Gary J. Kirkpatrick

Category: Art

  • 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

    Kopplepoort (Water Gate)/, Amersfoort
    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.

  • Pianist and Singer

    The pianist is our friend Husan, who is an opera voice coach. She has a sound proof room so in addition to seeing her on stage we also have sat in her small room while an opera singer flooded us with the fabulous voice of a trained singer.

    Pianist and Singer
    Pianist and Singer, acrylics on canvas, 73 x 54 cm, 23 x 30″

    “Nice perspective and contrast in that piece, they all look good, but that has “pop!””

    “These works are truly astounding. I can appreciate, even though I am not creative on my own to depict dancers atop a violin or looking out the window of a purple house or project the feeling of actually being onstage with Husan.,,  Keep sharing your work.  It’s stunning.”

  • Mahjong Players

    Mahjong Players
    Mahjong Players, acrylics on canvas, 73 cm x 60 cm, SOLD

    This painting is a combination of realism, in the walls, leaves and ocean with the expressionist figures whose bright colors combine with the lines of design to draw the eye to the game.  The muse displays along with the clock (similar to my grandfather’s) on the shelf.

    Mahjong is game invented in the Qing dynasty (1635-1912) in China.  It is now played world wide.   There are usually four players.   It is similar to the Western card game rummy.  There are 144 tiles marked with Chinese characters and symbols.

  • Dance 3

    Dance 3
    Dance 3, acrylics on Canson 300 gram paper, 57 x 76 cm, 22.5 x 30”

    For years we danced with various International Folk Dance groups in the US, France and Spain. Here they dance to the violin.

    This one has a ton of movement.    I did the hands/fingers two ways. I think that adds interest, variety.  It looks great on our wall here.  Lots of color.  The violin shines, which you can not see in the photo.  the wooden part of the bow has three facets, hard to see in the photo.