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# Gary J Kirkpatrick, Art and Travel

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- [Gary J. Kirkpatrick, Artist](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/welcome-to-my-art/) - artist interprets Hopper, Van Gogh , music, love themes pen and ink drawings travel blog boating in Europe
- [By small boat to Appingedam and Delfzij](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/by-small-boat-to-appingedam-and-delfzij/) - Appingedam and Delfzijl are located in the less visited far northeast of the Netherlands. Delfzijl sits on the shore of the bay into which the Eems River empties, connecting it to the North Sea. Appingedam is a few kilometers inland. Both are served by the Eemscanal, a large barge capable canal. Appingedam picturesque municipal harbor
- [Floating Living Room!  more frolicking](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/floating-living-room-more-frolicking/) - In Leeuwarden's harbor there was a parade of boats. Lots of beer, some singing and then sights like this. What a hoot!
- [The Dutch Frolic on the Canals](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-dutch-frolic-on-the-canals/) - Boating is a major component significant part of Dutch culture, as much as are bicycles. There are hundreds of thousands of pleasure craft who share the main waterways with 100 meter barges and service ships. But the small canals which crisscross the country belong to the small. Mostly. The Province of Friesland is one of
- [Two Houses on a Dutch Canal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/two-houses-on-a-dutch-canal/) - We came upon this scene not far from Kalenberg, Netherlands. Kalenberg is in Friesland, which has some of the most picturesque scenes in the country. I have abstracted some of the foliage, sky and water.
- [The Almshouses of Gronigen](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-almshouses-of-gronigen/) - Pope Steven V issued a decree in 816 requiring every bishop to establish an almshouse, ('gasthuis' in Dutch). In the Middle Ages these houses served the sick, the poor, and pilgrims. One of the almshouses in Gronigen was the first in Europe to provide housing for the mentally ill, allowing the public to peep through the
- [Ink figure drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ink-figure-drawings/) - Some ink drawings and sketches
- [Chaos and economic ruin (anti-Trump)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/chaos-and-economic-ruin-anti-trump/)
- [Thatched Roof House on Canal (watercolor painting)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/thatched-roof-house-on-canal-watercolor-painting/) - There are many thatched roofs in the northeastern area of the Netherlands. I decided to let this one veer towards realism to give the viewer a sense of what being on the boat is like in this country. We were moored around the curve thus the canal appears off to the side.
- [A Visit to Closeburn Castle (video slide show)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-visit-to-closeburn-castle-video-slide-show/)
- [Once upon a zee](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/once-upon-a-zee/) - Before the construction of Flevoland, Genemuiden was a port on the Zuiderzee. It was granted city rights all the way back in 1275. Nothing remains from before 1866, unfortunately, when fires destroyed the town after haystacks caught fire. To this day there is no smoking permitted on that street, probably the only such designation in
- [Cochem on the Moselle III](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cochem-on-the-moselle-iii/) - Cochem is on the Moselle River. We cruised there aboard our boat Viking. The view of the castle from our mooring was fabulous. I climbed the mountain for the views of the river and surrounding area. This painting is similar to Cochem II, with variations in details as well as being much larger. To see
- [Attempted theft of the crown of Empress Eugenia de Palafax y Kirkpatrick](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-theft-crown-jewels-and-empress-eugenia-de-palafax-y-kirkpatrick/) - The most famous Kirkpatrick is in the news. Thieves tried to steal the crown of Eugenia, Napoleon III's third and last wife. Interrupted by guards, they left the crown behind. The crown has eight gold eagles, 1,354 diamonds, 1,136 rose-cut diamonds and 56 emeralds https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/world/europe/louvre-heist-items.html Photo from the NYT article. In a stunning raid, thieves
- [Portrait of María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-maria-eugenia-ignacia-agustina-de-palafox-y-kirkpatrick/) - This is an updated version of this Conte drawing. Eugenia married Napoleon Bonaparte in 1853 and was the Empress of France from 1853-1870 when Napoleaon was deposed. See my article about her at http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-kirkpatrick-empress-of-france/
- [The Green Church](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-green-church/) - After several days visiting friends we set off again, despite the weather having turned to gray skies and 30 kph winds. One lock and a bit of cruising brought us to the moorings at the Green Church. Set in Flevoland, one of the Netherland's recovered land provinces, the Green Church is formed by Italian poplar
- [Scooting across the Netherlands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/scooting-across-the-netherlands/) - In Haren we were forced to wait for the weekend to pass before we were allowed to proceed in the small canal linking the Netherlands and Germany. The canal is tree lined, passing through farms and scattered settlements. A small sign marks the border between the two countries. Across the border lies Nieuw Amsterdam with
- [The lock at Haren (watercolors)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-lock-at-haren-watercolors/)
- [Scooting across northern Germany](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/scooting-across-northern-germany/) - From Berlin to the Dutch border via the waterways is about 500 kilometers/300 miles. When we traveled 8 hours per day we went a whopping 100 kilometers, bicycle riders everywhere passing us with ease. It's a relaxing journey, passing through picturesque forests, farmland, villages and small towns. There are industrial zones too, quite a few,
- [There be monsters](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/there-be-monsters/) - Cruising the Mittlelandkaanal from Berlin to the Netherlands means you share the waterways with many barges, some of them with monstrous dimensions. We locked through with one double (two barges tied together and propelled by one pusher) measuring over 200 meters. When you arrive at a German lock you moor at a location specified for
- [Magdeburg, Germany, home of the Reformation.  And a schnitzel.](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/magdeburg-germany-home-of-the-reformation-and-a-schnitzel/) - With cold mornings and sunny afternoons in the forecast, we set off from our winter berth in Potsdam after making a few plumbing repairs due to the winter freeze- they skated on the lake for the first time in years. Heading towards the Netherlands, we chose the southern route that leads to the Mittlelandkaanal. After
- [Viking (ink drawing)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/viking-ink-drawing/) - Drawing of our 12 meter boat
- [Paintings and drawings from recent voyages](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/paintings-and-drawings-from-recent-voyages/) - We are about to being our last season aboard Viking. Here are paintings and drawings from recent voyages plus some from Italy Music by Bobby Darin
- [Videos of my paintings and drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/videos-of-my-paintings-and-drawings/) - If no sound go to the Youtube version.
- [Video: watercolor paintings from our travels in Europe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-slideshow-of-our-travels-in-europe/) - If no sound go to the Youtube version.
- [Travels in Europe:  pen and ink drawing video](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/travels-in-europe-pen-and-ink-drawing-video/) - If no sound go to the Youtube version.
- [My art of 2025, video slideshow](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/my-art-of-2025-video-slideshow/) - It is set to Memories in the first part. In some countries Memories is blocked. If no sound go to the Youtube version.
- [Geneva Convention Violated (anti-Trump)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/geneva-convention-violated-anti-trump/)
- [Not Just Another Pretty Face II/ Más Que Otra Cara Bonita II (painting)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/not-just-another-pretty-face-ii-mas-que-otra-cara-bonita-ii-painting/) - For sale at https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Not-Just-Another-Pretty-Face-Mas-Que-Otra-Cara-Bonita-II/664581/13733277/view This is a second version of this piece. The first belongs to Dones de Picanya. From Saatach's description I have done many paintings and drawings inspired by musical performances. This second original acrylic painting on paper, “Not Just Another Pretty Face/ Mas Que Otra Cara Bonita”, is the latest in a
- [Rural Singapore, watercolor painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/rural-singapore/) - Adding to the long series of watercolor paintings from my travels, Rural Singapore is the first from that trip. The large leaves, variety of colors vegetation, some which is not quite like what I have seen before, yield a strong impression of lushness befitting a warm and humid climate. The abstract elements provide diversity. We
- [Singapore During WWII: the Former Ford Factory](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/singapore-during-wwii-the-former-ford-factory/) - The Former Ford Factory is now a museum about Singapore during WWII. Built in 1941 as a state of the art facility, it was the first Ford production plant in SE Asia after 15 years building cars in garages. In this very building the British surrendered to the Japanese on February 13, 1942, the office
- [Winter Canal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/winter-canal/) - Continuing with my efforts in charcoal, this is a winter scene in the Netherlands. We've traveled extensively on the canals of the Netherlands. Not long ago these canals froze every winter and to this day the Dutch people are over-represented in the Winter Olympic speed skating events. This canal is located near 's-Hertogenbosch. People call
- [Woman with a Pearl Earring](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-with-a-pearl-earing/) - Vermeer’s Girl With A Pearl Earring inspired this painting. My reference reminded me of his fabulous and famous piece. However there are major differences. He bathed her face in light, but here it is gently swathed in shadow with highlights produced by the light coming from the side. The background is lighter and more varied
- [Looking Out](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/looking-out-2/) - For sale at https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Looking-Out/664581/13637737/view Another in my series of Hopper inspired paintings, a woman looks out over a golden field with a thick green forest at its edge. Figures walk in a line towards the dark woods, phantoms in the foreground. Completed in 2021, modified 2025. From Saatachi's description: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Looking-Out/664581/13637737/view "Looking Out" is an original
- [Not Just Another Pretty Face/ Más Que Otra Cara Bonita (painting)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/not-just-another-pretty-face-no-es-solo-otra-cara-bonita-painting/) - I find endless inspiration in musical performance, and this original acrylic painting on canvas, "Not Just Another Pretty Face/ No Es Solo Otra Cara Bonita", is the latest exploration of that theme. Here, a piano player takes center stage, rendered with both abstract and expressionist elements. The oversized canvas is a study in contrasts: light
- [Singapore's Cuisine- a Cacophony](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/singapores-cuisine-a-cacophony/) - Occupying a unique position on ocean trading routes enhanced by its importance to the British Empire, with Malaysia and Thailand to the north, Indonesia to the east and China to northeast, India to the northwest, Singapore developed a rich, diverse Asian cuisine. The result is a potpourri of spices and ingredients, bewildering to most Western
- [Woman in Black and White](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-in-black-white/) - This drawing began its life as an Italian actress, first as a painting and then appearance modified here as charcoal drawing. This yields a high contrast that leaps from your wall. The foreshortening is extreme. Highlights in the hair pop off the paper. To purchase go to https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Drawing-Woman-in-Black-and-White/664581/13608525/view
