"The artists that I admire tap feelings of awe that permit the viewer to experience new perspectives of being."
-- GJ Gillespie
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N O W S H O W I N G + N E W S
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| She's Not There by GJ Gillespie. SOLD |
GJ Gillespie has appeared in the Kirkland, WA gallery's Subscription Program.
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| Peggy Sue by GJ Gillespie. |
COVER ART
In Parentheses, an online and print literary magazine, chose my collage "Peggy Sue" for the cover of Volume 7, Issue 2, Fall 2021.
This is my sixth magazine cover!
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| Twist and Shout by GJ Gillespie. |
Editors of this literary and art journal based in San Francisco accepted 15 works
for publication. These collages made since 2014 will be paired with poems and stories in future issues.
for publication. These collages made since 2014 will be paired with poems and stories in future issues.
"FRESCO #3" PUBLISHED
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| Fresco #3 by GJ Gillespie. |
Unstamatic Magazine, a literary and art journal based in Montana, will publish "Fresco #3" in the next issue released October 30.
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| Odysseus by GJ Gillespie. |
ACCEPTS 5 PIECES
Volume 5, issue 2 will feature GJ Gillespie art including Odysseus, Carousel of Time, Cry Me a River. MORE
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| Set Fire to the Rain by GJ Gillespie. |
5 pieces for call asking for images concerning "birth, rebirth, renewal, restructuring, and transcendence."
Lone Mountain Literary Society is a collective of writers, editors, and artists based out of San Francisco, California. See art selected here.
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Vitat Regina (Queen Elizabeth) by GJ Gillespie |
Vitat Regina (Portrait of Queen Elizabeth) selected for ICONS, 2021 - Online Exhibition.
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| Dancer and Diver by GJ Gillespie. |
Beyond Words Magazine to publish "Dancer and Diver" in October 2021 issue.
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| If Not for You by GJ Gillespie. |
Editors of this New England based literary magazine will publish "If Not for You" and "Smoke on the Water".
Both pieces previously appeared in Washington state shows.
"Smoke on Water" sold at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds and "If Not for You" at the Ryan James Gallery in Kirkland and in
two other shows in Redmond and Kirkland.
two other shows in Redmond and Kirkland.
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"We received around 150 submissions and ultimately selected 18 artists for the issue—so it goes without saying we were very impressed with your work. It's a privilege to publish such vivid and precise work."
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| Two Divided by Love by GJ Gillespie |
"Two Divided by Love" September 2021 issue of Wild Roof Literary Journal
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| Invisible Men by GJ Gillespie. |
"Invisible Men" wins SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD in the Light, Space and Time online gallery summer 2021 exhibition.
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| Narcissus by GJ Gillespie. |
COVER ART
Editors picked my cubist figure "Narcissus" for cover of literary journal The Lunch Break Zine, issue # 4, published by alternative music site Out to Lunch Records.
This is my fifth cover.
8 other pieces also appear.
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| Ghost Rider by GJ Gillespie. |
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| Fool If You Think It's Over by GJ Gillespie. |
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| The Way You Look Tonight by GJ Gillespie. |
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"The Punishment of Prometheus" by GJ Gillespie. |
"The Punishment of Prometheus" chosen as featured artwork for June edition of Prometheus Dreaming journal.
MORE about the piece.
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| Midnight Confessions by GJ Gillespie. SOLD. |
OxMag -- other wise known as Oxford Magazine: a Midwestern Journal of Literature and Art -- publishes "Midnight Confessions".
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| Love Buzz by GJ Gillespie. |
FEATURED ARTIST
Literary Journal Mud City Review.
Six pieces.
1. Angel of the Morning.
1. Angel of the Morning.
2. Love Buzz.
3. Forever Young.
4. Uncle Albert.
5. Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu.
6. Where is My Mind #3.
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| Where is My Mind by GJ Gillespie |
Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, a literary journal from New England, publishes "Where is My Mind" in June issue.
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| Life Could be a Dream by GJ Gillespie |
Button Eye Review, a literary journal, to publish "Life Could be a Dream."
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| I Can Only Imagine by GJ Gillespie. |
Montana Mouthful, a literary journal, publishes "I Can Only Imagine".
