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New Portrait
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Acrobats by GJ Gillespie. |
April to July 23, 2022. Found:RE Gallery, Phoenix Hotel, 1100 North Central Ave. Phoenix.
PUBLICATIONS
TWISTED VINE LITERARY ART JOURNAL
Accepts abstract figure for Summer 2022 Issue.
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Eve of Destruction by GJ Gillespie. |
Dear GJ Gillespie,
Thank you for sending us "Cryptic Figures ". Our editors feel that your piece "Eve of Destruction" fits well with Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal, and it has been accepted for publication in our next issue. Congratulations!
Sincerely,
Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal Staff
Publication of Western New Mexico University
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SUMMER ISSUE "ASEMIC WRITING"
DeLudge Literary and Arts Journal
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Believe in Forever by GJ Gillespie |
KITCHEN TABLE QUARTERLY
Three collages in spring 2022 issue of this literary and art publication.
Psychotic Reaction by GJ Gillespie. Collage. 37 x 24. 2017. |
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Maybe I'm Amazed by GJ Gillespie. |
Accepts 4 collages for publication April 2022
From the editor:
Dear GJ,
Thank you so much for sending us your artwork! We loved your pieces and are thrilled to say that we'd like to
publish "Sweet Nothings," "Maybe I'm Amazed," "Carrie Anne" and "Angelus #2" in our upcoming Fatal Flaw issue, launching in April. Congratulations!
Mollye Miller Shehadeh
Photography / Visual Art Editor
Fatal Flaw Magazine
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SAND HILLS LITERARY MAGAZINE
Accepts two collages for publication.
Juanita Beach by GJ Gillespie |
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media collage. 22 z 17. 2017. |
Chosen for Publication by San Fransisco based literary
magazine Chariot Press.
To appear spring 2022.
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Libation Bearers by GJ Gillespie. |
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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.
COVER ART
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California Dreaming by GJ Gillespie. |
DeLudge Journal
Fall/ Winter 2021
This is my seventh cover!
Dear GJ: We are excited to accept the following images for publication in our next issue of DeLuge Journal:
Sincerely,
Sue Scavo
deLuge Literary and Arts Journal
Series of Dreams by GJ Gillespie |
Literary and art journal based in Maine accepts 9 pieces for publication.
See art here.
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GASHER LITERARY JOURNAL
Winter 2021
Personages #9 by GJ Gilles.pie |
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Sign of the Times by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media collage on paper. 23 x 17. 2017. |
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INDIANA BASED LITERARY MAGAZINE
All Apologies by GJ Gillespie. |
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About GJ Gillespie
"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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Sketching at the Getty Malibu in Los Angeles |
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CAROUSEL OF TIME (portrait of Joni Mitchell) by GJ Gillespie |
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AWARDING WINNING ART
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MORE about the art
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Will You Still Feed Me (Self Portrait) |
ESSAY: FOREST BATHING WITH LEDA
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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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 |
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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.
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
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She's Not There by GJ Gillespie. SOLD |
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 |
April 5 to June 30, 2018 MORE
MERIT AWARD
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Inspired by an Ancient Love Story
Gillespie's Sketchbook Company
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.
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Forget All Your Troubles, Forget All Your Cares by GJ Gillespie. SOLD |
"Forget All Your Troubles" SOLD
ESSAY: FOREST BATHING WITH LEDA
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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Old Timer by GJ Gillespie |
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Mockingbird (Portrait of Eminem) by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media collage. 14 x 11. 2020. |
Man Disguised as Spirit by GJ Gillespie Shown at the Bellevue Arts Museum Order canvas print here. |
-- Giorgio de Chirico
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Past Shows and Honors
- Phoenix, AZ. "I Want to Know What Love Is" in “FOCAL POINTS: Minimal VS Maximal".From December 3 to March 29, 2022. Phoenix Hotel, 1100 North Central Ave. Phoenix. MORE
- Oak Harbor, WA. SHELTER FROM THE STORM SHOW. 12 GJ Gillespie collages.
I Will Survive by GJ Gillespie 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
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,
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!
- Kirkland. Works of GJ Gillespie.
11 paintings by GJ Gillespie on display at Hurst Gallery in Kirkland, WA 2014.
- 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. |