- [Amazing art in  Buddhist and Hindu Temples in Singapore](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/amazing-art-in-buddhist-and-hindu-temples-in-singapore/) - No visit to Singapore would be complete without a visit to the Buddhist and Hindu temples. The temples are awash in highly colorful imagery. Buddhist art is dominated by images of the Buddha. The figures are generally in accurate proportions, displaying a good understanding of anatomy. Not all portrayals are realistic overall. Much of the
- [The Jewish community of Lodz](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-jewish-community-of-lodz/) - Lodz is a Polish city seventy five miles southwest of Warsaw. Jews, mostly craftsmen and traders, settled in the Old Town section towards the end of the 18th century. Larger influxes came in 1793 and again in the middle of the 19th century, attracted by the rapidly expanding textile industry. In 1825 Germans were invited
- [Roman era Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/roman-era-valencia/) - Blog The name Valencia comes from the Romans, who named it Valentia Edetanorum, from the Latin Valentia, ‘valor’ and Edetanorum, the Edetanis being the Iberian people who populated the area. Roman soldiers arrived in 138 BCE, with Valencia's founding credited to cónsul romano Décimo Junio Bruto. The soldiers chose to build on what is commonly termed an |
- [Singapore:  a mixture of cultures and cuisines](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/singapore-a-mixture-of-cultures-and-cuisines/) - Wispy humidity-laced clouds welcome the visitor on the descent to Singapore's waterfront airport. Lush greenness contrasts with glass and metal skyscrapers, all sitting together in the warm bath that is its climate. It was a quick pass through the passport scanners. My nephew was waiting for me. He didn't need the sign others waiting for
- [Crossing the Bridge, white pastel on black](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/crossing-the-bridge-white-pastel-on-black/) - "Crossing the Bridge" is a striking drawing that captures a couple as they cross the Mittlelandkaanal in Bad Essen, Germany. The path leads to the historic town, famed for its half-timbered architecture, offering passage over the waterway bustling with barges and boats. This original artwork is rendered in high contrast white on black, using conte
- [Pianist and Dancers, painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pianist-and-dancers-painting/) - "Pianist and Dancers" is an expressionistic painting that captures a unique perspective of a performance. The scene unfolds from behind the performers, offering a view of the audience and the distant exit as the curtains rise. Painted with acrylic on paper, the artist's style is reminiscent of Degas and Sargent, with dancers gracefully entering from
- [Pianist and Singer](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pianist-and-singer/) - The pianist is our friend Husan, who is an opera voice coach. She has a sound proof room so in addition to seeing her on stage we also have sat in her small room while an opera singer flooded us with the fabulous voice of a trained singer. "Nice perspective and contrast in that piece,
- [Cochem II (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cochem-ii-watercolor/) - Cochem is on the Moselle River. We cruised aboard our boat Viking. The view of the castle from our mooring was fabulous. I climbed the mountain for the views of the river and surrounding area.
- [Canal on Skates: A Winter Scene](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/canal-on-skates-a-winter-scene/) - Again departing from my usual style, here's another realistic painting. This is in Den Bosch, Netherlands
- [Crossing the Bridge, watercolor painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/crossing-the-bridge-watercolor-painting/) - Somewhere in Germany along the Rhine or Mittelland Kaanal we walked across this bridge, barge and boat traffic below, ancient structures ahead.
- [Pianist and Singer, water color](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pianist-and-singer-water-color/) - This is among several paintings featuring this pianist. See others below: To purchase Pianist, Singer Dancers go to https://www.saatchiart.com/en-es/art/Painting-Pianist-Singer-Dancers/664581/13233673/view To purchase Pianist and Singer II https://www.saatchiart.com/en-es/art/Painting-Pianist-Singer-Ballerina/664581/11504481/view
- [The Painted Houses of Zalpie](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-painted-houses-of-zalpie/) - These beautifully painted small houses are in Zalpie, a tiny village in southwest Poland. According to one website, before they installed modern heating systems, wood burning stoves spewed soot on the houses inside and out. The women painted over the blackened wood. https://www.saltinourhair.com/poland/zalipie-painted-village-poland/ The Ethnographic Museum of Tarnow organizes a cottage painting competition in June.
- [Italian Man Asleep on Train](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/italian-man-asleep-on-train/) - We were on a train in Italy. I had a good view of this man sleeping.
- [Dylan:  Then and Now](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dylan-then-and-now/) - I did this drawing after watching Dylan, the movie. He stands in history as an important song writer and musician. Bob Dylan was awarded the Noble Prize for Literature for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. The prize was awarded in 2016.
- [The Nodfather](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-nodfather/) - Sleepy Don in his cabinet meeting. Ikea has better cabinets.
- [African Woman and other drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/african-woman-and-other-drawings/) - Contact me for availability and prices for these drawings
- [Bridge over the  Oise at Chateau de Creil](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bridge-over-the-oise-at-chateau-de-creil/)
- [At a Lock On the Marne](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/at-a-lock-on-the-marne/) - A dreamy summer on the canals of northern France.
- [Castle on the Sambre II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/castle-on-the-sambre-ii/) - Aboard our boat Viking we cruised the canals and rivers of Northern France and Belgium. Chateau, forests, hills, water scenes at every turn. I depicted scenes such as this in a style mixing realism, impressionism and expressionism. This is a second version of this gorgeous and charming bit of history on the Sambre.
- [Church on the Sambre](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/church-on-the-sambre-2/) - Another in the series of paintings from a summer on the canals of Northern France, this ancient church on the Sambre River sits right on the river beneath a tree filled slope.
- [The Dock at t'Leuken (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-dock-at-tleuken-watercolor/)
- [Rhectern Castle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/rhectern-castle/) - Rhectern Castle lies on the Overijsselse Vecht River near Dalfsen, Nederleands. It is privately owned, dating from the 12th century. You can not visit the interior and are kept well back. It's a lovely bike ride from the village.
- [Duurstede Castle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/duurstede-castle/) - Duurstede Castle is in the town of Wijk bij Duurstede in the Netherlands. The castle dates from the 13th century.
- [Reeds and a Stork](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/reeds-and-a-stork/) - We have been mooring in the deep countryside of Friesland, a province of the Netherlands. Reeds, still used for making thatched roofs, line the canals. Among the wildlife are storks, who nest on the tops of trees. Their black tails help make them more visible from a distance. They have even made some special nesting
- [Canal at Kahlenburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/canal-at-kalenburg/) - Another of the gorgeous fairland canals of the Netherlands.
- [One Lane Canal, watercolor painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/one-lane-canal-watercolor-painting/) - We passed through this tiny town on this one lane canal in this tiny town in Friesland, rich with charm.
- [One Lane Canal II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/one-lane-canal-ii/) - Rich with charm, Wergea is a tiny village in Friesland, We passed through on our boat Viking via their one lane canal, the only canal in the village. Tranquility, harmony of architecture, bikes on the lanes. In good weather the Netherlands is one of the best places on earth.
- [One Lane Canal III](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/one-lane-canal-iii/) - This is based on the view from our boat as we traversed the picturesque, tiny canal that bifurcates Wegea, Netherlands.
- [Portrait of a Sicilian Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-a-sicilian-woman/) - This is a portrait of Deva Cassel (Rome 2004) in her role as Angelica Sedara in the Leopard, a 2025 television series. She played the daughter of a small town mayor who used his daughter's stunning beauty to climb the social ladder. This was an effort in which she willingly participated, developing a character increasingly
- [Villa Szyja Światłowski,City Culture Park, Lodz](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/villa-szyja-swiatlowskicity-culture-park-lodz/) - This traditionally styled watercolor is a painting of the Villa of Szyja Światłowski, in Lodz, Poland. It was moved to its current site in 2008 as a notable example of the "świdermajer" architecture, a local style of wooden architecture. It was originally built at 18 Scaleniowa St, Ruda Pabianicka as a summer resort. It was fully
- [Back in Time](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/back-in-time/) - What amazes me about living in Valencia is how much is going on. We were back from Poland in time to: 1) attend a special performance of a traveling orchestra and chorus. They served up a fabulous Handel concert including seven operatic singers and a large chorus. 2) have a rice dish at the paella
- [Pianist Singer Ballerina II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pianist-singer-ballerina-2/) - This is the third painting featuring the pianist. The first is a realistic depiction The second, completed just a month or so ago, appeared in the Street Art Fair in Picanya, Spain
- [The Poznański Palace in Łódź ](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-poznanski-palace-in-lodz/) - Gary Bob says check this place out! (see last paragraph) Izrael Poznański's Palace is worthy of ranking with the most beautiful palaces of Europe. It was built from the profits of his fabric factories which used cotton in its many hundreds of mechanical looms. The palace is L-shaped. Mansard roofs, normally only see in France,
- [Woman at the Piano](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-at-the-piano/) - These are preliminary to a possible larger painting to once again look at music. Strong blocks of color contrast against the shades of black in the piano and the colored shapes of the background. Even though version 1 is quite rough it's still quite lively and perhaps even more so than than Version 2, which
- [Illustrations in pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/illustrations-in-pen-and-ink/) - Here are some of the illustrations from travels over the past twelve months. Pacentro, Italy
- [Scilla: Views of the Sea (acrylic paintings)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cilia-views-of-the-sea-acrylic-paintings/) - Scilla is a small fishing village in Calbria. It's narrow streets stretch across the harbor. We visited in April 2025. We'd never been to Calabria before. For more http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/reggio-de-calabria-then-and-now/
- [Lodz- or should I say 'Łódź?'  Another must visit](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/lodz-or-should-i-say-lodz-another-must-visit/) - Europe has a nearly endless supply of great cities, towns and villages. Add Lodz to your list, one of Poland's top destinations. It features Ulica Piotrkowska, a 5 kilometer shopping street lined with restored Art Nouveau houses. Scoot over on the tram to the Manufaktura, a large complex of beautifully renovated textile factory buildings filled
- [Wawel Castle, watercolor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/wawel-castle-watercolor-2/)
- [Our last days in Berlin lead to Krakow instead](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/our-last-days-in-berlin-lead-to-krakow-instead/) - On our way to downtown Berlin for a few night's stay we were stopped by the water police: bridgework ahead so we could not proceed. The day before we passed under 58 bridges as we circled through Berlin's south side, almost scraping the undersides, barely enough height even with our rain hood and bimini down.
