Karla Heinz, PCGAC President Stephen Nathan grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. Because of his interest in environmental issues, he attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, where he received degrees in biology and environmental engineering. He then worked as an environmental engineer for 12 years with…
Emily Grotta The Art Club is delighted to award Artist of the Month for April to Barbara Johnson-Rossi. Barbara was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. to a family that loved animals. When she was seven, they moved into the country and bought horses, which started a 30-year stretch of loving, owning, raising, and showing Appaloosa…
Loretta Pruett Donna, born and raised in Southern California, moved to Arizona in 2003. She has always enjoyed creating something special from items that others might just toss away. During her teaching career, she designed many special gifts and decor for each of the holidays. She taught students from infancy to college age and directed early…
Emily Grotta The PebbleCreek Art Club is pleased to award Monica Rozwadowski our Artist of the Month for December. When Monica was in her twenties, she received a Christmas gift of beginners oils paints from her sister Joyce. She took an art course at the time, but never pursued painting until retiring in 1998. That year, Monica and her…
Loretta Pruett, AOTM Co-Chair Carol was born and raised in a small Northern Vermont town where cows clearly out-numbered people. She is from a family of three siblings who were 13, 15, and 16 years older than herself. As a child, she spent much time entertaining herself. Luckily, she had a vivid imagination, so she…
The PebbleCreek Art Club is delighted to award Hilary Fiscus its April Artist of the Month. Hilary was born and raised outside Liverpool, England in the United Kingdom. As a teenager, The Cavern, made famous by the Beatles in their early days, was a familiar haunt of hers; no one at the time realized the fame…
Loretta Pruett The PebbleCreek Art Club is pleased to award Curtis Patchin our Artist of the Month for February. Curtis was born in Saskatchewan, Canada. Since retiring four years ago, he and his wife, Joan, spend six months a year in PebbleCreek and reside in Calgary, Alberta the other six months. Finding a home in…
Linda Strauss-Lewis Marilyn Price, muralist, illustrator, interior designer, entrepreneur, and much more, is our January Artist of the Month. She comes from a very creative family, proudly saying, “my father (a writer and illustrator for Reader’s Digest), all of my uncles, brothers, sisters, and me, are in the arts. We like to say that we…
Marianne Graff The PebbleCreek Art Club takes great pleasure in awarding Diana Horton-Smith as the November Artist of the Month. Diana was born and raised in sunny Southern California but moved to Arizona in August of 2016 after retiring from her job handling personal injury claims. She is married to Walt Smith, also a California native,…
Loretta Pruett The PebbleCreek Art Club is proud to present Jane Myers with the October 2019 “Artist of the Month” award. Jane, her husband, Dan, and their little malti-poo dog Teddy, moved from Long Island, NY to PebbleCreek in 2017 with nothing more than two suitcases, a carry-on bag, and three cowboy hats! Jane’s decision…