Gillespie is a collage artist living on Whidbey Island north of Seattle. Winner of 18 awards, his art has appeared in 53 shows and numerous publications.
Since May 2021 alone editors of 10 different literary journals choose his art to be paired with poems and stories.
Three publications picked his art for covers.
More below.
Wild Roof Literary Journal to publish "Two Divided by Love" in September 2021 issue. ______________________
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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. This piece also won a Northwest Collage Society Award in 2018.
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Ghost Rider by GJ Gillespie. |
"Ghost Rider" chosen for cover art of Sunspot Literary Journal, Issue 2. See it now.
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"The Punishment of Prometheus" chosen as featured artwork for June edition of Prometheus Dreaming journal.
MORE about the piece. ____________________________________________________
OxMag -- other wise known as Oxford Magazine: a Midwestern Journal of Literature and Art -- publishes "Midnight Confessions".
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Featured Artist for Literary Journal Mud City Review.
Five pieces.
1. Angel of the Morning.
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Love Buzz by GJ Gillespie |
Five pieces.
1. Angel of the Morning.
2. Love Buzz.
3. Forever Young.
4. Uncle Albert.
5. Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu.
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.
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Colors of the Night by GJ Gillespie. |
Literary journal 3Elements Review publishes "Colors of the Night." See page 31. _____________________________________________
HONORABLE MENTION ART AWARD
My self portrait "Will You Still Need Me" won an award for the Grey Cube Gallery March 2020 contest.
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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
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