- [Art from Poland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/art-from-poland/) - The Poles are very supportive of the millions of Ukrainian refugees. Poland is a country with a long trouble history of occupation, most recently by the the de-facto occupation by the Russians. They do not want the Russians back either. There are some disturbing anti-democratic developments in Poland. I do not know how Russia's actions
- [Houses Along the Way](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/houses-along-the-way/) - More traditional than my usual style. The thing about realism from an artist's point of view, or at least from mine, is that realism provides a way to measure and improve your skills. It's not the only way. For purchase information see https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/guarantee-and-shipping-information/
- [Good vibrations: frolicking Berliners](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/good-vibrations-frolicking-berliners/) - Walking in the parks. Saxophone and singer playing guitar. Boats lined decorated with flags, lots of passengers drinking and dining. Boat parades. Canals lined with cabins and mansions,bathers young and old along the shore. Walking dogs, riding bikes. Drinking beer, eating sausage. A blanket on the ground, reclining, drinking tea and talking with a friend
- [Berlin: water laced, history packed](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/berlin-water-laced-history-packed/) - If you visit Berlin just by land you might miss the extensive network of lakes, rivers and canals in which it is embedded. There are substantial lakes on the western and southeastern sides. Approximately a third of the city is green area, parks, woods, gardens, lakes, rivers and canals. Even so, with more than 75
- [Roaring down the Rhine II: Cologne](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/roaring-down-the-rhine-ii-cologne/) - From Koblenz we turned north, continuing to run with the swift current. However , before we left Cologne we had to haul the boat out of the water. We'd grounded briefly on the way the Cologne (Koln) while attempting to enter a small harbor.. I was able to back us off the shallows with just
- [Roaring down the Rhine I](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/roaring-down-the-rhine-i/) - You last left us in Limburg, what has the neat old center full of medieval era half timber buildings. From there we go no further, although there are a few kilometers left of navigable waters. Instead we glided downstream, aided by the small current (1km), which made more difference than I thought it would- something
- [The Lahn to Limburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-lahn-to-limburg-as-in-the-famous-stinky-cheese/) - Exiting the Moselle after the huge lock you get an eyeful of majesty. The junction, called Deutsches Eck, features a huge statue of Kaiser Wilhelm. The statue was destroyed during WWII, then rebuilt after much debate. It looms as we turn the corner on Viking, one eye on it and the other on the next
- [Alf and Cochem:  Villages on the  Moselle (watercolor  paintings)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/alf-village-on-the-moselle-two-watercolor-paintings/)
- [Cruising the Moselle: from Luxembourg to Cochem](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cruising-the-moselle-from-luxembourg-to-cochem/) - Discover the stunning beauty of the Moselle River's steep vineyards, charming villages, and historic castles — a must-see for cruising and boating enthusiasts.
- [Pianist, Singer, Dancers, Parallel Universe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pianist-singer-dancers-parallel-universe/) - Art meets string theory This is another in the Pianist series. The dancers whirling dervishness calls forth a parallel universe. My painting Pianist Singer Dancer http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pianist-singer-ballerina/ first evoked that universe, The energetic dancing brought forth the more intense intrusion of a parallel universe. The contrasts: between the representative and the abstract, the muted values and
- [Hot dog!  They're Frankfurturers!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hot-dog-theyre-frankfurturers/) - Today's Frankfurters boast about the 31 museums in the old center of their ancient city. They are concentrated in a zone called the Museumsufer. The Museumsufer includes the Studel (art), the History Museum and the Archaeological Museum. And of course Frankfurters can enjoy frankfurters every day of the week. Beyond the purview of the those
- [Trier Cathedral: one watercolor, one ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/trier-cathedral-one-watercolor-one-ink/)
- [Trier: Capital of the Franks](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/trier-capital-of-the-franks/) - The oldest city in Germany, Trier was created by the Romans in the late 1st century BC, calling it Agusta Treverorum, the city of Augustus among the Celtic Belgian group the Treveri. It was the capital of the Gauls (Celts), serving much of the Roman Empire and becoming one of the emperors' residence. The Franks
- [Luxembourg: So fabulous that the whole city is a World Heritage site](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/luxembourg-so-fabulous-that-the-whole-city-is-a-world-heritage-site/) - The capital setting is dramatic, siting as it does on cliffs above a winding gorge and the rivers that snake through. It's medieval architecture is among the finest. Thus Luxembourg's is designated as a World Heritage City. The rest of the country is another sort of beauty, rural, heavily forested and otherwise largely agricultural. There
- [Porte des Allemands, Metz: Two watercolors](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/porte-des-allemands-metz-two-watercolors/)
- [Metz, France: a site for soar eyes](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/metz-france-a-site-for-soar-eyes/) - Metz sits at the confluence of the Moselle and Seille rivers. The Cathedral's height and extensive stained glass dwarf the slack jawed visitor. The town boasts cream colored stone architecture from the Middle Ages. Part of Germany from 1870 to the end of WWI I, it sits near the border of Germany and Luxembourg. Metz
- [Sicily: The Leopard to Serpotta](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sicily-the-leopard-to-serpotta/) - Sicily was ruled by Spain's Bourbon dynasty. The Spanish lost this kingdom when The Leopard leaped. Sicily was once ruled by the Bourbons, who held the Spanish throne. The country the Bourbons ruled came to be called The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Why two? It was formed when the Bourbons united two kingdoms both
- [Toul Canal Bridge](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/toul-canal-bridge/) - Toul is a small town on the Moselle in the Grand Est region of France. This bridge is just outside the Port de Toul
- [Sapin Bleu, St Gervais-sous-Meymont, France (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sapin-bleu-st-gervais-sous-meymont-france-watercolor/)
- [Chateau de la Flie (Liverdun, France)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/chateau-de-la-flie-liverdun-france/) - We came upon this beautiful chateau as we proceeded upstream on the Moselle. It's across the river from Liverdun. In Liverdun's harbor, which sits well below the cliff upon which the town sits, we stayed a pitch black night, maneuvering carefully to avoid grounding in the shallow waters.
- [Château de Montaigu (ink)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/chateau-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.
- [Pacentro, Italy 4:  ink drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pacentro-italy-4-ink-drawing/)
- [Toul, France](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/toul-france/) - Not Toulouse, not Toulon, just plain Toul: its a moat encircled ancient town located on the Moselle River with impressive late 1700's stone ramparts, ranging to 5 meters in height. There are two locks within 100 meters of one another protecting the population, connecting the Moselle River and the Canal du Marne au Rhin. Known
- [Reggio de Calabria, then and now](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/reggio-de-calabria-then-and-now/) - The comparative few who give previous thought to this small city in southern Italy wonder at its name. "Reggio' comes from the ancient Greek for 'region.' There's a Reggio elsewhere in Italy so 'de Calabria' distinguishes the two. Despite its present day obscurity Reggio de Calabria was home to a perhaps legendary early king named
- [Messina: A Surprising Pleasure](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/messina-a-surprising-pleasure/) - It takes a half hour on a fast ferry from Reggio de Calabria to arrive in Messina, crossing the Strait of Messina. The large port is home to numerous ferries, commercial vessels as well as military ships. The city center of the small city of 215,000 is about 12 kilometers from the entrance to the
- [Fallas 2025 begins!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fallas-2025-begins/) - Learn about the annual http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-fallas/
- [Pacentro, Italy: drawings of a historic town and its castle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pacentro-italy-drawings-of-a-historic-town-and-its-castle/)
- [Abruzo- the mountainous home of the wines of Montepulciano](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/abruzo-the-mountainous-home-of-the-wines-of-montepulciano/) - From Pisa we drove some 500k/300m to the Abruzo region, staying in the tiny town of Caprociano. This town is home to 100 people. It is nestled on a rocky hillside. Our rustic residence was in part dug out of the rock by our host Gaetano, a friendly sixty something jolly good fellow. The pellet
- [Pisa: more than just a tower](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pisa-more-than-just-a-tower/) - In the center of town we found the city's main plaza, a large one flanked by majestic Medici era architecture. But the city goes back much further, to the Etruscans circa 800 BCE. Excavations in the 1980's and 90's proved its Etruscan origins, around the 5th century BCE. The city is close to the coast
- [Video:  Northeast France aboard our boat Viking 2024](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-northeast-france-aboard-our-boat-viking-2024/) - We put together videos, photos and drawings to bring you with us as we traveled from the Belgian/French border to Strasbourg.
