About Michael Gillespie
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Education
2012 - 2013
Texas Academy of Figurative Arts
2012 - 2012
Creative Arts Center
1981 - 2016
The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Academy of Figurative Arts, Creative Arts Center
Awards
2020
Fav 15%
2020
First Place
2018
Shirl Smithson Memorial Scholarship Award
2018
Best of Show
2018
Honorable Mention
2017
Best Oil Painting and Best of Show
2016
First Place
2014
Artist Residency
2014
Second Place
2014
First Place
2013
RayMar Fine Art Competition
2013
Pastel Society of the Southwest National Juried Show
2013
Red River Historical Society, Clarksville, Texas
2013
Forney Top 40 Regional Juried Show
2013
Florence Academy of Art, Summer Scholarship Contest, Italy
2013
Arlington Visual Arts Association, Annual Regional Exhibition
2013
C. C. Young's "The Spirit is Ageless" Competition
2012
Royal Lane Baptist Church Arts Festival
2012
Texas Visual Arts Association, Portraits, Self, and Other
2011
Austin Pastel Society, Annual Juried Member Exhibition
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Biography
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 Fav15%; First Place: Austin Pastel Society Juried Exhibition; Best of Show: Arlington Visual Art Association Juried Exhibition; First Place - Portrait Exhibition: Texas Visual Art Association
