Gary J Kirkpatrick, Art and Travel
the art of expression
In the Park in St Petersburg Russia is set in a popular park along the river. The ghost-like appearance of some people really struck me. Russian faces, a bright brass steeple, a Kupka inspired background.
From a drawing made at the Palau de la Musica
I happened to catch one of my granddaughters on the sofa during the recent visit. Pen and ink
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.
Ode to Artemisia Gentileschi, 1593 – c. 1656.
Portrait of Young Man, pastels, after the Rubens sketch. Rubens and other artists of the time would use the same figure in multiple paintings.
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.
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.
Rich, indeed! (I made a funny!) Digital painting of a horse, ridden by the fiddler.
