George Gist — Hill District Arts Plan

George Gist

George Gist is a professional portraitist, muralist and jazz musician (and former television-news courtroom artist) who studied painting in college. He currently lives in the Hill District.

Work Samples

Hill District Consensus Group, 1835 Centre Avenue Suite #130, Pittsburgh4126974692arts@hdcg.org

“I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and I have to satisfy myself as an artist. So I always say that I write for the same people that Picasso painted for. I think he painted for himself.”

— August Wilson