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Matt Gillespie
@woolsian.bsky.social
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Artist and musician in Pittsburgh PA. I make pastel paintings and write the occasional opera

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For inquiries I can be contacted via DM or through my website
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Matt Gillespie @woolsian.bsky.social · Nov 11
My first post here. If you know me from Threads, feel free to say hello and follow.

Here’s some artwork, Steel City at Dusk (pastels on paper, 2024)

#pittsburgh #art
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Fall landscape- scene in Moraine state park, western PA. Soft pastels on paper, 2025

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#landscape
#pastelart
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Eggplant, soft pastels on Pastelmat, 8x8 inches

#stillife #pastelart
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September 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Sun, Trees and Path, soft pastels on pastelmat, 2025

#art #pastelart #landscape

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September 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Two mark making exercises (from a short course offered by Alain Picard). First on black sanded paper, second on tan sanded paper with an alcohol underpainting

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#pastelart
#landscape
September 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Butterfly with hosta flowers, pastels on black paper, 2025

#art
#pastels

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September 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Beach sunset, soft pastels 2025

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#pastelart #seascape
June 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Mountain Road, soft pastels 2025

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#pastels #art #landscape
May 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Viburnum in October, pastels on sanded paper

#art #pastels #gardenscape

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May 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Sunlight Through Trees (oil pastel on paper)

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#art #landscape #pastels
February 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Vase study, 2025 (oil pastels on paper)

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#art #still_life #pastels
February 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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View from Shetland Mainland, soft pastels 2025

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#art #shetland #scotland
January 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Winter sunset study, soft pastels

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#art #landscape #pastels
January 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Evening view of Pittsburgh, soft pastels on black sanded paper

#art #pittsburgh #cityscape
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January 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Morning Shadows, soft pastels on black sanded paper

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#art #pastel #landscape
January 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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View of Signal Mt, VA (soft pastels)

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#art #pastels
January 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Trees and path (soft pastels on Pastelmat)

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#art #pastels
December 30, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Snowy Egret, oil pastels 2022

#art #pastels
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December 14, 2024 at 12:32 AM
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Dune at Nags Head, soft pastels 2024

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#landscape #art #pastels
December 14, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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View at Lake Arthur, soft pastels 2024

#art #landscape #pastels
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December 5, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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Boat by Lake, oil pastels on paper 2023

#art #seascape @bsky.art
December 5, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Flowers in Vase, pastel painting from 2022

@bsky.art #art #stillife
December 1, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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River in France, soft pastels. New painting after a break for a couple months

@bsky.art #art #pastels #landscape
November 30, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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Street in Chefchaouen (oil pastels 2024)

#art #pastels @bsky.art
November 25, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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Foula, Shetland (soft pastels 2022)

#art #shetland #landscape
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November 16, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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Woods at Sunrise (oil pastels 2024)

@bsky.art #art #landscape
November 15, 2024 at 12:52 PM