- [Ballerina: Vencerem (We shall overcome)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/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
- [Futbol (soccer) players in ink, male figure drawing and  portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/futbol-soccer-players-in-ink-male-figure-drawing-and-portrait/) - I saw this image in a Spanish newspaper and took a photo. I used a permanent marker 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
- [Discover Olite's Gothic Castle: A Hidden Gem in Spain](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/discover-olites-gothic-castle-a-hidden-gem-in-spain/) - Surely there is no king with a more beautiful castle or palace and with so many gilded rooms (...) ...how magnificent and sumptuous is this palace. — 15th-century German diary (British Museum) Olite is a town of 4,000 in the Spanish Province of Navarre. The Royal Palace located there is a beautiful example of French castle
- [Castle at Vic sur Aisne, pen and ink drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/castle-at-vic-sur-aisne-pen-and-ink-drawing/) - 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
- [The Royal Palace of Olite - 3 drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-royal-palace-of-olite-3-drawings/)
- [Ballerinas, three watercolor paintings (version 2)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ballerinas-three-watercolor-paintings-version-2/) - Studies for a larger painting. Images updated. Abstract
- [Two Chillin' (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/two-chilling-watercolor/) - Part of a new series of brightly colored paintings based on models
- [Self Portrait at Wine Fest](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/self-portrait-wine-fest/)
- [Music video:  Paintings, watercolors and figure drawings, 2024](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/music-video-paintings-watercolors-and-figure-drawings-2024/) - Some of the art I produced this past year. Most of the watercolors were done aboard Viking. There is limited space and I have to put everything away each time so larger paintings are difficult to mange. It's perfect for watercolors though! It was a wonderful year for cruising once the rains let up around Music video of paintings and drawings Gary J Kirkpatrick
- [Royal Monastery of Santa Maria in El Puig and the legend of Valencia's bat](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/royal-monastery-of-santa-maria-in-el-puig-and-the-legend-of-valencias-bat/) - With the renewal of the €10 unlimited regional travel pass we're again visiting the smaller towns near Valencia. Puig (officially El Puig de Santa Maria) is just 14k and less than 30 minutes away. The train wasn't crowded on the way there, though bursting at the seams on the way back as people were joining Visit to el Puig Monastary
- [Nude in Pompeii](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/nude-in-pompeii/) - Acrylic Acrylic paining of model on Pompeii like room
- [At last!  Our narrated video "From Amsterdam to France 2024"](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/at-last-our-narrated-video-from-amsterdam-to-the-france-2024/) - Filming and narration by Peg Kirkpatrick, editing and production by Gary Kirkpatrick. Copyright 2024 Video slide show of the Art of Gary J Kirkpatrick
- [Holiday Foods of Rome, and ditching Panettones](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/holiday-foods-of-rome-and-ditching-panettones/) - Christmas eve dinner here in Rome: I prepared a multiple course meal. Well it was mostly me, as the spousal unit managed to sneak in some very non-Italian smoked herring and salmon. You can get both of these in the stores here these days, but that is no excuse, IMHO. In Italy the meal is Cuisine of Rome at Christmas includes many fish dishes
- [Drawings from Roma](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/drawings-from-roma/) - Castle Sant Angelo from the Bernini bridge Persephonne, Bernini's statue
- [Religiosity in Italy](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/religiosity-in-italy/) - Rome is the seat of the approximately 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. Strictly speaking it's the Vatican City State that occupies this position, but as it is surrounded by the city of Rome, it is understandable why so many meld the two. The Pope was the head of the Papal States, comprising roughly the center third How religious are the Italians anyway?
- [Rome:  pen and ink drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/rome-pen-and-ink-drawings/) - The Boxer. Bronze, Roman era Gaul couple committing suicide Reclining Couple, terra cotta, 750 BCE (Conte pencil) Drawings and paintings of Rome
- [Rome: What's up with the 2025 Jubilee.](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/rome-whats-up-with-the-2025-jubilee/) - Rome is just a 2 hour flight from Valencia so even Ryan Air's uncomfortable seats can be manageable. We plunked our two carry-ons in the overheads and sat with a sizable and friendly Bulgarian fellow living in Valencia somehow wedged between us. There went the manageability. He's with his wife and children, with them to
- [Flood stories from Picanya](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/flood-stories-from-picanya/) - It was getting dark when we boarded the Picanya metro replacement bus, but there was enough light to see the fields of cars piled 4 and 5 high in fields near Paiporta. You can still see white bits of clothing and paper scattered about, sticking onto small trees and broken branches, left there by the
- [Plovdiv](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/plovdiv/) - About 350,000 people live in Plovdiv making it the second largest city in Bulgaria. It was founded on the Marista River. People support themselves here on tobacco production, food processing, textiles and brewing, as well as high tech, festivals and tourism. There are six universities in this small city. It is known for its Roman
- [A flood survivor's story](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-flood-survivors-story/) - We have friends in Picanya. We saw yesterday them for the first time since the flood. I sat with 'M,' whose house is located on the Rambla del Poyo, the normally empty gully that serves as drainage for the hills to the west. The Rambla is about 75 meters wide by about 15 meters deep
- [Family History Part 2: Who was Tony, really?](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/family-history-part-2-who-was-tony-really/) - Tony This is another atypical post as it treats my family history, whereas I normally write about travel related matters. Nonetheless this may have some general interest for the twists and turns it brings. In my experience it was a mystery-like in slow motion. My motherś sister Anna aka Annette was married twice, first to
- [Face from side and below, tilted, Conte pencil](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/face-from-side-and-below-tilted-conte-pencil/)
- [Volunteers providing meals](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/volunteers-providing-meals/) - We joined a hundred or so volunteers are helping at Valencia's World Central Kitchen to provide hot meals for people in locations effected by the floods of a month ago. WCT was founded 2010 by Spanish American chef José Andrés to help in Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake. It has served millions of
- [Bulgaria's Complexities](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bulgarias-complexities/) - I have long seen Bulgaria as just a small, insignificant, and now former communist country in Eastern Europe. We went there primarily because it is one of the two EU countries we had not visited. Now that I have been there, my curiosity has been aroused, and I have learned more about this country and
- [Bulgarian Traditional Folk Dance](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bulgarian-traditional-folk-dance/) - In days gone by we did international folk dancing with groups in Florida and Pennsylvania. I led the group in Pennsylvania for several years. Among our favorite dances were those that came from Bulgaria. While in Sofia we found a performance at a restaurant and walked the 1.8 kilometers for the performance starting at 8
- [Bulgaria and the fall of the Bloc](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bulgaria-and-the-fall-of-the-bloc/) - We visited the Socialist Art Museum and the Museum of National History in Sofia, both small museums. They are on opposite sides of the city, about 7 kilometers apart. We traversed the distance by city bus, scanning our credit cards to pay the fare. The Sofia we saw on the route is not pretty, unlike
- [November 23, the state of things in Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/november-23-the-state-of-things-in-the-valencia-area/) - There is still a lot of clean up left to do. This photo shows this location unchanged since the flood. This does not signify a lack of effort but more likely insufficient resources despite nation-wide efforts. Valencia rejected offers from abroad which may have helped, coordination difficulties aside. From Las Provincias There are many volunteers
- [Sofia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sofia/) - November 23, 2024 Sofia is situated on a plane set between hills and mountains, including ski areas within thirty minutes. This can make for a swinging descent all the way to the runway. This caused the young, brightly lipsticked English fluent Bulgarian woman seated between us to do the Bulgarian-Orthodox double cross as if this
- [Developments in the last few hours, November 5, 2024](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/developments-in-the-last-few-hours-november-5-2024/) - Some statistics: 44000+ vehicles, 21,400+ houses and 2200+ commercial properties destroyed. Endless quantities of perishable goods have been ruined: 800,000 kilos in 32 locations, mostly fresh meat and fish shops as well as restaurants. Authorities have removed almost 3000 farm animal cadavers. Family Cash y MasyMas supermarket chains are donating food, hygiene and cleaning products.
- [Update November 11-15, 2024](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/update-november-11/) - Friends report the presence of many volunteers in their communities, including some from Madrid and Barcelona. There are many heartwarming stories of efforts to provide on site assistance, food, clothing, shelters for pets and pet food. Oscar Puente, head of Transportation, says that lines C1 and C2 of "Cercanías" (regional trains) will be reopened before
- [November 9th, the recovery continues](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/november-9th-the-recovery-continues/) - The death total has reached 212. Five children are confirmed dead in the flood. Two are missing per the latest reports. Policía Nacional y la Guardia Civil have 28 cases of missing persons as of November 12, down from 50 the day before. No victims were found in the parking lot at the MN4 mall
- [Update on the flood disaster, morning  November 7, 2024](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/update-early-morning-november-7-2024/) - Some 1 million were effected by flood waters in 78 municipalities. Donations to the Spanish Red Cross can be made here Cruzroja. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io7jgf82fX8 This video is about Picanya, on the Rambla del Poyo. The first speaker indicates the height of the waters where he is standing. The bridge there is destroyed and he says the
- [Brief update](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/brief-update/) - Some miscellaneous updates: The Metro in Valencia is not running. It will be opening line by line in the coming days. The regional trains running north are in service, but not to the south, which is where the flooding occurred. There are efforts underway to take care of cats and dogs. Pet stores are collecting
- [Family mysteries part 1](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/family-mysteries-part-1/) - My writing here is ordinarily focused on our travels, be it by air, land or boat. I diverge from these now. I think that these stories have some general interest. Also I write about these matters for my direct heirs and other relatives, that they may know about those who came before them. I Mak
- [The devastating flood in Valencia province, Spain](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-devastating-flood-in-valencia-province-spain/) - On October 29, 2024, Paiporta and Picanya, both in the province of Valencia and on the south edge of the city of Valencia, and 13 other communities on the west and south side of Valencia were heavily damaged by a raging flood causing over 200 deaths and counting. Bodies are still being pulled from the
- [Moros and Cristianos on Valencia Day (video)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/moros-and-cristianos-on-valencia-day-video/) - Upon our return to Valencia we were greeted with this parade. It is Valencia Day here, and for the people here any excuse for a party or parade will do. The costumes are fantastic and if there is one thing Valencia is not lacking it's musicians. Each group of Moros/Cristianos has its own band, and
- [In the Grand Est with the Headless Monk](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/in-the-grand-est-with-the-headless-monk/) - A chubby Joan d'Arc in Toul's Cathedral We spent a night in tiny Liverdun. There are fabulous views of the river from cliffs above. In Liverdun you find the 12th century St Peter Church ( Eglise Saint-Pierre de Liverdun). It's been classified as a historical monument since 1924. Legend has it that St Euchaire arrived
- [Silently passing in the blackness](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/silently-passing-in-the-blackness/) - Night sets into the blackness As you round the corner to enter the Canal de la Meuse there is a small town called Richardménil. We pulled into Its a lovely mooring. There are picnic tables and electricity. The narrowing Moselle runs alongside the canal. There is no bike path on this side of the canal
- [By the Sea](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/by-the-sea/) - Add this one to the paintings inspired by Edward Hopper, although in this case I drew from a painting by the impressionist Frederick Childe Hassam. It is another piece in the style I term "Symbolic Expressionism.: Note the sail on the horizon.
