Gary J Kirkpatrick, Art and Travel

Category: landscape

  • Scilla: Views of the Sea (acrylic paintings)

    Cilia: View of Sea
    Scilla: View of the Sea, acrylics, 21 x 30cm/8.3 x11.7″
    cilia steep stairs
    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/

  • Pacentro, Italy 4: ink drawing

    Pacentro Italy 4
    Pacentro Italy 4, ink drawing 21 x 30cm, 8.3 x 11.7″

  • Pacentro, Italy: drawings of a historic town and its castle

    Pacentro Italia 1
    Pacento, Italy 1 pen and ink drawing 21 x 30 cm/8.3 x 11.7
    Pacentro Italia 2
    pacentro 3



    Pacento, Italy 3 pen and ink drawing 21 x 30 cm/8.3 x 11.73
    Pacentro Italia 4
    Pacento, Italy 4 pen and ink drawing 21 x 30 cm/8.3 x 11.73

  • Barge at Port de Plaisance in Nancy (watercolor)

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    Barge at Port de Plaisance in Nancy, 21 x 30 cm/8..3 x 11.7 inches on 300gr watercolor paper

    This was our view of the Port de Plaisance in Nancy

  • Vailly-sur-Aisne

    Vailly-sur-Aisne, France
    Vailly-sur-Aisne, watercolor, 21 x 30 cm/8.3″ x 11.7″

    Vailly-sur-Aisne is a small town in the Gran Est region of France. We were moored on the canal when a woman stopped to chat. Later she returned in her car. This is the view from her garden.

  • The Cathedral at Tournai

    Tournai
    The Catherdral at Tournai , watercolor and ink, 21 x 30 cm, 8.3 x 11.7″ on 300 gram Canson watercolor paper

  • In the Saone in Lyon

    Il Barbe is an island in the Saone River. It’s springtime and the river flow is up, overflowing some of the riverside sidewalks.

    On the island was the home of a 5th century abbey. It was dismantled during the French revolution. Today there are beautiful stone houses and a magnificent church. See watercolor painting below.

    Old houses on Ile Barbe, Lyon
    church tower
    Church on Ile Barbe

    There’s been a bridge to the island since the 17th century. There’s a modern one in place now.

    Houses on ile barbe, water color
    Houses on Ile Barbe, Lyon, France. This area is private so we had no access. Looks really neat. Photos above show it from the river side

    We got there on a local bus. You can get weekly tickets for €22 via the app, which I learned about as we were standing in line to get the paper version, which is €5 more. Once installed and you buy the tickets with your credit card, you simply click on your phone to activate the screen light (you do not have to unlock) and hold it over the scan pad at the metro entrance or inside the bus.

  • A Magic Summer: Loving Vincent

    A Magic Summer: Loving Vincent

    Scenes from our boat travels in the beautiful countryside of the Netherlands. Small towns, harbors, rural scenes. Original art for sale.

    A Magic Summer on our boat in the Netherlands set to Starry Night by Lianne La Havas from the movie Loving Vincent.

  • Canal at Kahlenburg

    Kalenberg, Netherlands
    Canal at Kahlenberg, 18 x 24 cm 7″ x 9.5″ on Fabriano 300 gr watercolor paper

    Another of the gorgeous fairland canals of the Netherlands.

  • One Lane Canal II

    One Lane Canal II
    One Lane Canal II, 18 x 24 cm 7″ x 9.5″ on Fabriano 300 gr watercolor paper

    Rich with charm, Wergea is a tiny village in Friesland, We passed through on our boat Viking via their one lane canal, the only canal in the village. Tranquility, harmony of architecture, bikes on the lanes. In good weather the Netherlands is one of the best places on earth.