Study of Couple

07/07/202413/04/2020 by Gary Kirkpatrick

From a scene in The Crown, Anne with her photographer boyfriend

First Kiss

07/07/202429/11/2018 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Giclee print (highest quality available) $60, signed 1 of 100

High quality prints $35.00, 30 x 42 cm/12″ x 16.5″

Couple Embraces II – In Love with Love

07/07/202402/02/2018 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Couple Embraces II, acrylics on paper, 11.5 x 16.5", 30 x 42 cm

In the Enamorado con Amor/ In Love with Love series, expressions of affection. Background reminiscent of Kupka’s “Madame Kupka.” Without love, where would we be now?

Couple Dances IV

07/07/202402/02/2018 by Gary Kirkpatrick

This is another in the Enamorado con Amor/ In Love with Love series, expression of affection in this case as in some of the other coming by means of dance. Background reminiscent of Kupka’s “Madame Kupka.”

Eclipsing Couple (in chiaroscuro)

07/07/202421/11/2017 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Couple looks out of windows as the solar eclipse reaches its apex

Couple on Sofa

07/07/202414/05/2017 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Couple On Sofa

Another in the Enamorado Con Amor/In Love with Love series. Part of love is intimacy, but of course not all intimacy denotes love. Here it does, and the couple sparkles in the play of light and shadow and smoke in a turn of century setting based on a scene in Downton Abbey.

Couple Snuggling in Bed

07/07/202422/04/2017 by Gary Kirkpatrick

The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints. The binder has a neutral hue and low intensity.

Pastel is challenging because it is mixed and blended on the paper or other surface. Colors cannot be tested on a palette although with the new powder pastels you can. This work was done with sticks. Changes are not easy to make, as you can not just paint over things.

In use since the Renaissance, they were very popular in the 18th century. My favorite pastel painter is Renoir.