Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
How Robin Raymer’s Art Reached Successories
Clip: Season 6 Episode 31 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Robin Raymer recalls how his encouraging cards caught the attention of Successories.
Robin Raymer recalls creating hand-drawn greeting cards before a chance visit to Successories led to a deal with the company. He created about 90 drawings and posters for the motivational retailer, turning his simple messages of encouragement into work that reached a much wider audience.
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Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
How Robin Raymer’s Art Reached Successories
Clip: Season 6 Episode 31 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Robin Raymer recalls creating hand-drawn greeting cards before a chance visit to Successories led to a deal with the company. He created about 90 drawings and posters for the motivational retailer, turning his simple messages of encouragement into work that reached a much wider audience.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAnd I've always been big over the years on drawing greeting cards.
I was discovered maybe 35 years ago by a company, you may remember this, and some of the listeners and friends here today, it was called Successories.
- I do, that's the store.
- It was a store in the mall.
I was down in St.
Louis, appearing as Plaster Man.
And I said to my wife, "This looks like the kind of store my stuff should be in."
- [Christine] Exactly.
Yeah.
- And I went up to Chicago, Aurora.
We signed a deal on the spot.
It was just perfect timing.
They were looking for some really nice encouraging cards, that commendation kind of cards that- - [Christine] There's another one.
- (laughs) There we go.
And so they had it at that time that the overseers or bosses at work could give these cards out.
Super job.
Nice job.
So I draw up about 90 drawings for 'em and some posters, and we worked together for years.
But then I started to think about the book itself.
This is, this year, 2026 is 45 years I've been drawing them.
So I've been drawing them more than- - For "Pete and Peaches."
- Yeah, yeah.
- Wow.
That's interesting.
The Hidden Family Symbols in Robin Raymer’s Art
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Clip: S6 Ep31 | 1m 19s | Robin Raymer reveals the family stories and symbols hidden throughout his artwork. (1m 19s)
The Starfish Lesson: Why Helping One Person Matters
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Clip: S6 Ep31 | 2m 3s | Robin Raymer explains the simple lesson at the heart of Pete and Peaches. (2m 3s)
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