Riva Brown is a native of Wilmington , Delaware . She received her education
in the Wilmington Public School system, graduating from P.S. DuPont High
School in 1971. Following that, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art
at the University of Delaware in 1975, with a minor in Art History.

Working full-time as a calligrapher, illustrator and watercolorist, her work is
highly respected and sought after in the commercial field. Her client list
includes such names as Longwood Gardens, the Delaware Nature Society, the
State of Delaware, the Supreme Court of Delaware, American Life Insurance
Company, Maryland Bank (MBNA), and Connectiv Power.  She was a founding
member and past-President of the Delaware Calligraphy Guild, and presently
serves on the Board of Directors on the Delaware Foundation for the Visual
Arts. (DFVA) Riva was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship in Folk Art in
1994 by the State of Delaware for her work as a Ketubah (Jewish marriage
contract) artist, and is considered a "State Treasure". She has been called
upon to present cultural programming in the Delaware public school system in
her capacity as "Folk Artist" and creator of ritual documents. In the Fall of 1996
she was juried into the Council of Delaware Artists.

Riva exhibits frequently in local art shows and galleries, such as "Best of
Delaware", the Ronald McDonald House "ArtFest", "Evening of Art", Immaculata
College , and many of the DFVA art exhibitions. Her art gallery affiliations have
included Hardcastle Gallery in Centreville , Delaware , Obelyn in Annapolis , Maryland ,  the Framehouse Gallery in Lewes , Delaware , and the Barnstone Gallery in Phoenixville , Pennsylvania