About Josephine
The picture (right) "One Fine Day In Dundee" won Josephine the 2009 Harry Vaughan Cup, awarded to the best painting with a Dundee theme.
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. Josephine started painting in 1991 at the Forgan Art Centre under the tuition of renowned local artist Jean Martin. After a promising start, Josephine took a break to raise two daughters and establish a small business as a self-employed seamstress, returning to Forgan in 2000 to study under Liz Yule, winner of the TV's Watercolour Challenge competition. In 2006 Josephine attended an Art Masterclass at Dundee College, one day a week, with Jean Martin and Angus McEwan, and from 2006-2009 she has attended an evening class in life drawing, also with Jean and Angus.
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. Josephine also makes jewellery from "friendly plastic" to her own unique designs and does intricate glass beadwork.
In 2008, for the first time, Josephine exhibited her paintings and jewellery at the famous annual Pittenweem Art Festival in the first week of August of each year.
Josephine is a member of both the Dundee Art Society and the Cupar Art Club.
Demonstrations and Workshops
Cupar Art Club tba
November 9 2009 6:30 for 7pm Cupar Art Club's studio
February 13th 2009 at my studio, Wormit
Awards
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
Josephine's Group and Solo Exhibitions
2010
Dundee Art Society Spring Exhibition March 2010
New Dundee Art Market April 2010
Dundee Botanics April 29-2 May 2010
North Fife Open Studios 1-3 May 2010
Pittenweem Arts Festival 7-15 August 2010
Newburgh Makers Market September 2010
Cupar Art Club October 2010
Dundee Botanics October 2010
2009
Newburgh Makers Market 14 November 10am-5pm
Dundee Art Society Autumn/ winter exhibition 7- 15 November 2009
Cupar Art Club 27th Sept 6 Oct 2009
Pittenweem Arts Festival 1-9 August 2009
Gladstone, Edinburgh 27th July- 3rd August 2009
Dunkeld Arts Festival, June 8 - Sept 6 2009
Aiton Fine Arts, Crieff, Perthshire, whole year exhibition
Dundee Art Society Summer Exhibition 30 May- 7 June 2009
Meffan Art Gallery near Forfar Scotland 23 May-20th June 2009
Fife Open Studios May 2,3,4 2009
Dundee Art Society Spring Exhibition 7th -15th March 2009
2008
Tower Gallery, Kirriemuir, Scotland
Dundee Art Society Members Spring Exhibition, Roseangle Gallery, Dundee
March 29 - April 6 2008
ART BMG Botanic Gardens, Dundee 9th May - 18th May 2008 with Maureen McKiddie and Cheryl Brain
Pittenweem Art Festival, August 1 - August 12, 2008, Pittenweem, Fife
Cupar Art Society, Cupar Corn Exchange, 4th - 12 Oct 2008
ART 309 Botanic Garden, Dundee 14th Nov - 23rd Nov 2008
Dundee Art Society Open Art Exhibition Roseangle Gallery Dundee
November 29 - December 7 2008
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.