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Estuaries and Quiet Places; a painter's view of Oregon

"Arnold Creek Estuary"
oil on linen 62" x 42" by Michael Gibbons, 1998
from the Mahonia Hall Permanent Collection, commissioned in 1998 and made possible by the generosity of Greenbrier Companies of Lake Oswego and Bill and Joyce Furman of Portland, Oregon

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A QUIET VOICE IN A NOISY WORLD

Like many of my dedicated artist friends, what I was to do with my life was apparent to me as far back as I can remember. It wasn’t until my early twenties that inquisitiveness and crisis collided, giving birth to opportunity. At that point I could strip enough of other people’s expectations away to see clearly the path I was born for. Now, in my seventh decade, I am comfortable with my reason to be and with my life, I am.”