I grew up impressed by the painting-skills of my mother, who then encouraged me to take art as a mayor subject in high school  ( '66 Needham MA), and. I earned a BFA in ART at UMASS AMHERST in 70. I began showing professionally in 78 traveling  the art show circuit in Maine from 86 through 96.

 

I am presently presented by	ALONE MOOSE, BAR HARBOR ME
	EASTPORT GALLERY, EASTPORT ME
	MCGRATH DUNHAM GALLERY CASTINE, ME
	A FRAMEWORK COMPANY, COCO BEACH, FL
	WOODWIND GALLERY, MACHIAS ME

 

My woodcuts have been acquired throughout the USA, Canada,  England and Italy. They have also been shown in numerous museums and juried shows - most recently in the "13 th ANNUAL. INT. EXHIBITION ON ANIMALS IN ART" at LSU SCHOOL of VETERINARY MEDICINE, BATON ROUGE, LA., and in 2005

at the University. of Maine Machias ME  Art Galleries "RETRO-FUTURE-SPECTIVE" ( Maine Univ-Exp ).

 

For an article "GILLYIN GATTO WOODCUTS" access AMERICAN ARTIST MAGAZINE, MARCH '99.

I have continued my studies in art  at  the HAYSTACK SCHOOL, DEER ISLE, ME.; PORTLAND SCHOOL OF ART AND UNIV. OF MAINE/MACHIAS, where I have also thought WOODCUT PRINTMAKING. Most recently I have jointed  "THE BAREN" (http://www.barenforum.org/index.html) an international forum for woodcut  printmakers