About Nickel Short

Carol Gauthier, Artistic Director, earned her business degree in North Dakota, but her artistic flair comes right from the heart. She has an extensive background in gourmet food design, and is founder and Empress of Mad Hatter Garden Designs. Her flair for the artful and beautiful touches everything she does---whether it's designing wild and wonderful gardens, cooking gourmet food or shopping for shoes. A former athlete, all 98 pounds of her is fit, fighting, and gorgeous.

Andy Gauthier, Creative Director, brings rock and roll, and 13 years in music retail to our ranks at Nickel Short. On his mantle sits a coveted "Dubious Distinction Award" for appearing on Star Search and MTV within the same year. He continues to play drums for Tommy Tutone and other well known bands in the Pacific Northwest. Andy is responsible for many of our hilarious one-liners, a wit acquired during long, road trips with unruly musicians, hostile bar owners, and years of parochial school.

Bonnie Comfort, Nickel Short's Business Director, is still in private practice as a clinical psychologist. Simon and Schuster published her compelling novel of intrigue and sex, Denial, in 1995. Bonnie's commitment to Nickel Short keeps things moving forward in spite of her business team shouting, "Bonnie! More salsa!"

Bob Comfort is our comedic visionary and photographer extraordinaire. Bob has worked as a stand-up comedian, a radio host, sit-com writer, producer/writer of TV specials, and one-hour comedy-dramas. In 1986 he left television to become a full time screenwriter. He has written and sold 19 screenplays, two of which have been made into feature films: The Warner Brothers cult classic, Dogfight, starring River Phoenix and Good Luck, starring Gregory Hines and Vincent D'Onofrio, an independent movie filmed on location in Oregon.

Bob's amazing and quirky photographs are the heart and mirth of Nickel Short Greetings. He has an eye for the absurd, the touching and the beautiful. He shrugs off his many years of working with celebrities as just a normal part of life and somewhat meaningless when you can't find your wallet or your pants.