Artist Biography
Greg Gillespie is a world class, fine art wood artist who has been producing wildfowl wood sculpture for the past 40 years. He has won numerous awards at major carving shows including the Ward World Championship in the United States and the Canadian National Championship in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.Greg creates realistically carved and painted songbirds, decorative paddles and interpretive wildfowl sculpture. In 2016 he became a “Master Carver" by placing third in the World Interpretive Wildfowl Wood Sculpture division at the Ward Championship with his carving 'Startled'. In 2015 he won Second in Show for the People's Choice Award at this same event with his first World level interpretive entry ‘Out for a Paddle’. His work can be found in private collections in Europe, United States and Canada.
Greg has a degree in Forestry from the University of Toronto, and is retired from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources after a 30-year career. He currently lives in the beautiful Haliburton Highlands.
