January 25,2018 / by Robin Joy Riggsbee

Again, having not posted much on my blog as you can see, most people don't know that I had a gallery in downtown Naples Florida from May 2016 to April 2017.  I was given the opportunity to completely renovate a house that would either be sold or torn down in time and could have a gallery there for a while.  My dear friend of mine and I renovated this house in 40 days and 40 nights working round the clock.  I lived there as well as worked there.  In that time, I produced 3 board books.  The first book is  called "Birds on a Wire", which is mostly a picture book.  The second book is called "Svenky the Viking Elf.  The third book, was commissioned by Illuminum Perfume Company in London, and is a book about their brand. Naples Daily News wrote an article about my gallery and work.  I will start posting more photos. Here is a photo from the article in Naples Daily News. This is a small section of a large pencil drawing on paper.   It took 14 hours of work non stop.  I couldn't leave it as the hand would be different.  

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photo of one of my scarves in my presentation book

photo of one of my scarves in my presentation book

The main room in my gallery in Downtown Naples 2017

The main room in my gallery in Downtown Naples 2017