Nicole started working with color at a young age in the studio of her father Kahlil George Gibran where she was encouraged to be creative and question authority. She graduated from Brown University with an ScB in biochemistry but spent more time in the List Art studios than in the laboratories. There, she formally studied printmaking, especially silk screen printing, with Walter Feldman who patiently tolerated her pre-med demands. Medical school, surgery residency at BUSM and an academic surgical career in burn injury-related clinical care, education and research at the University of Washington followed. Nicole resumed white line printing after a 35-year hiatus. Her methodological approach to printmaking and color mirrors her experimental attitudes about her biomedical investigations. Nicole’s works reflect individual experiences with her family and environment. She especially likes to include images of weathered architectural elements in her prints.
Frank was intrigued with photography as a child and got his first SLR at the age of fourteen. He was interested in astronomy and physics in college but ultimately chose a path to medical school. His interest in photography and astronomy took a backseat to academic pursuits that led to a career as a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon in Seattle, WA. After retiring from a life in Surgery, nature photography and astrophotography in particular, have resurfaced. Always meticulous in his surgeries, Frank applies the same attention to detail to his photographs.
In 2018 Nicole and Frank envisioned ResQ Glasses as a means of reducing waste and highlighting endangered ‘critters’ on outer Cape Cod. Each unique glass begins as a commercial bottle. It is soaked to remove the label, scored and cut, sanded to smooth the edge and etched by laser with a cherished wildlife design. Many of the designs are based on Frank’s photographs. Surprisingly no two bottles are alike, and no two glasses are alike.
Just as Nicole and Frank reinvented themselves in 2021, they also relocated from Seattle to Wellfleet – hence Changing Tides in more ways than one. You can always find them at: https://changingtidestudio.com
Changing Tide Studio 