Yaquina River Museum of Art

Well! A "house museum" is a museum in a former residence which, more often than not, had something to do with what is inside. In this case the home is for a short while longer, the home of Michael and Judith Gibbons and is to be modified a little to allow public access to the handsome residence; the collection of art, furnishings, and historic memorabilia.

Having visited numerous "house museums" which were residences of artists and realizing that all but one of them had to be acquired and reassembled from old photos (if any), notes, and mostly guess work, the Yaquina River Museum of Art is a real plum. The home has neither changed owners and/or fallen into disrepair, and the artist is still living. Even better is the core collection which is sizeable and many of the paintings and drawings are from the artist's own collection; key pieces put aside and not shown before. You will, I am sure, agree that this is a valuable asset for the region and for the world.

Ken Auster Emil Carlsen Sir William Russell Flint Don Gray Martin Kallman

Bill Kucha Joel Oslind Loran Speck Michele Taylor John van Dreal

Edward Young Tom Hill Nicholas Wilson John Solie

Martin Eichinger
Nano Lopez
Julian Morillo
Mark de Graffeureid