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33 - Wednesday, November 13, 1985

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PROFESSOR Maurice Gibbons may be a man
who has successfully avoided his true calling for
most of his life. Well, almost.

Two months ago, he
decided he would leave SFU,
(his duties end next
September), to devote his
time to wood sculpture.

In the two months he has
had pieces exhibited in three
major American galleries —
the Rolly Micheaux in New
York and Boston, and now

the Wolf Schulz Gallery of -

San Fransicso.

His distinguished academ-
ic career began in 1952. Pro-
fessor Gibbons, now $4,
received a Doctorate of
Education from Harvard in
1969, and has published 60
articles and six books in the
field of education.

One piece, Walkabout
appeared in the prestigious
Phi Delta Cappan magazine
in 1974, and to date has been
the most requested reprint in
the magazine’s 60 year his-
tory.

He discovered wood
sculptur. puely by accident:
“T was sitting on a beach on
Saitsniiug Isiand in 1965"" he
recaiis, ‘“‘watching my kids
paddle, when I picked up a
piece of driftwood. I started
vi.ittling and then realized I
could sce the shape of a

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woman within the wood. I
finished it, sanded and oiled
it and ft had my first
sculpture — Saltspring
Madonna."’

Since then Maurice Gib-
bons has never been far
away from sculpture,
although he has travelled far
to master it. He worked
under a master carver in
Bali, and carved with the
Makonde tribe in Dar es
Salaam. He studied with a
sculptor in Brussels and
London in 1974, and in 1976
travelled to Australia.

“wanted to exhibit in
Bonythen's, the best gallery
in Australia,"’ he recounted,
“but there was a two year
waiting list. The next day
there was a cancellation and
I had a week to get some
pieces ready. | found a
fellow-sculptor, tools and
beautiful wood ~ Pacific
Rose Mahagony and

Your ole
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five bucks!

Queensland Black Walnut. I
taught all day and carved all
night. I've never worked as
hard in my life, but in a
week 1 had five pieces to
show them.”’ He eventually
exhibited 18 and sold 16.

From the rigid, prix.
style of tribal A
style has evolve.

West Coast f-..
His sculptures
from free-sts -9-.
wall cary
woods in s¢
sexual forms.

In some pier -..
seems to have toucned .-
spirit of West Coast Indian
carving. The intellectual
edge has softened into the
river-like lines of a woman's
body. They are beautiful,
living things.

“It’s ironic,’’ he conclud-
ed, “that all my life I’ve
been highly trair:d in the
field of education. The years
of training and experience
lead me to one conclusion —
the best education is the one
where you teach yourself.

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