[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1416]
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                TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF GREG BROWN

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 16, 2014

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of an 
extraordinary American artist and muralist, Greg Brown, who died in 
Palo Alto, California, on August 28, 2014, at the age of 62, after a 
brief bout with cancer. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he moved to 
Palo Alto with his family at the age of two and remained in the 
community for the rest of his life.
   Greg Brown began his painting career as a second-grade student when 
he painted a mural of a pilgrim as part of an assignment on Christopher 
Columbus. A graduate of Palo Alto High School, he took few formal art 
classes, but an apprenticeship with the Italian artist Roberto Lupetti 
helped him gradually begin to grow as an artist.
   Greg Brown was Palo Alto's artist in residence in 1975, and created 
art for Palo Alto's centennial in 1994. His murals are a significant 
part of Palo Alto's public art collection and the nine trompe l'oeil 
vignettes adorning the walls of city buildings are treasures for all to 
enjoy. He also produced drawings and paintings and worked for private 
clients in many places. Greg Brown was a learner, a reader, and a keen 
observer of people. Mr. Brown leaves his wife, Julie, of Palo Alto, his 
daughter Whitney of Palo Alto, and his son Justin of Redwood City.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me in 
expressing our deepest condolences to Greg Brown's entire family and to 
all those who knew and loved him. His legacy lives on in the lively, 
whimsical art he created and shared with countless appreciative people, 
and our community and our country have been enriched and blessed by his 
life.

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