Artworks by Michael Gillespie

Michael is an award-winning artist who creates oil and pastel figurative, portrait, and plein air paintings. He has taught drawing and painting in workshops, and fine art classes on the university level.

He enjoys painting scenes from his travels, but especially likes creating works (mostly figurative) which are beautiful to look at, but which have a meaning that depends on the interpretation of the viewer.

Some awards and exhibitions:

Art Renewal Center Finalist; Oil Painters of America Salon Show; Honorable Mention: Oil Painters of America Online Showcase; Oil Painters of America Scholarship Award; Pastel Society of America Scholarship Award; Florence Academy of Art Scholarship Finalist; The Hunting Prize Finalist; BoldBrush Painting Competition Finalist; First Place: Austin Pastel Society Juried Exhibition; Best of Show: Arlington Visual Art Association Juried Exhibition; First Place - Portrait Exhibition: Texas Visual Art Association