Gary J. Kirkpatrick Art and Travel Blog

Category: Art

  • Biergarten in Minden

    Biergarten in Minden
    Biergarten in Minden, Germany acrylics on paper 54 x 75 cm/21.25 x 29.5

    The design accentuates the flow of the river from left to right. Children bath on the far bank done in impressionist style. The otherwise expressionistic painting has a rich and wide range colors.

    Minden is a small town on the junction of the Mittelland Kanal and the Wesser River. The canal crosses the river via a beautiful old aqueduct dating from 1890. It was my wife’s birthday so we chose this place, Biergarten Schiffmuhle Minden, largely because of the lovely view of the river from the outdoor tables. We enjoyed the schnitzel too.

  • Double Bubble (anti-Trump)

    not a creature is stirring sm
    Digital painting, prints only

  • Pen and ink of Roman Bronze

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    Roman Statute, pen and ink and brush, 30 x 40 cm/11.8 x 15.7″

    This piece stands in the Museo Nazionale Palazzo Massimo, next to the Seated Bronze.  It is life size at least, an amazing bronze sculpture.  

  • Portrait of Woman

    Portrait of Woman, pen and ink
    Portrait of Woman, pen and ink and brush, 30 x 40 cm/11.8 x 15.7″

  • Boat in Kalenburg

    kalenburg barge
    pen and in 32 x 41 cm/12.6 x 16.1″

    Kalenburg is a tiny village that is split by the canal. It is perhaps the most lovely navigable canal section in the country. Geithoorn is overall more charming but its canals are too small for boats in the size range of our 12 meter boat Viking. I write about it here https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/wandering-about-the-netherland-east-part-2/

  • Drawings of Caravvagio paintings

    After seeing the Caravaggio and His Times Exhibit in Rome last week I did some rough-ish drawings of some of his paintings in conte crayon. The man certainly could draw very well in the manner of his day. That did not make him unusual as an artist for that time. Rather it was his perfecting the dramatic use of lighting in his paintings.

    caravaggio boy bitten
    From Boy Bitten by Lizard
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    from The Musicians
    caravaggio figures
    St Francis of Assissi in Ecstasy
    caravaggio bachus
    From Bacchus

  • Barge in Gorredijk

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    Barge in Gorredijk, pen and ink 32 cm x 41 cm, 12.6 x 16.1″

    Gorredijk is yet another lovely town in Friesland. A barge passes through the now closing foot bridge behind the boat.

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  • Windmill of Sloten

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    Windmill in Sloten, 32 cm x 41 cm, 12.6 x 16.1″

    Sloten is a small charming town in the Netherlands. The windmill is still in use for grinding flour.

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  • Hasselt Harbor, pen and ink

    Hasselt harbor
    Hasset Harbor, pen and ink, 32 x 41 cm/ 12.6 x 16.1″

    View from our boat as we enter the harbor of the small town of Hasselt, Nederlands

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  • Boats in Blokzijl drawing

    This is a scene from one of the side canals in Blokzijl.

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    Pen and ink, 24 x 32 cm, 9/5 x 12.5″