Author: Gary Kirkpatrick

  • Self Portrait

    Self Portrait of My Own Self With Shaved Head 

    Self Portrait of My Own Self With Shaved Head
    Self Portrait of My Own Self With Shaved Head, A3, 29.7 x 42 cm 16.5 x 11.5″

    I shaved my head because I had so little hair left anyway.  It was nonetheless a shock to see myself in the mirror, looking so unlike me.  No one else seems to think so.

  • Neat Spanish Poster Art from the 1920’s (photos)IM

    March 28, 2016

    MUVIM (Valencian Museum of Modernity and Illustration) is now exhibiting poster art, some paintings and a few old films of the era, starting in the 1920’s.  Spain suffered through a civil war from 1936-39.  Fatalities numbered in the 400.000 range, with another 200,000 murdered by Franco’s Falangists after the war, and atrocities by both sides during the war.  Some of the art refers to this period.  Other pieces advertise Valencia’s annual summer fair, Fallas (the annual carnival in March of each year) and other events.

    The first one below refers to Valencia’s annual summer fair, the second to Fallas, the annual carnival that takes place in March each year; you can see the fire burning the statue (red area).

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    Advertising Fallas

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    Defeating fascism
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    Encouraging people to open their homes to evacuees

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  • Portrait of Worry

    Portrait of Worry

     

    This is just a totally made up portrait. Pen lines, acrylic paints and washes make up the painting.

    Worry- acrylics on panel, 18 x 32cm, 7.5" x 13"
    Worry- acrylics on panel, 18 x 32cm, 7.5″ x 13″

     

    Portrait of Worried Woman
    Portrait of Worried Woman

     

     

     

     

     

  • Crema at City Hall (Ayuntamiento) 2016

    Crema at City Hall (Ayuntamiento) 2016 

    The Crema is the burning of the Fallas’ each year starting at 11 p.m. approximately and going to well after 1 a.m.  Each of the hundreds of installations throughout the city is burned.  There are fireworks galore.  The city is alight and thundering.  The video is one I took at the Ayuntamiento Plaza, the last one to be burned, and generally the largest and most spectacular.  There are tens of thousands of people in the plaza as you will see.

    For background information see https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-fallas/

  • Horns and Contrabass at Palau de la Musica

    Horns and Contrabass at Palau de la Musica

    The original sketch was done in the Palau de la Musica, Valencia, Spain.

    Horns and Contrabass at Palau de la Musica,acrylics, 56 x 76 cm 23 x 30" on paper
    Horns and Contrabass at Palau de la Musica,acrylics, 56 x 76 cm 23 x 30″ on paper Sold
    Horns and Contrabass at Palau de la Musica, detail
    Horns and Contrabass at Palau de la Musica, detail

     

     

  • Bolero de Carlet, traditional Valencian dance

    Bolero de Carlet, traditional Valencian dance.  Just happened across it while we were walking through the medieval section.  You will find it interesting!

  • First place Fallas 2016- Casal Calle Cuba- Litorat Alzorin

    Casal Calle Cuba- Liiorat Alzorin won many prizes in 2016, including best sound and light show and 1st place in the Special category (largest) for it’s many slendored fallas.  Here is a short slide show (below the photos):

     

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  • Dracula and other Fallas’ of 2016

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  • Fireworks at the unveiling of the statue at City Hall

    Fireworks at the unveiling of the statue at City Hall

    One of the largest and most fabulous of the Fallas’ is the one at city hall (Ayuntamiento).  Photos and video.

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  • Sound and Light Shows in Rusafa neighborhood of Valencia March 2016

    Sound and Light Shows in Rusafa neighborhood of Valencia March 2016