David Coggins

- Ink and watercolor on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. 

- Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

- David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow. He lives in Minneapolis.

- Ink and watercolor on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. 

- Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

- David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow. He lives in Minneapolis.

Ink, watercolor and graphite on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow.

He lives in Minneapolis.

- Ink and watercolor on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. 

- Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

- David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow. He lives in Minneapolis.

- Dimensions: 8.25" x 5.25" x 1.6"

- Signed copy.

- Blue: A St. Barts Memoir by artist and writer David Coggins is an affectionate, poetic account of his family's annual visits to St. Barthélemy in the French West Indies. As in his popular Paris in Winter, the pages of Blue are full of lyrical writing and vivid watercolors and ink drawings.

- Coggins and his family have a passion for the simple yet sophisticated pleasures of life on the beautiful French island. That passion is contagious, and the reader is soon caught up in rituals developed and refined over 20 years. Much of it centers around the mountain villa where they stay and the timeless joys of the Caribbean: swimming, reading, sailing, meals overlooking the sea.

- Coggins describes the natural world lovingly, and captures it in his drawings--   sublime sky and sea, lush tropical gardens, abundant wildlife from iguanas to whales. He writes about social life, about the famous and glamorous but more about people who live on the island, chefs, artists, wine sellers, sailors.

- Blue is a delight for the eye and the mind, an antidote to the pressures of urban life. It's a deeply personal telling of one family's experiences in an idyllic setting, but Coggins's gifts as storyteller and illustrator, conveyed with humanity and a love of life, make Blue universally enchanting.

Ink and watercolor on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow.

He lives in Minneapolis.

Ink on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of The Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow.

He lives in Minneapolis.

Ink on collaged cards. Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow.

He lives in Minneapolis.

- Ink and watercolor on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. 

- Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

- David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow. He lives in Minneapolis.

Ink and watercolor on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow.

He lives in Minneapolis.

- Ink and watercolor on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. 

- Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

- David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow. He lives in Minneapolis.

- Dimensions: 8.25" x 5.25" x 1.4"

- Signed copy, updated edition

- A newly expanded edition of the beloved Paris in Winter absorbs readers into magic of the City of Light, showcasing its serendipitous essence and cultural treasures anew with a captivating contemporary introduction and whimsical illustrations by author and artist David Coggins. 

- Paris in Winter strikes again with a brand new edition including new watercolor drawings with fanciful ink and charming vignettes featuring moments from Coggins’ family's annual New Year's sojourns to Paris, which, because of their unending love for the city, they've been taking together for almost 25 years. This memoir of poetic, lighthearted stories highlights the family's passion for art and food, fashion and social life. Family rituals--from having lunch each January at the delightful Le Grand Vefour to haunting favorite antique shops and seeking out-of-the-ordinary spots, like a little known garden or a gypsy circus--are interspersed with serendipitous moments: hearing Bono sing "Happy Birthday" to a friend in a bistro, adopting an abandoned lap dog, and the simple pleasures of Parisian street life.

- Coggins's delicate and intimate drawings capture classic Parisian scenes as well as family and friends against the backdrop of the elegant City of Light under the cloak of winter. Across cafes and hotels, apartments and galleries, the family mixes with a lively group of Parisian and international actors, designers, writers, and students. Furthermore, Coggins weaves in fascinating bits of the city's history and artistic lore, from Victor Hugo's interior designs to the painting that legend has it started Impressionism, to delight Francophiles all over.

Ink, watercolor and graphite on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow.

He lives in Minneapolis.

A masterful lesson in color theory, this vibrant collage is by American artist and writer David Coggins. The piece is comprised of rectangular color fields that have been taped together in a playful jigsaw style. Housed in a 19th-century American gilt frame, it would be any room's dazzling focal point. The work is signed on the lower right.

Ink, watercolor and colored pencil on handmade, all cotton Indian paper. Floated and framed in natural maple with UV-protectant plexiglass.

David Coggins is an award-winning writer, artist and set designer. His paintings, drawings and collages have been exhibited in Paris, London and Santiago, Chile as well as in U.S. galleries. Most recently, he is the author of two illustrated memoirs: Paris in Winter and Blue. Other books include The Nostalgic Heart, a travel memoir that received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and Eden Summer Collages, an illustrated nature diary. His eight-volume set The Daybooks, published under the pseudonym Robert Carolina, is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Coggins has designed for a number of U.S. theaters, including Théâtre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater and La Jolla Theater. His set for “The Deception" was chosen for “From the Edge," a U.S. exhibition on performance design that toured New York, Prague, and Moscow.

He lives in Minneapolis.