See it and another piece on page 13 and 43. https://issuu.com/montanamouthful/docs/mmv4iss2iss
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| Colors of the Night by GJ Gillespie. |
Literary journal 3Elements Review publishes "Colors of the Night." See page 31.
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| Never Comes the Day |
"Never Comes the Day" in The Tempered Ruin Press quarterly Bluing the Blade --Volume 1, Number 1 -- December 2020.
A literary magazine, The Abstract Elephant Magazine published ten pieces in December, 2020.
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| Choose Authentic by GJ Gillespie |
ART AWARD
GJ Gillespie wins Honorable Mention in the Art Room Gallery online show for my collage "Forever Young".MORE about the art
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My self portrait "Will You Still Need Me" won an award for the Grey Cube Gallery March 2020 contest.
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| Will You Still Feed Me (Self Portrait) |
PRICING
Larger pieces range from $1400 to $340. Framing and shipping is available.
Leda sketchbook with every purchase.
Contact here. PayPal garjog@gmail.com
Leda sketchbook with every purchase.
Contact here. PayPal garjog@gmail.com
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| Old Timer by GJ Gillespie |
Get Lost Sketching in the Woods by GJ Gillespie
WHOEVER SAID "stop and smell the roses" would appreciate the health craze called Forest Bathing.
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| Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying by GJ Gillespie Collage on canvas. 15 x 30 inches. 2018 |
Northwest Collage Society Show.
Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo
April 5 to June 30, 2018
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Art Award
Gillespie Wins recognition at Mercer Island Show.
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SIX SHOWS IN AUGUST 2017
In August 2017 Gillespie's art appeared in six shows in four cities, including Kirkland, Seattle, Bellevue and Roslyn. MORE
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| MIdnight Confessions by GJ Gillespie. Collage. 21 x 11.5. 2019. SOLD |
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| A World of Our Own by GJ Gillespie 80 x 30. SOLD |
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| Horse with No Name by GJ Gillespie. SOLD MORE |
"SMOKE ON THE WATER" SOLD
The day before the end of the 2017 Northwest Collage Society Winter Show one of two Gillespie pieces sold.
The other work entitled "Horse Latitudes" received one of five awards in the show of 55 works by local collage artists.
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| Smoke on the Water by GJ Gillespie. SOLD |
The other work entitled "Horse Latitudes" received one of five awards in the show of 55 works by local collage artists.
Gillespie featured artist November, 2016 in
Thought Notebook.
Thought Notebook.
Cover Art
Thought Notebook choses Kingdom Within for Cover of June issue.
Two pieces featured in June, 2016 issue Journal Thought Notebook. MORE
AWARDS for Blue Girl Gallery Shows
Award at Mercer Island Show.
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MERIT AWARD
Thought Notebook choses Kingdom Within for Cover of June issue.
Two pieces featured in June, 2016 issue Journal Thought Notebook. MORE
First Place for Kaw Kaw
Honorable Mention for Life Cycle MORE
Honorable Mention for Life Cycle MORE
Award at Mercer Island Show.
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| The Child's Bath after Mary Cassatt by GJ Gillespie |
Award at Northwest Collage Society Show. Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo, WA.
April 5 to June 30, 2018 MORE
April 5 to June 30, 2018 MORE
Special Merit Award in the Light Space and Time City Scape online competition. The collage was among 80 pieces selected out of 478 entries.
In addition, a second city scape abstract work entitled "Desolation Row" earned a Special Recognition Award. Youtube slide show of winning art. MORE
MERIT AWARD
GJ Gillespie's piece "Forever Young" was among 80 selected out of 760 entries for the Light Space and Time “Abstracts” 2015 Art Exhibition. See the work at 2:30 minutes into the video of winning art. The Light Space Time gallery received 760 entries from 23 different countries from around the world. "Forever Young" was also invited for the Fiber Fusion Show September - April, 2016.
In 2015 Gary Gillespie founded his own private label art supply company selling premium sketchbooks on Amazon.
Now 100,000 books later, the premium art journal company ranks among the top 2 percent of Amazon.com retailers with 500 five star reviews. Sold throughout North America, Europe and Japan. Other branded supplies were added to the product line.
A piece by GJ Gillespie appeared in the 2015 May-June issue of the literary journal the Mid American Review (MAR).
Of the three GJ Gillespie submissions the judge for the contest chose "Life Cycle" to accompany a story about a young farming couple dealing with the death of a child.
