Gary J. Kirkpatrick

Category: Art

  • Picasso Visit: Two Women Embrace

    Continuing with the Picassoesque themes, here two women embrace before a blue sky, under a pale moon.

    Picasso Vist: Two Women Embrace , acrylics, A4, 8.25 x 11.7"
    Picasso Visit: Two Women Embrace , acrylics, A4, 8.25 x 11.7″

     

    Picasso Vist: Two Women Embrace (detail)
    Picasso Visit: Two Women Embrace (detail)

  • Couple Relaxing: Visit to Picasso

    Continuing with the “Visit to Picasso” theme,  this expands on the couple in the background in the original.

     

     

    Relaxing: Visit to Picasso, acrylic on paper, A4, 8.24 x 11.5
    Relaxing: Visit to Picasso, acrylic on paper, A4, 8.24 x 11.5

  • Visit to Picasso

    Currently there’s an excellent exhibit of Picasso drawings at Banc Caja in Valencia.  I did this painting afterwards.

     

    Picasso Visit, acrylic on Canson paper A3 , 8.25 x 11
    Picasso Visit, acrylic on Canson paper A3 , 8.25 x 11

     

    Picasso Visit, detail
    Picasso Visit, detail

     

    Visit to Picasso ink - this is the drawing for the acrylic (A4, 8.25 x 11.5"
    Visit to Picasso ink – this is the drawing for the acrylic

  • Palau de la Musica– Section of the Band

    This is based on a pen and ink miniature, with many elements of fantasy.

     

    Palau de la Musica-- Section of the Band 65 x 54 cm, 25 x 21" acrylic on canvas
    Palau de la Musica– Section of the Band 65 x 54 cm, 25 x 21″ acrylic on canvas

  • Pareja Enamorada/Couple in Love — Women Embrace 1 and II

    Women Embrace 1 and II

    This part of the “Pareja Enamorado con Amor/Couple in Love with Love” series explores the world of same sex love.

     

    Women Embrace II, acrylics on paper, A3, 16.5 x 11.7"
    Women Embrace II, acrylics on paper, A3, 29.7 X 42CM/16.5 x 11.7″ 

     

     

    Women Embrace 1

    Women Embrace I, acrylics on paper, A3, 16.5 x 11.7"
    Women Embrace I, acrylics on paper, A3, 29.7 X 42CM/16.5 x 11.7″

     

    Love takes many forms.  We should not oppress it but encourage its flowering and deepen the bonds that hold us together.

  • Waiting for the Concert

    Waiting for the Concert at the Small Hall in the Palau de la Musica, Valencia.

    Continuing with the music and Palau themes, here I use a palette knife to dress the audience awaiting the concert.   The Palau has a small concert hall in the basement.  We listen to some local traditional Valencian music.  Below the painting you will find a link to a video I shot at a local fair with some examples of the squeaky instruments we listened to.  You hear them during the many parades you can see in the city.

    Waiting for the Concert at the Small Hall in the Palau; 65 x 54 cm, 25 x 21" acrylic on canvas
    Waiting for the Concert at the Small Hall in the Palau; 65 x 54 cm, 25 x 21″ acrylic on canvas

     

     

    Waiting For The Concert, room view
    Waiting For The Concert, room view
  • Palau de la Musica in Valencia Lower Hall pen and ink

    Palau de la Musica in Valencia Lower Hall pen and ink

    This is based on my original sketch done at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, in one of the smaller concert halls.  That’s me with the black hat.

    Palau de la Musica Small Hall, pen and ink A3, 16.5 x 11.7"
    Palau de la Musica Small Hall, pen and ink A3, 16.5 x 11.7″

     

     

  • Couple Dances III

    The third “Couples Dance” in the Amor series.   

     

    Couples Dance III A3, 16.5 x 11.7" acrylics on paper
    Couples Dance III A3, 29.7 x 42 cm 16.5 x 11.7″ acrylics on paper

     

  • Pareja: Enamorado con Amor (Couple: In Love With Love) III

    The third and probably the final of this couple embracing, this one more shimmery than the others.

     

    Pareja: Enamorado con Amor (Couple: In Love With Love) III 35 cm x 29.7, 13" x 11.7
    Pareja: Enamorado con Amor (Couple: In Love With Love) III 35 cm x 29.7, 13″ x 11.7

    Love takes many forms and we can always use more and can never have too much.  We should not oppress it but encourage its flowering and deepen the bonds that hold us together.

     

  • Couple Dances II

    This addition to the Amor series explores again affection expressed in dance.  The first version of the dancing couple relied upon contours and left the background starkly white.  Here I’ve eliminated the outlining and given the background a stark treatment.

     

    Couple Dances II, acrylics A3, 16.5 x 11.7" on paper
    Couple Dances II, acrylics on high quality paper, A3, 29.7 x 42 cm 16.5 x 11.5″