ArtReach Gallery Presents

NANCY GILLESPIE

Art allows me to explore the world with an optimistic lens, documenting and appreciating each day. I challenge myself to take risks with the paint brush - this can be exhilarating, exhausting, frustrating, rewarding. Regardless, the studio is a personal sanctuary where I find peace no matter what is going on in the world outside.

I primarily paint portraits with a real live person posing in front of me. We visit, listen to music, and get to know each other. It is a great joy to meet people and look them in the eye - the connection I build with the paining and the person being painted feels intimate, a fascinating journey.

This show contains work that tI have created over the last 25 years. It thrills me to have this opportunity to share my art with you.

October 1 - November 30, 2025

PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN ARTIST RECEPTION with NANCY GILLESPIE ON OCTOBER 12 AT 2PM

Art Reach Gallery

at First Congregational UCC, Portland