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| Forget All Your Troubles, Forget All Your Cares by GJ Gillespie. SOLD |
"Forget All Your Troubles" SOLD
Congratulations to a GJ Gillespie fan in Shelton for purchasing this collage inspired by people walking in the city.
"Kingdom Within" Honorable Mention in Mind Magazine's Imagination art contest.
Mind Magazine posts "Horse with No Name".
Lecture: Faith in Humanities Conference.
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Mockingbird (Portrait of Eminem) by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media collage. 14 x 11. 2020. |
mankind born out of struggle between wisdom and madness, between dream and reality in our mind”
Magdalena Abakanowicz
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The cultural and natural world of the American northwest inspires my art.
Living in a 1928 farmhouse overlooking Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island (north of Seattle) is an inspiring setting for an artist. The abstract expressionist masters who produced haunting images from this region are constant inspirations.
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| Sketching at the Getty Malibu in Los Angele |
In addition to the mid century "Northwest Mystics", ethnographic designs of native peoples, cave painting, Greek myths and statues and cryptic letters figure into my art.
Most of my designs are inspired by art history.
Most of my designs are inspired by art history.
The artists I admire tap unconscious feelings of longing for existential meaning that emerge from cultural icons. In my view, abstraction should be more than pleasing design. Instead, art should evoke connotations that permit the viewer to experience a sense of wonder, awe and new perspectives of being.
I enjoy experimenting with various media such as watercolor, collage, encaustic and
mixed media on paper, canvas and board. I find that the translucent effect of layering watercolor adds depth and metaphorical meaning.
IDEAS for an abstract piece might appear in a dream. Inspiration also come by studying the works of the masters. Alfonso Ossorio, Arshile Gorky, Hans Hoffman and Lee Krasner influence me.
Following an atemporal style, I sometimes copy the works of old master painters, giving my own
take by making them into collages.
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| CAROUSEL OF TIME (portrait of Joni Mitchell) by GJ Gillespie |
Between periods of art making I manage an international art supply company that sells my own brand of sketchbooks -- and other supplies -- throughout North America, Europe and Japan. Leda Arts Supply.
In July, 2017 Gillespie was invited to take part in the Ryan James Gallery Subscription Program.
In July, 2017 Gillespie was invited to take part in the Ryan James Gallery Subscription Program.
PRICING
“All that we see is vision, by generated organs gone as soon
as come, permanent in the imagination.” -- William Blake
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| Man Disguised as Spirit by GJ Gillespie Shown at the Bellevue Arts Museum Order canvas print here. |
"To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams."
-- Giorgio de Chirico
-- Giorgio de Chirico
Past Shows and Honors
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| I Will Survive by GJ Gillespie |
- Oak Harbor, WA. SHELTER FROM THE STORM SHOW. 12 GJ Gillespie collages.Oak Harbor Public Library. September 3 to 28, 2021. MORE.
- Starkville, Mississippi. "Time On Our Hands" Exhibit, Partnership Art Center. July 7 to Sept. 13, 2021.
- Bellevue, WA. Pacific Regent Show. Three collages in this condo art show. November 2020 to February 2021. MORE
- HONORABLE MENTION ART AWARDMy self portrait "Will You Still Need Me" the Grey Cube Gallery March 2020 contest.
- "Never Comes the Day" in The Tempered Ruin Press quarterly Bluing
the Blade --Volume 1, Number 1 -- December 2020. - Bellevue, Pacific Regent Show
Three collages in this condo art show. November 5, 2020-- February 2021
MORE - AWARDS for Blue Girl Gallery ShowsFirst Place for Kaw Kaw
Honorable Mention for Life Cycle MORE - Bellevue, Pacific Regent Show
Bellevue WA Two pieces in this condo art show.
No reception because of Covid. Starts June 15.
MORE ART AWARD, Honorable Mention in the Art Room Gallery online show for my collage "Forever Young".MORE about the art
- Kirkland, Art Class with Miha Sirani Mixed Media Creation at Kirkland Art Center.
- Thought Art Magazine
3 GJ Gillespie pieces selected for current issue.
MORE - Kirkland, Quantum Paint: a solo show by artist Crystal Edwards and curated by GJ Gillespie.
