Nancy Friedman Mickie moved all the way from Gilbert, Ariz., to Robson Ranch about 10 years ago, because of all the organized activities like pickleball, tennis, golf, and other clubs. Prior to living in Gilbert for 13 years, she also resided in Illinois and Indiana during which most of her career was spent in the field…
Jeana Capel-Jones Marc Capel-Jones’ creativity runs long and deep, touching every aspect of his life visually, verbally, and physically. This creativity started with his doodling at the age of eight. As an only child in Westport, Connecticut, he spent hours and hours drawing. It started when he put his pencil to paper and used his…
Nancy Friedman Being the son of a carpenter, it is no wonder Nils aspired to be an architect. After starting his own business and remodeling two of his own residences, he decided to take some watercolor classes at a local college. It has just been in the past six years that Nils started painting in…
Nancy Friedman JoAnn is one of those artists who started drawing early in her life. She also went on to major in art in college. Learning early after college the meaning of “starving artist,” she was offered a job with a telephone company, where she worked as an electrician. She also met her husband during…
Kathy has been drawing ever since she could hold a pencil. When she wasn’t drawing, she was hanging out and reading in the library where her mother was the librarian. She retired after 30 years of teaching art in Fairbanks, AK. Although she may be retired on paper, Kathy still teaches many classes for the…
Janet’s love of design and color drew her to the beauty industry at an early age. Her talent in these areas quickly led to winning numerous design composition and color competitions in her industry. As her reputation grew, she opened her own successful salon in northeast Ohio where she continued to hone her expertise in…
Nancy Friedman Bob is an oil painter who started painting nine years ago while still working as a vice president of a major furniture company where he was responsible for the recliner division. He enrolled in weekend adult classes given in oil painting at a high school in Pennsylvania where he took eight classes. When…