1) Sybil Gibson, born in Dora, Alabama on February 18, 1908 to January 2, 1995 (aged 86), was an American painter who was a self taught artist.
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2) She earned a BS in Elementary Education to become a teacher. For much of her life she had no interest in painting as her ambitions were crushed when a college art teacher told her she had no talent.
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3) However, on Thanksgiving Day 1963, aged 55, Gibson took to creating her own wrapping paper designs using tempera paint and brown paper grocery bags. This led to creating art until her death.
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4) Howell Raines wrote in June 1971: the paintings are not over-powering, they are truly fragile in the best sense. The colors are delicate, and her realism is tempered with a certain dream like quality.
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5) She chose to paint limited subject matter, mainly concentrating on the human form, particularly faces, as well as flowers, birds and small animals. Her style is considered folk art.
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6) Gibson’s work has been exhibited in more than fifty-one woman exhibitions. Her work is featured in Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of American Folk Art, the Johnson Collection, and more.
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