- [Closeburn Castle, Scotland: the Kirkpatrick family's home](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/closeburn-castle-scotland-the-kirkpatrick-familys-home/) - The castle is located in Closeburn, Scotland, not far from Kirkpatrick-Fleming from which my own history emanates. It dates roughly from the late 13th century. It was owned by Kirkpatricks until the mid 18th century and again starting in the early 1980's. It remains occupied by Kirkpatricks to this day. The tower is 15 (46')
- [Down with Nancy (the city, not the person)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/down-with-nancy-the-city-not-the-person/) - After another beautiful cruise through the gorgeous Vosges Mountains (see The Grand Est), this time with friends, we came back to Nancy, one of France's delightful cities and the capital of the Lorraine. Nancy (Gallic Nanciaco, possibly from a Gaulish personal name) has a wonderful pedestrian old town center stuffed with restored half timber buildings.
- [Barge at Port de Plaisance in Nancy (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/barge-at-port-de-plaisance-in-nancy-watercolor/) - This was our view of the Port de Plaisance in Nancy
- [Strasbourg and its magnificent cathedral](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/strasbourg-and-its-magnificent-cathedral/) - Cross the bridge over the Rhine to find yourself in Germany. It takes just a few minutes. From 1870-1918 this would not involve a change of country, as it was then under German control. We crossed the bridge only because it symbolizes the open border between France and Germany. So often at war since Germany
- [Go, Figures!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/go-figures-4/) - Several quick figure drawings in ink with wash using the two handed technique.
- [Count Basie with Ella (pen and ink)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/count-basie-with-ella-pen-and-ink/)
- [I Mak Sikker: Roger de Kirkpatrick and Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/i-mak-sikker-roger-de-kirkpatrick-and-robert-the-bruce-king-of-scotland/) - I Mak Sikker (or 'Siccar') My ancient relative Roger de Kirkpatrick was possibly my 17th great-grandfather. He was born circa 1280 at Closeburn Castle. He died at Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire , Scotland circa 1322. He was involved in the successful quest of Robert the Bruce for the Scottish crown in the later part of the
- [Even more locks, and still no bagels (continuation)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/even-more-locks-and-still-no-bagels-continuation/) - We continued our journey, stopping in Epernay, Tours sur Marne, Chalons-en-Champagne, then Vitry-le-Francois. Epernay is at the heart of Champagne country, in good measure because it sits on the Marne. As we exited the Canal Lateral de la Marne we saw the muddy river flying past. Turning into it we immediately felt the strong current.
- [Vailly-sur-Aisne](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/vailly-sur-aisne/) - Vailly-sur-Aisne is a small town in the Gran Est region of France. We were moored on the canal when a woman stopped to chat. Later she returned in her car. This is the view from her garden.
- [Lots of locks, but no bagels](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/lots-of-locks-but-no-bagels/) - Leaving Reims we went back the way we came, then making a two week long circuit, tranquil except for four kilometers on the raging Marne in Epernay. The route took us to many historic and charming small towns who some 110 years ago found themselves in the midst of WWI. We visited large, well kept
- [Test of a post](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/test-of-a-post-2/) - this is a test of a postesta es una prueba de un post
- [News on the development of this site](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/news/) - Feb 9, 2010 Dear Early Visitor: This site is changing almost daily. None of the pages are finished, and in most cases they just have a few words. There has been no proof reading and it is too early to even worry about that. Leave me a comment, take the poll. Tell me how things
- [ABOUT ADATA](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/about-adata-2/) - ADATA ((Alianza para el Desarrollo Ambiental de Tierras Altas) is an alliance of 13 environmentally oriented organizations in the Highalnds of Chiriqui Panamá. Member organizations are non-profit and self-governing. Members support sustainable development in this beautiful and ecologically sensitive zone. Some are organic farmers, while others work in ecotourism supporting the famous International Park la
- [MEMBERS PAGES](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/members/) - Association for the Conservation of the Biosphere Association of Agro-ecological Producers La Amistad Association of Organic Producers of Rovira Association of Producers of Exportabale Farm Products APAASAC (Association of Agro-environmental Producers of Santa Clara) Association Agro-ecoturistica la Amistad Ecologists of Renacimiento for the Protection of the Parque Internacional Amistad Friends of the Parque Internacional la
- [ACTIVITIES](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/activities-2/) - The members engage in a wide variety of activitiesLos miembros participan en muchas actividades.
- [ECOLOGICALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REGIONS OF THE WORLD](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ecologically-one-of-the-most-important-areas-of-the-world/) - The Chiriqui Highlands forms part of the Talamanca Mountain Range, which has the highest biodiversity index of the Central American isthmus, although it is most famous for its bird populations. In 2001 the Range was designated a Worldwide Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. The area contains the International Park la Amistad and the Volcan Baru Park.
- [BIRDS!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bird-populations/) - In the Highlands you will find more than 250 species of birds... [nggallery id=2]En las Tierra Altas se encuentras más de 250 varie... [nggallery id=2]
- [THREATS TO HUMANS](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/threats-to-human-populations/) - Mining, dams and other projects, soil erosion, agro-chemical run-off and direct exposure are the primary threats to human health...Minas, presas y otros proyectos, erosión, contaminación agro-címico.... Mining, dams and other projects, soil erosion, agro-chemical run-off and direct exposure are the primary threats to human health...
- [More About La Amistad International Biosphere Reserve](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/international-park-la-amistad/) - Under construction Feb 12 2010 From rare.org Stretching across the foothills and mountains of southeast Costa Rica and northwest Panama in the Talamanca range, La Amistad Biosphere Reserve is located at a point on the Central American Isthmus where flora and fauna from both North and South America reach their maximum species mix. Comprising 221,000
- [Contact the Members](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/contact-us/) - To contact individual groups- Asociación Ambiental Agroecologica de Bajo Mono. 507-6609-5286 email NONE Association of Organic Producers of Rovira (Asociación de Productores Organicos de Rovira) contact 507-6687-6561 Asociación de Productores Agroecológicos La Amistad 507-6704-6031 adpaela@hotmail.com Association of Producers of Exportabale Farm Products (Asociación de Productores de Cultivos Exportables) contact 507-6704-6031 apce-07@hotmail.com Association
- [LINKS TO OTHER SITES](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/links-to-other-sites-2/) - 1. Web page of Darwin Initiative project on the biodiversity of La Amistad. 2. Global Environmental Facility 3. United Nations Development Programme 4. United Nations Environment Program1. Pagina web del La Iniciativa Darwin del Reino Unido sobre un projecto de PILA.
