Art

Scilla: Views of the Sea (acrylic paintings)ScillaCilia: Views of the Sea (acrylic paintings)Scilla: Views of the Sea (acrylic paintings)Scilla: Views of the Sea (acrylic paintings)

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Cilia: View of Sea
Scilla: View of the Sea, acrylics, 21 x 30cm/8.3 x11.7″
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Scilla: Steep Stairs to the Sea, acrylics, 21 x 30cm/8.3 x11.7″

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/

Chateau de la Flie (Liverdun, France)

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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.

Chateau de la Flie, Liverdun, France
Chateau de la Flie, ink drawing (digital signature, original signed) 21 x 30 cm/8.3 x 11.7″

Pianist, Singer, Dancers, Parallel Universe

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Pianist Singer Dancers and the Parallel Universe Acrylics on Canvas

Art meets string theory

This is another in the Pianist series. The dancers whirling dervishness calls forth a parallel universe. My painting Pianist Singer Dancer https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pianist-singer-ballerina/ first evoked that universe, The energetic dancing brought forth the more intense intrusion of a parallel universe.

The contrasts: between the representative and the abstract, the muted values and the blaring, the forms and motion, the unusual view from behind the performers.

Château de Montaigu (ink)

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Chateau de Montaigu, Nancy
Château de Montaigu (ink)

The Château de Montaigu is located on the outskirts of Nancy, France. It was built starting in1757 by the General Receiver of the Farms of Lorraine. The residence was upgraded and expanded starting in 1850. Edouard Salin, a mining engineer and his wife Suzanne bought the residence in 1918. Afire caused significant damage in 1921. Salin and staff dragged the furniture out of the burning structure. The work they undertook respected the style but used new construction methods and materials such as the steel used in the roof.

The rooms contain furnishings in the style of Louis XV (16th century). There are painted wall coverings as well as painting directly on the plaster. You can visit only the ground floor.

See the Chateau’s website https://www.chateaudemontaigu.eu/accueil