About Josephine
Josephine Gillespie was born in Iloilo City in the Philippines where she grew up and studied, graduating with a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering. She and her husband moved to Newport-on-Tay, a small village on the North coast of Fife, by the River Tay, in Scotland in 1989. In 2006 Josephine attended a course in Art Masterclass at Dundee College, one day a week, with Jean Martin and Angus McEwan, and from 2006- present she has attended an evening class in life drawing at the art college.
Josephine is a versatile artist working in a variety of media including watercolour, acrylic, pastel and mixed media. Her favourite subjects are figures, trees, and coastal village scenes. She is an accomplished portrait artist who has received a number of commissions from people living throughout Fife, Tayside and further afield. She works from her studio in Wormit where she also teaches some of her art classes.
Josephine is a participant in the yearly North Fife Open Studios exhibition on the first weekend of May and the Pittenweem Arts Festival held every 1st to 2nd weekend of August.
Demonstrations, Classes and Workshops
St Andrews Mixed Media Class 6 Oct - 3 Nov 2011
St Andrews Watercolour Class 11 Jan-14 Marc 2012
Stirling Art Club Demo 16th March 2012
Largo Bay Art Society Demo 4th April 2012
Largo bay Art Society Workshop 11th April 2012
Studio based classes: Limited to 6 students
Block 1 20 Sept-25 Oct 2011
Block 2 1 Nov - 6 Dec 2011
Block 3 10 Jan-14 Feb 2012
Awards
2nd, Boats category DAS summer 2010
Harry Vaughan Cup Winner 2009
Runner up Harry Vaughan Cup, Dundee Art Society, Sept. 2007
Best Painting in the Spring Open Art Exhibition, 2006, Dundee Art Society
as chosen by members and the public.
The Morrison Trophy, Runner-up, Dundee Art Society, 2006
Shell Fife Art Exhibition, Highly commended, 1992
Exhibitions
2011
Lunardi Gallery, Ceres 6 -19 October 2011
Cupar Corn Exchange 23 Sept - 1 Oct 2011
Pittenweem Arts Festival 2011 August 6-14 August 2011
Largo Bay Art Society (as visiting artist) July 16-28 2011
Dundee Art Society Spring Exhibition March 2011
Art 309 Botanic Garden Dundee April 15-April 30 2011
North Fife Open Studios May 6,7,8 2011
Newburgh Makers Market June 2011
Morton Of Pitmilly Sept 2010- Sept 2011
Aiton Fine Arts , Crieff Scotland
Copyright
The copyright of all the original paintings on this website is owned by Josephine Gillespie.
The said artist also retains the copyright of all commissioned paintings.