- [THREATS TO THE REGION](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/threats-to-the-region-2/) - Development is the primary threat to areas such as this. Agro-chemical farming is a prime example. Agro-chemicals contribute to reductions in the biodiversity and total population of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects a}s well as the flora. These chemicals contaminate rivers and streams on their way to the ocean, where they damage the mangrove swamps and
- [Biodigoestor of Don Bolivar-  an example of sustainable development](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/biodigoestor-of-don-bolivar/) - One of the creative experiments is the use of a biodgestor. This video shows you how one member of APAASAC uses his pigs to run a stove! Bidigestor de Don BolivarEste video muestra el uso de excremento porcino para producir gas. ¡Uno de los miembros de APAASAC produce métano para su estufa! Biodegestor de Don
- [ARTICLES](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/articles-2/) - 1) In the 1980's Dr. Archie Carr III of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation and colleagues in the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) sought to reestablish a natural corridor through the range of the Florida Panther (South, Central and North America). This project became known as Paseo Pantera (Path of the Panther). The United States Aigency for
- [The Situation: March 2010](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/36-2/) - This gives you the basic background you need to understand the situation we find ourselves in The Chiriqui Highlands forms part of the Talamanca Mountain Range, which has the highest biodiversity index of the Central American isthmus, although it is most famous for its bird populations. In 2001 the Range was designated a Worldwide Biosphere
- [The Thickening  Plot](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-thickening/) - The Thickening Plot Peace Corps policy prohibits volunteer participation in political activities. Panamanian prohibits political activity by non-citizens. I am reporting here on activities that are occurring in the region in which we are working but we maintain a neutral posture. The Old Chiriqui River (Rio Viejo Chiriqui) runs from the mountains outside Cerro Punta,
- [March 8, 2010](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/march-8-2010-2/) - Yesterday morning a volunteer friend and I drove to a cabaña high in the mountains (between 8000 and 9000 feet). This is a good spot to see birds. Saturday evening we walked into the forest for about an hour. We heard a lot of birds and saw few. Neither of us are birders and other
- [March 8th](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/march-8th-2/) - Today was mostly about working on PC projects in our office, which is really in my case a desk Anel made for me. Anel lives down the street and he produces various organic products. In January our sector director asked me to head a project to import refurbished desktops. That is what I worked on
- [Notes from March 2010](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/notes-from-march-2010-6/) - March 9, 2010 — Today was mostly about working on PC projects in our office, which is really in my case a desk Anel made for me. Anel lives down the street and he produces various organic products. In January our sector director asked me to head a project to import refurbished desktops. That is
- [Environmental Conflict: The Situation in the Chiriqui Highlands March 2010](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/environmental-conflict-the-situation-in-the-chiriqui-highlands-march-2010-6/) - March 2, 2010 — The Thickening Plot Peace Corps policy prohibits volunteer participation in political activities. Panamanian prohibits political activity by non-citizens. I am reporting here on activities that are occurring in the region in which we are working but we maintain a neutral posture. The Old Chiriqui River (Rio Viejo Chiriqui) runs from the
- [Peggy's newsy emails from Panama](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peggys-newsy-emails-from-panama-click-on-item-below/)
- [Climbing Volcan Baru](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/climbing-baru/) - Volcan Baru is a national park and protected area not far from where we live, as the Tucan flies. On March 9th I received an invitation from Lourdes, the leader of one of the local agro-environmental groups. Gorace sells organic produce purchased in the Chiriqui Highlands, to join her and 5 others on a hike
- [Atop Volcan Baru](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/atop-volcan-baru/) - My wet jeans were about as damp as the iffy mattress I slept on and only slightly more so than the sleeping bag, so I did not freeze when I slipped them on. I suppose that having put the jeans underneath a blanket and my sleeping bag into which I added my body heat helped
- [A site development visit to Caizan](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-site-development-visit-to-caizan-2-2/) - Peace Corps Panama sends volunteers to potential new sites for future volunteers. They talk to locals to gauge interest and then send sector leaders (who are PC employees) to meet with the locals so they can explain the PC program and evaluate the community. If the community is appropriate and a future volunteer seems like
- [August 18, 2009](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/august-18-2009/) - August 18, 2009 So ----- we've been officially in the Peace Corps a little over a week now, and I am very impressed. Our three-day orientation was held in El Ciudad del Saber, a “retreat” facility about 15 minutes from downtown Panama City, adjacent to the Miraflores locks on the Panama Canal. It is part
- [September 22, 2009](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/september-22-2009/) - September 22, 2009 So--- it's so hot and humid here that: 1) the tops of your hands sweat; 2) if you are writing, when you lift your arms, the papers come up with them; 3) the women have stopped using moisturizers and hair conditioner - they are totally unnecessary. 4) Floridians will appreciate this one:
- [Climbing Volcan Baru](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/climbing-volcan-baru-3/) - Atop Volcan Baru March 20, 2010 — garypeg My wet jeans were about as damp as the iffy mattress I slept on and only slightly more so than the sleeping bag, so I did not freeze when I slipped them on. I suppose that having put the jeans underneath a blanket and my sleeping bag into
- [What a $100 a month means](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/what-a-100-means/) - He is somehow rather distinguished looking despite his weathered face, or maybe because of it, and certainly despite his clothing, clean but beat up. He comes around from time to time looking for something to eat. Our hostess always brings him something, or maybe gives him a cup of coffee. She has hired him to
- [March 2010](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/march-2010-5/) - A site development visit to Caizan March 21, 2010 — garypeg Peace Corps Panama sends volunteers to potential new sites for future volunteers. They talk to locals to gauge interest and then send sector leaders (who are PC employees) to meet with the locals so they can explain the PC program and evaluate the community. If
- [A site development visit to Caizan](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-site-development-visit-to-caizan-6/) - March 21, 2010 — Peace Corps Panama sends volunteers to potential new sites for future volunteers. They talk to locals to gauge interest and then send sector leaders (who are PC employees) to meet with the locals so they can explain the PC program and evaluate the community. If the community is appropriate and a
- [October 10, 2009](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/october-10-2009/) - October 10, 2009 So.......... Gary has written a bit about our culture week and tech week experiences, but here are a few more facts. Culture week is designed to give each volunteer a peek into the province he will serve in. Chiriqui is Panama's richest and most proud province. It was the first province to
- [November 23, 2009](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/november-23-2009/) - Nov 23, 2009 So - we've been in our community for a month now, and are beginning to get the hang of it. The Peace Corps prefers that one stay with a host family for the first three months the volunteer is in his community, but we did not expect to, as there are two
- [Gary writes:](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/gary-writes/)
- [December 24, 2009](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/december-24-2009-panama-peace-corps/) - December 24, 2009 So - Christmas in Panama...... From what we hear, Christmas Eve here is bigger than Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, beginning at about 8:00 pm, people "pasear". Pasearing is something all Peace Corps volunteers should be good at - it can be defined as strolling through your community, creating opportunities to know
- [April 2010](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/april-2010-4/) - Medical translations April 27, 2010 A team of Army Reserve (Southern Command) doctors, dentists, nurses and support staff flew to Panama last week to conduct free clinics in the Cocle Province, about 8 hours by bus from our house. Two weeks ago 4 or 5 other volunteers assisted in the translations. This past week there were
- [My current projects](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/my-projects/) - One main project is the importation of 200 refurbished computers into Panama. There are at least two non-profit organizations in the U.S. that accept donations and then ship to sites in the US and abroad. Both have worked with the Peace Corps before. Nephew Nic in fact worked with some of the computers one of
- [Medical translations](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/medical-translations/) - April 27, 2010 A team of Army Reserve (Southern Command) doctors, dentists, nurses and support staff flew to Panama last week to conduct free clinics in the Cocle Province, about 8 hours by bus from our house. Two weeks ago 4 or 5 other volunteers assisted in the translations. This past week there were fewer
- [Appasac withdraws from the enviromental association.](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/appasac-withdraws-from-the-enviromental-association/) - April 22nd, 2010 Further developments have complicated the situation regarding our local agro-environmental group, APAASAC. Last week representatives of ADATA visited just after a meeting with EISA (Electron Investment SA), a company building one of the hydro-electric projects in the province. Representatives from EISA, whose project is called the Pando-Monte-Lirio, were there to talk about
- [Presenting a training course near Penonome Panaman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/presenting-a-training-course-near-penonome-panama/) - May 4, 2010 One of the main tasks of CED (Community Economic Development, the part of Peace Corps Panama of which we are a part) is to provide training programs. The main offering is called PML, Program Management and Leadership. Volunteers sometimes offer this training in their communities. Peg and I responded to a request
- [Land dispute and water rights issue](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/185/) - May 8, 2010 Lito's confrontation One of the problems facing Panamanians is the lack of land deeds. Most plots have conveyed within families but these days more are being conveyed outside the familiy. Therefore precise plots are necessary and are often lacking. The lack of registration also applies to easements, and this factored into a
- [Activities in the first quarter](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/activities-the-first-quarter/) - may 19, 2010 We have to file quarterly reports with the Peace Corp office. This information is shared with Panamanian agencies and with PC in Washington. Here's the major portion of my submission. 1) Developed website for ADATA, the network of enironmental groups of the Chiriqui Highlands with a counterpart. www.adataeng.megabyet.net 2) Helped a governmental
- [Department of Health and World Bank contribute to Santa Clara's water system](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/department-of-health-and-world-bank-contribute-to-santa-claras-water-system/) - On May 28th 2010, the water committee hosted a meeting for a representative of the Ministry of Health and private Spanish company. The company is contracted by the Panamanian government to assist in water development projects. The funds come in part from the government and in part from the World Bank. The funds are used
- [July 2010: Disturbances due to strikes and other matters](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/disturbances-due-to-strikes-3/) - This was originally several entries, so the first entries are at the bottom. You work your way up. I will fix this when I have time. No further disturbances anticiated July 14, 2010 — garypeg Wednesday, July 14 2010 As of noon today Peace Corps officials determined that no further disturbances were foreseeable. Peace Corps volunteers
- [June 2010](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/june-2010-3/) - The business seminar weekend one June 26, 2010 — garypeg Several years ago Peace Corps volunteers in Panama developed a business planning seminar. Participants come to the seminar all expenses paid over a period of two weekends a month or so apart. Peg and I attended this years version with two people from our community. The
- [Meeting the Ambassador](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/meeting-the-ambassador-3/) - Meeting the Ambassador May 30, 2010 — garypeg In late May we met the volunteers in our province, Chiriqui for our quarterly meeting. Joining us were Brian Riley, our country director and Barbara Stephenson, the U.S. Ambassador to Panama. The Ambassador is very sharp. Before joining the State Department in the 1970?s she obtained her PhD
