner in her sister’s framed print business, before she created her own business, J. Christopher Prints, named after her children Jaime and Christopher.