MORE - Kirkland, 21 Century Women Show. Kirkland Art Center, June 20 -- Oct. 16, 2019. "The Way You Look Tonight" at the KAC.
- Kirkland, Desperado Show, 5 abstract collages by GJ Gillespie at Hurst Gallery in Kirkland. August 20 -- October 10, 2019. More.
- Kirkland, Surface Design In Full Swing Show, Hurst Gallery in Kirkland. May 30 to August 17, 2019.
- Kirkland, BEST OF KIRKLAND ART CENTER SHOW, May 11 -- June 16. "Shelter from the Storm." More.
- April Envision Arts Magazine, "Something in the Way" a mixed media collage on canvas by GJ Gillespie is featured as a pairing with a poem in the literary and art online magazine. See the poem and collage here.
- Seattle, Northwest Collage Society Winter Exhibit at Washington State Convention Center. January 12 to March 30, 2019. MORE
- Kirkland, Earth Angel Show, Hurst Gallery, December 8 to March 23, 2019 MORE
- Kirkland, Nature in Fiber Show. January 4 -- March 1, 2019, VALA Art Center. MORE
- Kirkland, Howl Show, Hurst Gallery. August 30 -- December 7, 2018. More
- Bellevue, Healing Arts Show, Overlake Hospital, August 21 -- November 17, 2018Five works in Bellevue, WA
- Kirkland, Creative Contemplation Show ,Oct.1 -- Nov. 3, 2018, Areté Kirkland Condo · Kirkland, WA.
- Mercer Island, Gillespie Wins Award at Paper Talks: Collage Chatter, Northwest Collage Society Fall Exhibition, Mercer Island Community Events Center, Mercer Island, WA.
September 9 -- October 27, 2018. MORE - Kirkland, Life Cycle Show June 14 -- Sept. 7, 2018. Five works at Hurst Gallery in Kirkland
- Kirkland, Forager of Dreams Show. Five works at Hurst Gallery Kirkland
April 3 -- May 4, 2018.
Earth Angel by GJ Gillespie.
Collage. 22 x 17. 2018.
1.4 k impressions on Pinterest.
- Twisp, three pieces in The Hidden show, April -- June, 2018. MORE
- Kirkland, Mad World Show Hurts Gallery in Kirkland. January 8 -- March 30, 2018.
- Mukilteo, Gillespie wins award at Northwest Collage Society Show, April 4 - June 30, 2018.
- Seattle, SOLO show at Seattle Oasis clinic on the shores of Lake Union. July -- December, 2017. MORE
- Kirkland, Wonderful World Show, Hurst Gallery, Kirkland, WA. August 12 -- Dec 4, 2017. MORE
- Bellevue, "The Healing Arts” program at Overlake Hospital Cardiology Unit in Bellevue. Sponsored by the Evergreen Fine Arts Association. Until November 10. MORE
- Bellevue, "Series of Dreams" and "A World of Our Own" at Pacific Regent Invitational Show. MORE
- Redmond, “Design Revelations,” At North Gallery in Redmond September 30 -- October 30, 2017. MORE
- Roslyn, Roslyn Art Festival Two horse images graced the walls of Basecamp Book and Bites August 4 to 29. A fan purchased one of the paintings. MORE
- Seattle, the Northwest Collage Society accepted two Gillespie collages for the organization's 2017 Summer Exhibition at the Seattle City Hall --"The Way You Look Tonight" and "Luck Be a Lady". More.
- Kirkland, Pure Imagination Show, Hurst Gallery Kirkland, March 11 - May 4, 2017
- Everett, Fiber Fusion Schack Art Center. Three Gillespie collages in statewide show at Schack Art Center Feb - April 2017. MORE
- Edmonds, Northwest Collage Society 2017 Winter Show.
- Kirkland, Figures of Faith. Five Gillespie mystical artworks at Hurst Gallery, January 5 - March 4, 2017.
- Tacoma, Gillespie wins "Best in Show" at Inspired by Fort Nisqually Art Exhibit.
- Redmond,
- Kirkland, Goodnight Irene Show Five Gillespie artworks at Hurst Gallery in Kirkland.
- Redmond, Surface Speculations Show, North Gallery. More
- Kirkland. 425 Collective Show. More
- Roslyn. Roslyn Arts Fair MORE.
