Tom Peters and Ron Baird bought Kirby
Rambo Collections from original owner Pam Rambo in 2004 but changed
the name of the store on January 1, 2005. The new name, Tommy Dixon
Collections, is a team-up of Tom's first name and Ron's middle name.
Tom and Ron owned a bed & breakfast in Rehoboth
Beach, DE for eight years, wintering on Sanibel to get away from
the freezing storms along the Atlantic coast. In 2004, the duo
decided to move to southwest Florida full-time and open some sort
of a gallery or gift shop. At about the same time, Pam Rambo wanted
to devote more time to her art and get out of the gallery business.
It was a match made in heaven, with everyone getting what they most
wanted.After all of the hurricanes they decided to relocate the shop to Cape Cod and close the Sanibel location.
The collection retains many of the original
artists. “We
really like to focus on functional art, mostly hand-made functional
art,” said Tom when talking about the gallery. “Everything here has
a purpose beyond being beautiful,” he said. Partner Ron Baird added, “We
really enjoy making the gallery fun and colorful with a specific
goal of making it affordable, too!”
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