Nancy Friedman, Co-Education Director On March 18, the Fine Arts Guild started Watercolor Spotlight Thursdays during which members with watercolor supplies met to paint selected subjects with Don Helmstetter as their mentor. On the first trial day, the room was filled to our 10-person COVID-limited capacity. Those participating the first Thursday were Doreen Beers, Susan Halley, Margie Calhoun,…
Karen Cutrell I am originally from Ohio and a graduate of OSU in nursing. We moved to the Ranch in 2016, following my second career of selling real estate. Neither career allotted much time to experiment with art. I took up watercolor when we wintered in Palm Creek and looked to continue that endeavor here…
Nancy Friedman, Co-Education Director Following the HOA and CDC COVID guidelines to hold their annual show and sale, eight guild members opened their garages or used their yards for the display of their artwork with two other members participating also. With each venue having maps available, it did not take long for the seasoned Ranchers…
Nancy Friedman, Co-Education Chairman Using her artistry from an art degree obtained at North Dakota State University, Linda worked at a commercial plant care shop. However, she had not done any painting until she and her husband started renting during the winter months in Robson five years ago. Linda and her husband, Jim, grew up…
Nancy Friedman On the 18th of March, the Guild started Watercolor Spotlight Thursdays on which members with watercolor supplies met to paint selected subjects with Don Helmstetter as their mentor. On the first trial day, the room was filled to our “COVID limited capacity,” which is ten. Those participating the first Thursday were Doreen Beers,…
Nancy Friedman, Co-Educational Chairman While the studio was closed during the months of January and February, the members of the Fine Arts Guild continued to do their artwork at home. Some were also preparing for the Progressive Art Sale scheduled for March. Photographs from that sale should be forthcoming in the next Robson Ranch Views.…
Nancy Friedman, Co-Education Chairman While the studio was closed due to COVID during the months of January and February, the members of the Fine Arts Guild kept up the camaraderie by sending photographs and comments to all the members of the artwork being done in the group. The encouragement was often the push needed to forget about…
Nancy Friedman, Co-Education Chairman Sharon moved from Wisconsin after retiring from the restaurant business with her husband and working as a program assistant at the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire. Originally thinking Marana was where they wanted to move, Robson Ranch became their choice when meeting “nice and friendly people” while staying in a…
Nancy Friedman With a slow COVID summer, the guild started their demonstration classes again for the fall/winter season in mid-October. As of this writing, five classes have been completed along with two impromptu discussions. Ten classes were scheduled for the months of January and February with four needing to be repeated due to our limited…
Nancy Friedman Mary Beth moved here by default in 2007. She had retired from a 43-year nursing career followed by a five-year real estate stint. She had also designed and lived in her dream home in the mountains of Colorado on the Arkansas River. “I had this incredible house of which I had always dreamed.…