The sound of cars whizzing by surrounds award-winning pencil artist John Nelson on a recent Monday afternoon. He is sitting at a desk in the corner of his self-named art gallery overlooking Route ...

John Nelson Shanks was born Dec. 23, 1937, in Rochester, N.Y., and grew up mostly in Wilmington, Del. He studied painting at the Kansas City Art Institute and later in New York and Italy.

At 94 and a half, he admits proudly, John Nelson of Savannah is still working and continues to exhibit the variety of paintings and illustrations he has amassed through a fun, productive career.

John Nelson Arnold, 73 years old, a portrait painter, will marry Miss Clara L. Maxfield, his pupil and only 27 years of age, about March 20. Mr. Arnold is the oldest artist in Rhode Island.

John Nelson and Milo Miloscia’s sleek and surprising ... But what lies within is a veritable museum of contemporary art, albeit one in which the owners can live and entertain with comfortable ...