Gary J. Kirkpatrick Art and Travel Blog
Expressionistic art
I did this drawing after watching Dylan, the movie. He stands in history as an important song writer and musician. Bob Dylan was awarded the Noble Prize for Literature for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. The prize was awarded in 2016.
More traditional than my usual style. The thing about realism from an artist’s point of view, or at least from mine, is that realism provides a way to measure and improve your skills. It’s not the only way.
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Toul is a small town on the Moselle in the Grand Est region of France. This bridge is just outside the Port de Toul
Scilla is a small fishing village in Calbria. It’s narrow streets stretch across the harbor. We visited in April 2025. We’d never been to Calabria before. For more https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/reggio-de-calabria-then-and-now/
We came upon this beautiful chateau as we proceeded upstream on the Moselle. It’s across the river from Liverdun. In Liverdun’s harbor, which sits well below the cliff upon which the town sits, we stayed a pitch black night, maneuvering carefully to avoid grounding in the shallow waters.
