Gary J. Kirkpatrick Art and Travel Blog

Category: Art

  • Harbor in Leiden, sketch

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    Leiden, sketch of harbor

    Leiden is a lovely small city. In these warmer days there are flowers on the bridges, people in the cafes, bikes about.

  • Voorschoten

    I came upon this scene as we biked through town. It’s festive, and somehow cozy despite being outdoors. Watercolors, ink.

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    Voorschoten, village outside the Hague, watercolor and ink, 21 x 30 xm, 8.3 x 11.7″

  • De Hoef, watercolor

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    Watercolor 21 x 30 cm, 8.3 x 11.7″

    In de Hoef. We stayed here three days. and this was our view. Well the cow was not always on the bridge. Sometimes there were more of them too.

  • Bodegraven Port, ink

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    pen and ink, 8.5 x 11, 21 x 30 cm on 300 gram Hahnemuhle paper

    Bodegraven is a small town on the Old Rhine/Oude Rijn. The Old Rhine is small and lazy, winding its way through the countryside. The old mill is restored and is now a bar serving its own brew, made in a larger facility just down the street. It was supposed to open on a Wednesday after being closed Monday and Tuesday but at midday it was still closed so we were unable to visit. A Peace Corps friend stayed in the town for several days. After seeing my post on Facebook she told me how good the beer was. Darn! Missed it!

  • Oude Rijn at Zwammerdam (watercolor)

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    watercolor on high quality paper, 8.5 x 11″, 22 x 30 cm SOLD

    The Old Rhine, Zwammerdam. This leads to a wildlife protected zone. In the other direction you get to Bodegraven, with its lovely harbor.

  • Windmill on the Vecht, Nederhorst

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    Windmill on the Vecht, Nederhorst

  • Koppelpoort (mill), pen and ink

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    Koppelpoort (mill), pen and ink A4/8.5 x 11″

  • Vischpoort, pen and ink

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    Vishpoort, Harderwijk, pen and ink drawing, A4/8.5 x 11″

  • Kopplepoort, Amersfort, pen and ink

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    Koppelfoort water gate, Netherlands

  • Looking Out

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    Looking Out, acrylics on canvas, 73 x 60 cm/ 29 x 23.5″

    Another in my series of Hopper inspired paintings, a woman looks out over a golden field with a thick green forest at its edge. Figures walk in a line towards the dark woods.