Renaissance man Joe Nordmann was an American landscape Impressionist painter. He was also a Caribbean bartender, crime investigator, nuclear researcher during World War II, and scientist on Hollywood film lots. He even has a detective novel to his name. In 1949 Joe began formal art training with painter Paul Conner and a few years later, became the last student of renowned Russian Master Artist Nicolai Fechin. During the early 1950s Joe served as assistant coach for “Hamp” Pool’s Los Angeles Rams. As co-author with Pool of Flying T Football, the gridiron “Bible” for NFL attack strategies, Joe was an equal architect of this football team’s high-scoring offensive success. He then spent 28 years as an award-winning college chemistry professor and author of six chemistry textbooks. After retiring from teaching, he became a full-time professional artist. In the 1980s Joe undertook a 10,000-mile solo road trip across the U.S. and Canada to paint plein air. Moving to Pacific Grove, California, he was juried into the Carmel Art Association in 1991, where his solo exhibitions (including Monterey as Impressions, Monterey as Design; Fort Ord, Fading Memories, and Pacific Grove, The Last Hometown) became legendary events, often selling out in advance of the opening receptions. He was devoted to both teaching art and continuing his own art studies, with mentor-turned-colleague Edward Norton Ward, as well as Charles Movalli and Van Waldron. Joe’s final CAA exhibition was Views Outdoors in June of 2013.