Circle of Life
By J. Chester Armstrong, Installed 1999
World renowned wood sculptor, J. Chester Armstrong roots run deep in Central Oregon, his chosen home. He was born and raised in Berkeley California and in the 1960’s, attended U.C. Berkeley and graduated with a degree in poetic theory and philosophy. In the early 70’s, after traveling through Central America and with a brief stay in Vermont he came north to Oregon looking for “untracked space’s”, where the stars are not drowned out by city lights, and for the past thirty five years has lived outside the little town of Sisters, Oregon. He lives with his wife, singer song writer, Anastacia, in the shadow of the Three Sisters mountains, on 20 acres at the edge of the wilderness…All his inspiration. To quote Chief Seattle, “The further we get from the forest floor, the less human we become.” “I would rather live in the middle of nowhere than any city on earth.”