- [What a $100 a month means in Panama](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/what-a-100-a-month-means-in-panama-3/) - What a $100 a month means in Panama April 5, 2010 — garypeg He is somehow rather distinguished looApril 27, 2010 — garypegking despite his weathered face, or maybe because of it, and certainly despite his clothing, clean but beat up. He comes around from time to time looking for something to eat. Our hostess always
- [Meeting the Ambassador](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/meeting-the-ambassador-2-2/) - In late May we met the volunteers in our province, Chiriqui for our quarterly meeting. Joining us were Brian Riley, our country director and Barbara Stephenson, the U.S. Ambassador to Panama. The Ambassador is very sharp. Before joining the State Department in the 1970's she obtained her PhD in Literature. She is on top of
- [Training in a Gnobe village in Bocas del Toro](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/training-in-a-gnobe-village-in-bocas-del-toro/) - After spending the night at Lost and Found, we took the bus to another volunteer's site in Bocas del Toro early the next morning. K. lives in a Ngobe village of perhaps 500 people. She arranged some training for the members of the water and health committees. She lives in a comparatively large house on
- [The business seminar weekend one](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/business-seminar/) - Several years ago Peace Corps volunteers in Panama developed a business planning seminar. Participants come to the seminar all expenses paid over a period of two weekends a month or so apart. Peg and I attended this years version with two people from our community. The seminar talks about all the basic aspects of planning
- [Dodging bullets, sleeping in caves](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dodging-bullets-sleeping-in-caves-4/) - Dodging bullets, sleeping in caves July 15, 2010 — garypeg Somehow our staying in Volcan during the emergency period earlier this week became Peggy’s departure for the United States and my fleeing into Costa Rica. This came about apparently while one of our neighbors was listening in on my phone conversation with our landlord Lily. I
- [Strikes over 9 in 1 law spread across country, volunteers on alert](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/strikes-over-9-in-1-law-spread-across-country-volunteers-on-alert/) - Monday July 12, 2010 Attached to a bill dealing with aviation issues recently passed was a so-called 9 in 1 law whose inclusion has angered wide swaths of the Panamanian public leading to strikes and violence. The law allowed workers in union shops to decide not to pay their dues. It allowed exceptions to the
- [Wide spread protests July 12 starting midnight](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/wide-spread-protests-july-12-starting-midnight/) - Wide spread protests are anticipated starting after midnight tonight, July 13, 2010. La Prensa reports a settlement of the strike in Bocas but with only a temporary suspension of implementation of changes to the labor law inhibiting union dues collection. Other elements are unappeased and plan protests and marches. All this commotion seems to
- [Yesterday's strikes peaceful](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/yesterdays-strikes-peaceful/) - Demonstrations in Panama City yesterday came off peacefully. Martinelli, the President, announced the government would suspend implementation of the so called 9 in 1 law, also called the 'chorizo' (sausage) law. The government presumably will hold dialogues, and would not prosecute strike leaders. Peace Corp volunteers are still restricted to their present locations. Further demonstrations
- [Dodging bullets, sleeping in caves](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dodging-bullets-sleeping-in-caves-2-2/) - Somehow our staying in Volcan during the emergency period earlier this week became Peggy's departure for the United States and my fleeing into Costa Rica. This came about apparently while one of our neighbors was listening in on my phone conversation with our landlord Lily. I had called her to explain what was happening, although
- [Newsletter from Santa Clara](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/newsletter-from-santa-clara/) - All editions of the newsletter from Santa Clara will be posted here, These are put together by Peg. Click on edition you want to see, then another link with appear with that edition only. Click on that link and a pdf viewer will open. It might take a click on the link and another after
- [Training in ag business](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/training-in-ag-business-2-2/) - In July I brought two people to a seminar that Peace Corps has been offering for the past several years in Agricultural Business. This program deals with basic business aspects of farming: SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats), general planning (vision and missions statements, goals, objectives) which is one of the parts I did,
- [The Hometown Fair](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-hometown-fair-2-2/) - In March, while visiting one of the local’s coffee finca, Peg stumbled across some old hand tools. They were no longer a part of the routine of local farmers but very much a part of their history. The moisture that fills every breeze had deteriorated the wooden and iron rudimentary implements and not one local
- [Some mythical beliefs I have run across](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/some-mythical-beliefs-i-have-run-across-3/) - September 26, 2010 — garypeg Some mythical beliefs I have run across: Latino beliefs Last December at Christmas time, I was talking with a woman about the holiday. Somehow the subject of Santa Claus came up. She said she was sure that there was not one now but was not sure if there was one
- [The fair- the photos](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-fair-2/) - These are photos from the Feria de Santa Clara, August 2010. Peg spearheaded this effort to develop more of a sense of community in Santa Clara and give people another source of income. [nggallery id=3]
- [Myths](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/myths/) - Some mythical beliefs I have run across: Latino beliefs Last December at Christmas time, I was talking with a woman about the holiday. Somehow the subject of Santa Claus came up. She said she was sure that there was not one now but was not sure if there was one in the past. She was
- [Kings Day Parade Photos](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/kings-day-parade-photos/) - On January 5th we happened across the King's Day (Epiphany) parade. This is a celebration of the arrival of the three kings to the baby Jesus scene in Bethlehem. This is the day of gift giving here in Spain. The parade included jugglers, acrobats from the circus, and many people in middle eastern costumes of
- [Pen and ink, water colors, Panama](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/panama-specific-2/) - Pen and ink, water colors, Panama [wpecpp name="Las Lajas Beach Hotel, Panama numbered prin" price="30" align="left"] [wpecpp name="Las Lajas Beach View To the Sea. Numbered print" price="30" align="right"] [wpecpp name="Las Lajas Beach View To the Sea, numbered print" price="30" align="center"] [wpecpp name="Las Lajas Beach View To the Sea numbered print"
- [¡Valencia!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/valencia-11/) - ¡Valencia! February, 2011 Valencia is where El Cid (meaning'Master, 'from the Arabic 'sidi,') served as mayor. Valencia is known not just for its old quarter, Ciutat Vella in Valenciano, but also for its fabulous new science museums whose swooping architecture offers as much contrast to the old town as, say, hip hop
- [Found a flat](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/found-a-flat-2/) - We arrived on a Thursday and by Sunday we found a neat apartment in the old section of Valencia. It? near the Serrano Towers, dating to the 15th century and which were once part of the town wall. There is a view of the towers from the roof we can access. There are two bedrooms,
- [Welcome to our blog](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/welcome-to-our-blog/) - This blog is about our travels including our time in Peace Corps, Panama. I have been adding journals from 1998 onwards. These are under various categories to the right in the side panel: Spain, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Costa Rica, Italy, and I think I have added a boating category as well. Please take the
- [The maze of Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/walking-around-valencia-4/) - Valencia is divided 20 zones. We have mostly been exploring the Ciuta Vella, 'Old City' in Valenciano, a smallish area crammed with attractive and narrow streets. Valencia was founded by the Romans in 187 BCE. There is an excellent exhibit of ruins near what was the Forum. One of the things the exhibitors did was
- [Intercambios](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/intercambios/) - We have been going to intercambios Spanish-English here and meeting some interesting people. It happens in a bar run by an American and he makes a few beers of his own and likes to support intercambios. Last night we met a group of IT people. Their English was not bad, they all have jobs and
- [Photos of some historic buildings in Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/photos-of-some-historic-buildings-in-valencia/) - Some of these are identified by the placards I photographed. Some, such as the Cathedral where there are several shots from both the Plaza de la Virgen and Plaza de la Reina- it is a very large building and faces both plazas. (PicLenses does not appear to be working. If you click on a photo
- [Spain (continued)  To the End of the Known World, And Beyond](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/spain-continued-to-the-end-of-the-known-world-and-beyond-2/) - Spain (continued) To the End of the Known World, And Beyond 12/3/97 The next four days would turn out to be the best touring I ever have experienced. Not only was the company delightful, but the places we visited were stunning, even more so than the ones we have been visiting in the area near
- [Spain October 30, 1997-November, 1997](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/spain-october-30-1997-november-1997/) - Spain October 30, 1997-November, 1997 Alice in Spain Elsie in the circus The Rastro How much things cost Mind Boggling Days of Exploration Segovia El Escorial (The Slag Heap, The Escarole) Back in Segovia, on to Pedraza Observations about Madrid 10/30/97 We are up at 2:00 a.m. to catch the 3:00 a.m. train out of
- [Spain 1/98](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/spain-198/) - Spain (continued) 1/1/98 Last night people crowded into Puerta del Sol. The custom here is to eat a grape with each stroke of the clock at midnight. We did not stay awake to see it. Reflections on the year Tradition calls for reflection on the past year. Since this has been a special year for
- [Spain 2/98](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/600-2/) - Spain, continued 2/1/98 Siguenza Siguenza is a beautiful medieval town. All its streets are narrow and cobble-stoned. Its cathedral was begun around 1150 and finished in the early 16th century. It has a beautiful, thin arch in front of a main (if not the main) entrance. Nearby is a castle, now a Parador (formerly state-run
- [Spain 3/98](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/spain-398/) - Spain, continued 3/1/98 El Museo Carralbo El Museo Carralbo is a private collection in a mansion near the Plaza de España, which is in the central part of Madrid. The collection was gathered largely by Don Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa, el XVIII Marquis de Carralbo (1845-1922). I bet introducing him required years of spokesmodel
- [Spain 4/98](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/spain-498/) - Spain, cont'd 4/01/98 Travel plans are becoming the main topic of conversation. I wanted to go to SE Asia earlier this year but Peg was not enthused. However, we are going to Central Europe (fka Eastern Europe). The route: fly/take train into Sofia, Bulgaria or Istanbul, whichever has the best deal from Madrid. Bulgaria, Rumania,
- [Spain, the last two weeks and on to Turkey](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/spain-the-last-two-weeks-and-on-to-turkey/) - Spain, the last two weeks 05/01-03/98 Galicia: The Celtic province David arrived on the first and somehow he and Peg did not see each other at the airport. Eventually we got connected. This morning, delightful Emilia takes us to the bus for Galicia, leaving from near Plaza de España. The bus ride lasts from 10:45
- [Turkey: the glorious explorations of our history, 5/98](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/turkey-598/) - Turkey Topkapi Palace Seeing the Black Sea Agatha slept here The people The land of the zeros The economy The food Roman aqueduct Turkey: Our life in ruins Some important facts It's those Celts again! 05/16/98 Istanbul Here's us in beautiful Istanbul. And here's us in impoverished Istanbul. We are staying in a two star
- [Turkey part 2](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/turkey-part-2/) - Turkey, cont'd The marina and its stray cats On the boat Jolly St. Nicholas Spear Chucker Kale Staying in a chimney Ka Stunning views from the amphitheater Cruise ends Kushadasi and the Caravansary 10 on a scale of 10, the ancient city Ephesus Squatters' rights The mother of all meals Kusadasi Observations 5/23/98 Antalya and
- [Turkey, part 3 1998](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/turkey-part-3-1998/) - Turkey, continued 06/02/98 Selcuk Yesterday we checked into a hotel ($16) and spent the day just walking and hanging about, reading, etc. Today we visited Selcuk, also called Ephesus V, the fifth and final site of the town of Ephesus. It is named for the Selcuks, who were a tribe from Central Asia, as were
- [Romania 6/98](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/romania-698/) - Romania 6/04/98 Peg writing: We flew from Izmir into Bucharest on June 4, and took a train out of Bucharest into Transylvania as quickly as we could get to the train station. Our guidebook and several first-hand experiences related by various Turkish acquaintances had convinced Gary that Romania was full of thieves and ex-Communist thugs.
