John Gillies

Artworks & Collections Bio

John was born in 1945. A Cantabrian by birth, John pursued a career in medicine, becoming Clinical Director of respiratory medicine for the Canterbury District Health Board, before retiring after open heart surgery in 2006 to become a full time artist and portrait painter. John's first Solo Exhibition was in 1977! He has won many awards over the decades.

Buchanan Range from The Wanaka Tree
Early Settler's Hut & Shotover River Skippers Canyon
First Light, Wanaka
Glendhu Bay, Wanaka
Old Friends Riverton
Safe Haven, Riverton
Stone Cottage, Skippers Canyon
Black Peak
Heritage Cottages
Mt Aspiring and the Buchanan's
Mt Aspiring at Dusk
Mt Campbell, Skippers Canyon
Mt Chrichton, Queenstown
Red Hut, Skippers Canyon
Snowy Peak, Skippers Canyon
The Buchanan Ranges and Marina, Wanaka
The Cookhouse
Black Peak
Black Peak
Branches Station & Shotover River Skippers Canyon
Buchanan Ranges from Eely Point
Buchanan Ranges from Glendhu Bay
Evensong - The Buchanan Ranges, Wanaka
Farm Cottage, Wanaka
Fractured Cloud
Gathering Storm Wanaka
Glendhu Bay Station
Glendhu Bay, West Wanaka
Lake Wanaka
Lake Wanaka From Beacon Point
Lake Wanaka Reflections
Lone Tree
Mt Aspiring
Mt Aspiring at Dawn
Mt Cook, Aoraki
Mt Sefton and the Footstool
Mt. Campbell & Shotover River, Skippers Canyon
Old Cottage
Old Cottage
Queenstown and Earnslaw
Road to Glendhu Bay
The Buchanan Ranges
The Buchanan Ranges and Stevensons Arm
The Buchanan Ranges from Bremner Bay
The Earnslaw
The Lone Tree
The Mackenzie Country
The Minarets
The Red Hut
The Remarkables and Lake Wakatipu
The Shotover River, Skippers Canyon - Large
The Shotover River, Skippers Canyon- Framed
Wanaka Marina
Wanaka Marina

John Gillies

John and his wife, Jenny, live in Christchurch. They have a family of four adult children with an ever increasing number of grandchildren.

1957	Learned figure drawing under sculptor, Tom Taylor.
1969-1970	Combined services South Vietnam.
1971	Graduated University of Otago Medical School.
1977	First solo exhibition, Dunedin NZ.
1980	Specialist physician, FRACP.
1992	Highly commended, Telecom Art Award.
1998	Creative excellence award, NZ Wearable Arts Award.
2003	Clinical director, Canterbury District Health Board.
2005	Section winner, Montana World of Wearable Arts Award
2007	Full time artist and portrait painter.
2008	Published “In my chair”, a collection of portraits of Cantabrians. Exhibition held at COCA gallery, Christchurch.
2009	Judge, Zonta school leavers’ exhibition, Ashburton.
2012	Invited tutor - palette knife painting masterclass, Brisbane.
2013	Invited tutor – portrait painting, Ashburton Arts Society.
2013	Judge Ashburton Arts Society Annual Exhibition.

Publications

2008	Book: “In my chair”, a collection of portraits of 60 Cantabrians with introduction by Jon Gadsby and text by David McPhail.
2008–2012	Articles on painting technique in: The Artist UK (1), The Australian Artist (2) and the Artists’ Palette (3).

John Gillies

John Gillies

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