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Jim Fannin, Serendipity & Fine Art
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ou know Jim Fannin as a contributing writer for Hinsdale Magazine. You may also know him as America’s ZoneCoach®, with an international following of sports stars and business leaders. In both cases, he offers self-improvement techniques and tips that work for everyone…when followed. They work especially well for 38
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talented people who apply themselves, and become champions. As a result, Jim has personally developed a keen eye for talented people in sports and business…and yes, even in the art world, the subject of this article. In his travels, in off hours, because he likes art, Jim has made it a habit to stop in at art galleries.
One day in Miami Beach in the early 1980’s, after coaching several top tennis stars, he walked into one of several beachside galleries in Miami and an abstract painting caught his eye. He paid $200 for it. He asked who the artist was and was told, Romero Britto, a name no one had ever heard. Since Romero lived in Miami, Jim looked him up and found him, painting away. They chatted and Jim
