Category: Art

  • International Women’s Day

    My tribute to the women of my life and some of those who have inspired me. https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

    International Women's Day- my tribute
  • Paintings from our boat journeys

    Viking in Dokkum 2, NL, water color, 8 x 8″, 20 cm x 20 cm on Arches paper
    Zwammerdam, NL
    Viking in Dokkum, NL water color, 8 x 8″
    Muiden, NL Castle
    Haarlem, NL
    Edam, NL watercolor — sold
    Marshland
    Zwammerdam, NL
    Boat on the Sambre, Belgium
    Voorschoten, NL
    Pond in Zaandam, acrylic, A3, 16.5 x 11.7"
    Pond in Zaandam NL, acrylic, A3, 16.5 x 11.7″
    Giethoorn Two Houses, NL – watercolor on post card stock
    View of Giethoorn, NL (acrylics) A3 16.5 x 11.5″ Sold
    Boat Nears Bridge, Geirhoorn, NL water color, 4″ x 6″
    Giethoorn NL Three Bridges water color, postcard
    Tall Ships Parade to Amsterdam, water color and ink, post card stock
    Tall Ships 2, , water color and ink, post card stock
    Biergarten in Minden, Germany acrylics on paper 54 x 75 cm/21.25 x 29.5
    Hanover By Moonlight, Germany
  • Art from our boat

    Hasselt, NL
    Sneek Waterpoort, NL
    Viking at Geldese Hout Bridge, NL
    Delft, NL
    Kopplesport, NL
    Heeg and Woudsen Island
    Koppelsport, NL
    The Batavia
    Geithoorn, NL
    Giethoorn, NL
    Delft, NL, Nieuw Kerk
    Hoorn, NL- train still runs
    Munster Germany, Cathedral
    Brandernburg, Germany
    Bulstringen, Germany
  • Live Your Dreams- Art on the Street in Valencia

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    My contribution to the L’Art de Career (Valenciano for Art on the Street) in Picanya, a small town on the south side of Valencia.   It was sponsored by the Women of Picanya  http://www.picanya.org/persones/dones/activitats.  There are about 50 pieces hanging from the balconies celebrating women through March 20 2022.

    Here are my comments:  

    Vivir tus sueños (Live Your Dreams)

    This expressionist piece is about living our dreams, our desire to become who we want to be, to accomplish what we want to accomplish.  We all seek the path we find most attractive.

    Expressionism rejects the restrictions of realism while remaining largely figurative-  you can recognize the object even if it’s not realistic.  It also can include abstract elements.  Here there are four  women, two playing musical instruments, one singing.  The fourth dreams of her possibilities.  Not all the figures are attractive- beauty is not a requirement for success.  There are two muses in the upper left and a third on the bottom left. They inspire the dreams.

    The dreams of our youth influence the rest of our life.  Those of our mature years, our 30’s and 40’s, are increasingly influenced by experience. As we continue to age, we tend to become more realistic but still can have our dreams, guiding our later years.

    Vivir tus sueños (Live Your Dreams)



    Esta obra expresionista trata el tema de los sueños que las personas tenemos, nuestras ganas de ser quien queremos ser, de lograr lo que queremos lograr. Cada uno de nosotros busca la libertad de seguir el camino que más nos atrae.

    El Expresionismo rechaza las restricciones del realismo, y por eso nos permite explorar formas y figuras con menos límites. En esta obra, se ve a cuatro mujeres, dos que tocan instrumentos musicales, otra que baila. La cuarta mujer sueña con las posibilidades. También se ve a dos musas a la izquierda y otra al fondo quienes le inspiran a ella. Las musas vuelan en su mundo, invitándonos a explorar mundos nuevos.

    Los sueños de nuestra juventud influyen al resto de nuestra vida. Los sueños de nuestros días más maduros, en torno a la edad de 30 y 40 años, se ven más influenciados por las experiencias que hemos tenido, haciéndonos más realistas, y reconociendo nuestros
    límites. Según vamos envejeciendo, volvemos a explorar nuestros sueños de una forma menos condicionada, ya que, en este periodo tenemos más tiempo libre y posiblemente más recursos disponibles, los sueños nos guían otra vez.

    Live Your Dreams
    Live Your Dreams
    With friends
    With friends in Picanya
    INVITACIÓ ACTE HOMENATGE C.C. ART 2022

  • Portrait of Woman – 08

    Portrait of Woman 08
    54 x 65 cm/ 21 x 26 acrylics on canvas

  • Couple Dances (pen and ink)

    Couple Dances , ink, ink, 13.8 c 8.5 cm, 4.5 inches by 5.5, inches, ink, 13.8 c 8.5 cm, 4.5 inches by 5.5, inches, ink, ink, 13.8 c 8.5 cm, 4.5 inches by 5.5, inches, ink, 13.8 c 8.5 cm, 4.5 inches by 5.5, inches, ink
    Couple Dances , pen and ink, 13.8 c 8.5 cm, 4.5 inches by 5.5, inches

    I have done many drawings and paintings of couples dancing and embracing, both pen and ink drawings as well as paintings. See https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-dances-iv/ , https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-dances/, https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/two-men-dance/

  • Lonely Woman II

    I happened upon a street corner in Valencia where the idea of this painting occured to me. I modified the scene, chose my own lighting and color scheme and modified the architecture, and then placed the figure.

    This is another in my series of Edward Hopper inspired pieces. I was born in the town where he was born and lived, Nyack, NY (1882-1967). His wife Josephine Nivison was also an artist. She contributed to his work as a model and as an artist.

    Lonely Woman
    Lonely Woman II 81 x 65 cm, 32″ x 26″ acylics on canvas
  • Lucy!

    Being The Ricardos skillfully portrays the life of this brilliant and hard working couple. It brings back fond memories for me and gives us a glance into the hard work that goes into acting and production. This is a graphite (pencil) portrait of Lucy in the late 1940’s. It was made using multiple layers of graphite, starting with an H2 pencil and ending with a 4B.

    Lucille Ball, circa 1948
    Lucille Ball circa 1948, graphite
  • Lonely Woman

    Lonely Woman, acrylics
    Lonely Woman, acrylic painting, 81 x 65 cm aprox 32 x 26″ (sold)

    This is another in my series of Hopperesque paintings. Hopper painted lonely scenes, even when there were multiple figures as there are here, much the same but seemingly unawares. Based on a scene I came across in Ghent, Belgium last summer, as I stood in a museum looking out the window.

    Lonely Woman det 1
    Lonely Woman det 3
    Lonely Woman det 2
  • Goya, portrait in conte

    Portrait of Goya
    Goya’s self-portrait, in conte crayon on Canson 42 x 59 cm/16.5 x 23″ 90 gram