Gary J. Kirkpatrick

Category: Art

  • Château de Montaigu (ink)

    Chateau de Montaigu, Nancy
    Château de Montaigu (ink)

    The Château de Montaigu is located on the outskirts of Nancy, France. It was built starting in1757 by the General Receiver of the Farms of Lorraine. The residence was upgraded and expanded starting in 1850. Edouard Salin, a mining engineer and his wife Suzanne bought the residence in 1918. Afire caused significant damage in 1921. Salin and staff dragged the furniture out of the burning structure. The work they undertook respected the style but used new construction methods and materials such as the steel used in the roof.

    The rooms contain furnishings in the style of Louis XV (16th century). There are painted wall coverings as well as painting directly on the plaster. You can visit only the ground floor.

    See the Chateau’s website https://www.chateaudemontaigu.eu/accueil

  • Pacentro, Italy 4: ink drawing

    Pacentro Italy 4
    Pacentro Italy 4, ink drawing 21 x 30cm, 8.3 x 11.7″

  • Pacentro, Italy: drawings of a historic town and its castle

    Pacentro Italia 1
    Pacento, Italy 1 pen and ink drawing 21 x 30 cm/8.3 x 11.7
    Pacentro Italia 2
    pacentro 3



    Pacento, Italy 3 pen and ink drawing 21 x 30 cm/8.3 x 11.73
    Pacentro Italia 4
    Pacento, Italy 4 pen and ink drawing 21 x 30 cm/8.3 x 11.73

  • Ballerina: Vencerem (We shall overcome)

    Ballerina: Vencerem (We shall overcome) was produced for the 13th annual Art al Career (Street Art) fair in Picanya, Spain. It is organized by the Dones de Picanya (Women of Picanya in Valencian) . Picanya suffered significant losses in the floods in October 2025. There is still much work needed there: houses, bridges, businesses and much more. The metro is still not working.

    This painting is about the overcoming the obstacles on the path to recovery, symbolized by her dancing on the fender of a wrecked car. The lettering in the painting is actually straight. Getting a perfect photo was not possible in my studio.

    Ballerina dones de picanya final
    Ballerina: Vencerem (We Shall Overcome) 1.8 x 1.4 meters, property of Dones de Picanya (lettering camera distorted)
    Balleriana dones de picanya final with me

  • Futbol (soccer) players in ink, male figure drawing and portrait

    Futbol players, pen drawing
    Futbol players in ink, 21 x 30 cm, 8.3 x 11.7″

    I saw this image in a Spanish newspaper and took a photo. I used a permanent marker

    Figure drawings and portrait in ink
    Each drawing 21 x 30 cm, 8.3 x 11.7″

    These are done with a non-permanent pilot V Ball pen and a brush with an integrated water reservoir. Pen in right hand and brush in left so I do not switch hands. I may have then used Tinta China (Chinese ink) to enhance the dark areas.

  • Castle at Vic sur Aisne, pen and ink drawing

    Vic sur Aisne
    Castle at Vic sur Aisne, pen and ink, 21 x 30 cm/8.3 x 11.7

    We came here on our boat last summer. The locals refer to it as Donjon de Vic-sur-Aisne. The first castle was built in the 8th century. It was part of the defense that stopped the Normans in the 9th century. The keep was built in stone in the 12th century to a height of 25 meters with walls two meters thick. The castle was badly damaged, the battlements and parapets dismantled and the towers destroyed. An abbot rebuilt in the 17th century, adding a chateau with a mansard roof adjacent. The castle was French headquarters in WWI. The front was just a few kilometers.

    Here is my post from our visit https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/lots-of-locks-but-no-bagels/

  • The Royal Palace of Olite – 3 drawings

    Royal Castle of Olite pen and ink
    Royal Castle of Olite, pen and ink, 21 x 30 cm/8.3 x 11.7
    Royal Castle of Olite pen and ink and digital
    Royal Castle of Olite pen and ink as in the first but digitally modified
    The Royal Castle in Olite Spain (ver 2)

  • Ballerinas, three watercolor paintings (version 2)

    Studies for a larger painting. Images updated. Abstract

    ballerina in abstract background 1
    Ballerina in Abstract Background 1, 21 x 30/8.3 x 11.7″ watercolor
    ballerina in abstract background 2
    Ballerina in Abstract Background 2, 21 x 30/8.3 x 11.7″ watercolor
    ballerina in abstract background 3
    Ballerina in Abstract Background 3, 21 x 30/8.3 x 11.7″ watercolor

  • Two Chillin’ (watercolor)

    Two chillin'
    Two Chillin’ watercolor 21 x30 cm / 8.3 x 11.7 Canson 300 grams

    Part of a new series of brightly colored paintings based on models

  • Nude in Pompeii

    Figure drawings and portrait in ink



    Acrylic painting

    Acrylic