Joan
Ricketts is natural-talent artist whose work has been seen
around the world and into outer space. Retired a few years
ago, she was renown within the National Research Council as the
person to go to if you needed something drawn, be it a plaque, a
coin or a patch, a portrait of Canada's first astronauts or of the
Past Presidents of the NRC. She even did co-workers, just for
fun.
When Joan retired, the NRC honoured her
with a gift, a painting of herself. How appropriate.
She has been drawing all her life.
Her Dog drawings go back to the 1930's,
when she was quite young (can't tell you that she was 14!).
We have found almost 100 drawings,
paintings and other stuff that Joan has been credited with. We
are constantly finding more that even she cannot remember doing.
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Joan
Ricketts is natural-talent artist whose work has been seen
around the world and into outer space. Retired a few years
ago, she was renown within the National Research Council as the
person to go to if you needed something drawn, be it a plaque, a
coin or a patch, a portrait of Canada's first astronauts or of the
Past Presidents of the NRC. She even did co-workers, just for
fun.