Linear Perspective

It’s a quality that allowed him to purchase Roth Art—a framing and fine art poster business—while still in his 20s, despite having no professional background in the field. And it’s a quality that gave him the courage to reinvent that ­business 13 years later in a bid to survive the economic downturn of the 1990s.

Today, as Gibson celebrates 35 years in the field, Michael Gibson Gallery is a nationally-recognized commercial art gallery on par with any in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal or Calgary. The gallery represents both regional and national artists and works with serious art collectors from coast to coast. And Gibson has done it all from the heart of downtown London.