Gary J. Kirkpatrick Art and Travel Blog

Category: Art

  • Contrabass Player (drawing)

    contrabass pen and ink 57 x 77 mall
    57 x 76 cm, 22.5″ x 30″ Arches paper 

    From a drawing made at the Palau de la Musica

  • Mae on the Sofa

     

    I happened to catch one of my granddaughters on the sofa during the recent visit.  Pen and ink

    Mae on the Sofa

  • Field with Woman

    Field with woman, acrylics, 57 x 76 cm, 22.5″ x 30″ Arches paper

    Starting with a life drawing session, I added a some landscape with VanGogh’s wheat fields in mind, particularly Wheat Field With Lark (the muse), changing to the purple drippingness.  

     

     

  • Woman plays Lute

    Ode to Artemisia Gentileschi, 1593 – c. 1656.  

     

    Woman Plays Lute, pastels

     

  • Barcelona Jazz! Paintings

    A celebration of two outstanding elements of Barcelona’s culture, jazz and Gaudi’s innovative designs at Casa Mila. The main, larger section represents the architecture, an inset the club scene, based on original on site pen and ink drawings at the Palau de la Musica. The brightness of the colors matches that of the music, the dance and movement the fullness of participation and unity.

    Gaudi Jazz, acrylics, 40 x 30 xm, 11.5 x 16.5″

     

    Gaudi Jazz, prints only

     

     

  • Portrait of Young Man, pastels, after the Rubens sketch

    Portrait of Young Man, pastels, after the Rubens sketch.  Rubens and other artists of the time would use the same figure in multiple paintings.  

     

    Portrait of Young Man, pastels, after the Rubens sketch

  • Madam X

    This is my pastel of the famous John Singer Sargent painting title Madam X.  It was quite controversial at the time since she was portrayed with bare shoulders.  She begging him not to display it but he refused but it came to be known as Madam X.   At his peak Sargent earned the equivalent of over $1M for a portrait.  There is an excellent collection at the Metropolitan in NYC.

     

    Madam X, pastels (pan and soft)

     

     

  • Drawing the models

    I work on drawing the human form most when I am in Valencia where I can arrange for models in my studio or join other groups.  Here are two recent efforts.  There are 20 minute efforts.  

    Seated model digital

    Seated model in conte crayon

     

  • Fiddler On the Hoof

    Fiddler On the Hoof

    Rich, indeed!   (I made a funny!)  Digital painting of a horse, ridden by the fiddler.

     

    Fiddle On the Hoof

  • English Woman, charcoal portrait

    At a bar in the Russafa neighborhood of Valencia I did this charcoal portrait of an English woman.

     

     

    English Woman, charcoal