FIGURATIVE

Something in the Way by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 24 x 18. 2018.

Appeared in Northwest Collage Society 2019 Winter Exhibit,
Seattle Convention Center show(January 12 -- March 31, 2019)
And Langley BC Canada Arts Council Gillespie Solo Show (April 12-May 24, 2023) And Molbak's Sip and Stroll Art Show,
Woodinville, WA (October 20-22, 2023).
Published in Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
(10th Annual "Figurative" Competition, March 2020)
and Letters Literary Journal (Issue 11, Winter 2023).

 "Can't Help Myself" bu Mixed media collage on canvas.
36 x 24 x 1.5. 2025. Revised April 16, 2025.
Inspired by Arshile Gorky. Selected for publication by
MEMEZINE Literary Magazine spring 2025. 
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Everyone Knows Its Windy by GJ Gillespie. 
Mixed media collage on canvas.
36 x 24 x 1.5. 2025.
Appeared in "Go Figure" art show at the
Oak Harbor Public Library, May 2025. 

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With a Little Help from Our Friends
by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media collage
on canvas. 28 x 22. 2022.
Appeared in Langley BC Canada Arts Council Solo Show
(April 12-May 24, 2023)
And Molbak's Sip and Stroll Art Show (October 20-22, 2023)

Man Disguised as Spirit by GJ Gillespie.
Collage on board. 12 x 12. 2014.
Appeared in Bellevue Arts Museum
Northwest Collage Society Show Spring 2015. 

 Lucy by GJ Gillespie.
Collage on board. 12 x 12. 2017. 
Appeared in "Go Figure" art show at the
Oak Harbor Public Library, May 2025. 

 

Time of Your Life by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas.
39 x 31.5 x 1.5. 2023. 
Published in Meat for Tea Literary Journal (September 2023)

The Blind Commissioner by GJ Gillespie.

Mixed media collage on canvas. 20 x 16. 2025.

Accepted for publication in Making Waves:
A West Michigan Review for Summer 2025. 

Fortunate Son by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 28 x 22. 2023. 
 Published in Abstract: Contemporary Expressions Art Magazine (May 2023)

The Sun King by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas.
24 x 16 x 1.5. 2024.
Published in Willows Wept Literary Journal Winter 2025.

Mister Twister by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas.
30 x 16. 2024. 

Mia Cara (My love in Italian) by GJ Gillespie.

Mixed media collage on canvas. 20 x 16. 2024.

Inspired by midcentury Arshile Gorky figures.

Title after 1965 song by Gene Pitney.
 Published in Passionfruit Review (Winter 2024).

She's Come Undone by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 48 x 36. 2024
(Revised January 2025) .
Published in Sunspot Literary Magazine (Spring 2024)
as a Finalist Award for "Inception" art contest.

Winked, Blynken and Nod by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 20 x 16. 2023. 
 Published in Red Cedar Review (Spring 2024).

Leda and the Swan by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage. 39 x 39.5 x 1. 2024. 
Published in Burningwood Literary Journal (October 2024).

And I Think to Myself by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 20 x 16. 2023. 
Published in Arboreal Literary Magazine (November 2023).

Twelve Graces by GJ Gillespie. 
Mixed media collage on canvas. 12 x 30. 2020.
Now showing at the Found Gallery Phoenix, AR. 

Twelve Graces Detail by GJ Gillespie. 
Mixed media collage on canvas. 12 x 30. 2020

21st Century Schizoid Man
by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media
on canvas. 23.5 x 12 x 1. 2024. Published in Magpie Zine (October 2024).

The Tide is High by GJ Gillespie. 20 x 20.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 2023.
Design after Picasso. Title after 1980 song by Blondie.
 Published in In Parentheses Literary Magazine (Spring 2024).

Never Comes the Day by GJ Gillespie.
Collage on cardboard: Shellac, ink, watercolor, spray
paint, wax, tissue, pastel, pen, graphite, cheese cloth.  24 x 20. 2020.

Ode to Billie Joe by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 24 x 18. 2022. 
Appeared in Langley BC Canada Arts Council Solo Show
(April 12-May 24, 2023) and 
"Camouflage" Show at Hurst Gallery (August 1-October 15, 2023).

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues by GJ Gillespie. 
Mixed media collage on canvas. 36 x 24. 2022.

Mind Out of Time by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 
24 x 18 x 1.5. 2025.

Go Rest High on that Mountain by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 47.5 x 23. 2021. 
Appeared in Langley BC Canada Arts Council Solo Show
(April 12-May 24, 2023) and Prophecies of Love Show
at Hurst Gallery, Kirkland, WA (November 18-January 25, 2023).

Camouflage by GJ Gillespie. Collage. 30 x 12 x 2.5 inches. 2018. 

Appeared in Langley BC Arts Council Solo Show (April 12-May 24, 2023) And 
"Camouflage" Show at Hurst Gallery (August 1-October 15, 2023),
And Oak Harbor Library "Shelter From the Storm" Show (September 2021).

Sloop John B by GJ Gillespie. 
Collage on canvas. 24 x 20 x. .5. 2022. 
Show at Hurst Gallery, Kirkland, WA (August 1-October.15, 2023).
Published in Sand Hills Literary Magazine, March 2022.

On the Shore (After Kenneth Callahan) by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media collage on board. 12 x 36 x 2. 2023. Published in Metaworker Literary Journal, Spring 2024.  SOLD

Longing for a Better Country by GJ Gillespie. 48 x 36. 2018.
Appeared in Oak Harbor Library "Shelter From the Storm" Solo Show (September 2021).
 Published in Scapegoat Review, Fall 2021.

Along the Watchtower by GJ Gillespie.
Collage. 24 x 18. 2023. 

I Will Follow You by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 20 x 16. 2022. 

PROPHECIES OF LOVE by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage on canvas. 20 x 16. 2015/ 2023.
Published in Words of the Lamb Literary Journal, March 2023.

Never Comes the Day by GJ Gillespie.
Collage on cardboard: Shellac, ink, watercolor, spray
paint, wax, tissue, pastel, pen, graphite, cheese cloth.  24 x 20. 2020.

Figurative including works on paper.