- Seattle. Seattle Convention Center January -- March, 2016 for the Northwest Collage Society's Winter Show. MORE
- Kirkland. Sweet Dreams Show. Hurst Gallery. More
- Issaquah. Narcissus in University Place Issaquah Show. MORE
- Vancouver, BC. Moat Gallery Vancouver, BC Smuggling charge holds up art at border! The Moat Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver displayed the award winning collage Kingdom Within as part of the Piece of Mind exposition from May 1 to 15 at the Vancouver Public Library. MORE
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| Sketching in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC |
- Kirkland. Tangled Up in Blue: Solo Works of GJ Gillespie, Hurst Library, Northwest University, Kirkland, WA. Enjoy ten collages by the professor and artist from April 23 to July 14, 2015. See works here. Directions.
- Bellevue. Bellevue Arts Museum The jury for the Northwest Collage Society 2015 Spring Exhibit accepted a piece by GJ Gillespie. About
- Shelton. Shelton Arts Commission Accepts "Horse Latitudes" for spring show.
- Kirkland. Horse with No Name, Collages of GJ Gillespie. See artwork here
- Edmonds. Gallery North, Edmonds accepted five paintings by GJ Gillespie for the
annual Small Works juried show. The art was on display from March 1 to April 6,
2015. See Gallery North art here.
I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better When You're Gone
by GJ Gillespie. Collage. 22 x 17. 2018.
- Shelton. Shelton Civic Center. The Shelton City Arts Commission accepted five collages by GJ Gillespie for the Rotating Art Gallery Spring Show. See the works selected here.
- Seattle.GJ Gillespie takes the 30 Day Art Challenge TK Gallery in Pioneer Square, December 4, 5 and 6, 2014. See Entries Here
- Kirkland. Riddle: Collages of GJ Gillespie. 8 Works by GJ Gillespie at the Northwest University Hurst Library, Kirkland, WA September 14 to December 10, 2014.
- Kirkland. Parklane Gallery Show. Four works by GJ Gillespie were shown at the Parklane Gallery in Kirkland From September to November 2, 2014. Parklane Gallery 130 Park Ln, Kirkland, WA 98033
- Kirkland. Two works sold at Event to Benefit Syrian Refugees on Nov. 21. Students at Northwest University raised funds for victims of religious persecution in Syria which featured some works by GJ Gillespie. One of the pieces sold, Threshold #3, was recently shown at the Parklane Gallery Show (below). The other work sold was a 10 x 8 inch orange and blue abstract entitled Legacy.
- Shelton. Shelton Art Show. Two GJ Gillespie collages were shown at the
Shelter From the Storm by GJ Gillespie
appeared in 4 shows and two publications.
Shelton (WA) Civic Center for the months of October to December, 2014. "Things We Do for Love" was previously hanging at the Mukilteo Community Center. - Kirkland. Unmarked Cross Walks: Works of Matthew Whitney and GJ Gillespie. October 6 to November 8, 2014. Northwest University, Health and Science. Free. MORE Unmarked Cross Walks Chat with GJ Gillespie Page
- Mukilteo. Northwest Collage Society Summer Exhibition, Mukilteo Community Center, July, August, 2014. GJ Gillespie Wins Northwest Collage Society Innovation Award
- Gillespie CENSORED!
"Punishment of Prometheus", a collage by GJ Gillespie -- although accepted by the Northwest Collage Society for a show in Mukilteo -- was rejected by Mukilteo officials who felt it is offensive. The city refused that it be on the walls of the Rosehill Community Center. See it here.
- Kirkland. Works of GJ Gillespie.
11 paintings by GJ Gillespie on display at Hurst Gallery in Kirkland, WA 2014.
Contact here. Order reproductions.
ARTWORKS
- Summer and Fall
- Spring
- Fall and Winter
- Summer 2017
- KIRKLAND ART CENTER THRESHOLD SHOW
- New Works
- Favorite
- Dreamland
- Letter to the World
- Figures
- Man Disguised as Spirit
- Summer in the City
- Waxing and Waning
- Through a Glass Darkly
- Indigenous Inspired
- 30 Day Challenge
- Kent show submission
- Art Books and Sculpture
- Gone Fishing
- Encaustics
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| Come Now Fair and Tender Ladies by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media Collage. 20 x 15. 2015. |