- [After Romania, Slovakia 6/98](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/after-romania-slovakia-698/) - Slovakia 06/21/98 (Sunday) The train to Bratislava, Slovakia leaves at 10:30 and arrives at 1:30 for a price of 3500 HUFs ($17). Our train is destined for Italy. It is far more attractive than the trains restricted to Romania. There is a dining car. The attractive countryside we see on the journey is littered with
- [From Slovakia to the Czech Republic](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/from-slovakia-to-the-czech-republic/) - Czech Republic 06/24/98 (Wednesday) Brno, Czech Republic Yesterday on the train from when the conductor said we had to pay a supplement. Apparently for being on an international train. The conductor went to get another conductor, and together they discussed our situation. They told us that we had to pay 550 SK each, about $12.
- [Czech Republic to Poland 7/98](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/czech-epublic-to-poland-798/) - Poland 07/01/1998 07/02/1998 Best restaurant in Poland 07/03/1998 Wieliczka Salt Mines DaVinci's fabulous "Lady With Ermine." 07/04/1998 Auschwitz and Birkenau 7/05-06/98 Torun 7/06-07/1998 07/01/1998 We bused to the station and boarded the 7:45 a.m. train for Krakow. Four hours and four passport checks later, we changed trains at the border. This change was a bit
- [Costa Rica 1998-1999](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/costa-rica-1999/) - COSTA RICA Dealing with RACSA Moravia Getting Tickets to the Teatro Nacional Casa de Los Pantys A ferretería Montezuma via the Golfito de Nicoya Cabo Blanco Cahuita Tortuguero Pablo the Crocodile Braulio Carrillo National Park Las Aguas Tostar and to eat in CR Inefficiency everywhere Typically helpful Tica Termales del Bosque and the Canopy Tour
- [Italy, March 1999](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/italy-march-1999/)
- [Italy July 1-10, 1999](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/italy-july-1-10-1999/) - Ostia Antica Gypsies attacked More about the Italians Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia (Etruscan Museum) Business hours Miscellaneous observations 07/01/99 Ostia Antica On 6/23/99, I went to Ostia Antica with our friends from Georia, Debbie and Teri. Getting there is a cinch. Take the train to the Piramide metro stop on Line B. The train
- [Sicily 7/15/1999](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sicily-7151999/) - Stone village Unspoiled beach towns The baroque town of Noto Ragusa Translation difficulties The Excavations of Camerina, 900 B.C.E. Marina di Modica Chiaramonte, Akrai, Tombs from 1800 B.C.E., Noto Antico Siracusa Sicily 7/15/99 We left Rome at 8:10 a.m. bound for Sicily. Peg has a job to do for Arturo, which will keep us away
- [Sicliy, Part 2 July 1999](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sicliy-part-2-july-1999/) - Figs everywhere, and all to eat. General observations Sicily, cont'd "They [the Sicilians] built as if they would live forever, and ate as if they would die tomorrow." 7/26?27/99 Pozallo To Pozzallo, another of the beach towns reached by driving through the khaki countryside in the khaki Renault. This road, like most in the area,
- [Malta 8/1999](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/malta-81999/) - Valetta Mdina 08/02/99 Malta Arturo, my host, kindly drove me to Pozallo to catch the ferry. The agency that sold me the ticket told me to go to the office in town. It took a bit of convincing to get Arturo to drive there instead of directly to the port. Once there he treated me
- [Back to Rome, 8/1999](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/back-to-rome-81999/) - Stromboli Quiet, empty Rome Stautary at the Villa Borghese The eclipse in Rome La Madonna del Divino Amore Bracciano Countryside inside Rome Ladispoli Casina delle Civette Montecitorio Everyman, the morality play Music under the stars Rome returns New discoveries at the Forum Another visit to Caferelli Park Back to Rome 8/03/99 Stromboli Modica Bassa has
- [Short video of Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/short-video-of-plaza-del-ayuntamiento-valencia/) - This is a video of the Plaza del Ayuntamiento taken from the Realto, which shows second run movies and also live theatre productions. They have a fabulous location, as you can see. plaza ayuntamiento valencia feb 2011 If the video does not play the first time, try again. Following the link from the email it
- [The Fallas](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-fallas/) - We have attended many Fallas' so it is time to explain what the Fallas is about. The Falles (in Valencian) or Fallas (Spanish) is a celebration originally in praise of Joseph, the husband of Mary, but that was back in the middle of the 19th century. It has grown into quite the bash, attracting hordes of
- [Nederlands, April 2000](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/nederlands-april-2000/) - Holland, April 2000 (no photos uploaded as of March 2011) Provisioning the boat Our first voyage Ed and Jurate Wholly wholesome Dip Stick Mystery Simple Communications Fun with oil Laura Tortilla on Board River Vecht Fast Bike A Nincompoop does the tube We departed Italy in late January, spent a week two in Holland where
- [Fallas, the opening ceremonies](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fallas-the-opening-ceremonies/) - Fallas opened yesterday with two short ceremonies. At 1 pm, several of the city bands converged on the Plaza de la Reina (5 minutes from our apartment) and walked down to the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, where they played the Valencian anthem en masse. At 2 pm occurred the first mezcleta, which is (guess what?) a
- [Videos of parades in downtown Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-of-parade-in-downtown-valencia/) - This is a youtube video of a parade in downtown Valencia, Saturday March 6, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAjuL_TaOPE The crowds are large and lively. The bands are all playing the same song in all the marches, we do not know the title. Earlier in the day we went to another event at a firestation. There were demonstrations
- [Nederlands to France by boat, July 2001](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/nederlands-to-france-by-boat-july-2001/) - July 2001 We left Roermond on the 12th of July. From our quiet spot just south of Maastricht, on a lake just off the Maas, we entered Belgium on the 13th, paying 42 Belgian franc (About $1) permit fee at the first lock; this fee allows you to navigate in Wallonnie, the French speaking part
- [Ninots on the rise!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ninots-on-the-rise/) - Here are some shots from last night's walk. The first one will give you an idea of the size of these "fallas". Note on my right some other pieces that will be incorporated into the structure. The second photo is a closeup of a "ninot", another piece of the same falla. Cute, no? The third
- [Video of parade March 12, 2011](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-of-parade-march-12-2011/) - This is a link to a video we took of the parade on Saturday night, March 12, 2011. The parade started at 11 pm and lasted until around 130 am. These are not unusual hours in Spain! There were numerous groups of dancers. We filmed a few. Unfortunately the film conditions were not great so
- [Moros and Cristianos and Street Fair (videos)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/moros-and-cristianos-and-street-fair-belly-dance-videos/) - This week was the Festival of the Moros y Cristianos in Valencia. This festival is mostly limited to this province (Valencia is the name of the city as well as of the province) although there are some events in Andalusia. It commemorates the Reconquista, the struggle against the Moors that lasted between 800 and 1492.
- [The  Adventure of Thinking](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-adventure-of-thinking/) - The Adventure of Thinking at the Museum of the Enlightenment and Modernity (Museo de Ilustracion y Modernidad) is a sophisticated presentation of the intellectual history of Western Europe starting with Copernicius and Galileo, extending through the late 20th century. The innovative installation includes projections, paintings, drawings, models and what their brochure calls architectonic elements, referring
- [Regional wine and food fair](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/regional-wine-and-food-fair/) - This weekend, March 31 through April 3, there? a regional wine and food fair near our apartment in the old river bed. It is the 25th year (more or less) for this event which also features deserts, mussels at one booth, liquors and more. You pay 10 Euros per person. You get 4 food items,
- [Odd depictions at old Templar church San Juan de la Hospital](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/off-depictions-at-old-templar-church-san-juan-de-la-hospital/) - Not far from our place there is an old Templar church (1238) from a grant from King Jaume I, who captured Valencia from the Moors. I'd read about a Templar church in The Templars, Knights of God (Edward Burman) but finding it in tourist literature is not so easy. The building is much changed over
- [The medieval fair, the pillow fight](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-medival-fair-the-pillow-fight-3/) - On the way back from the Museum of Modern Art - new exhibitions of Matta, sculptures of Degas, and the sculptures of Balasar Lobo, and more - we wandered through the old part of the old town called Carmen and into a medieval fair. Medieval fair in Valencia, April 2011 Video Booths with candles, cakes
- [Gaudi's Barcelona and Dali's Figueres](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/gaudis-barcelona-and-dalis-figueres-2/) - March 22, 2011 Photos/slide show from Barcelona, Figueres and Tarragona [nggallery id=11 h=600 w=800] After Fallas we drove to Barcelona, about 350 kilometers to the north. There were 6 of us in the van. Four of our good friends are here for a visit. Barcelona is Spain's second largest city and among the most gorgeous
- [Concert in Honor of John Barry at the James Bond Festival](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/test-of-email/) - This is a short video of the wonderful free concert at the Plaza de la Virgin April 9, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81p0wNl_pxw
- [ADATA Announces New bi-lateral  "Cabana Turistica"](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hello-world-2-2/) - ADATA, an alliance of ecological groups in the Chiriqui Highlands, in the western part of Panama, has opened a "Cabana Turistica" near Rio Sereno (the Serene River), a small town on the border with Costa Rica and on the edge of the Biological Corridor. The Biological Corridor runs between South America and Canada. The cabin
- [Our first restaurant meal in Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/our-first-restaurant-meal-in-valencia/) - Spanish restaurants can be disappointing, despite having some of the best ingredients to work with. But today we were certainly not disappointed with our experience at Peregrino (the Pilgrim). The meal started with a complimentary appetizer. Today it was a small bowl of a kind of beef stew with a few potatoes. I know it
- [St Vincent Ferrer's day parade.](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/st-vincent-ferrers-day-parade/) - Processions on St. Vincent's day feature an effeminate Vincent flinging his index finger skyward. Curates in procession wore the bishop's red or plain black for the rank and file. Women joined in, dressed in black, middled aged and older women, with veils and a little rigid curved piece on the back of the head from
- [Pasta paella](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pasta-paella/) - Peg made a pasta paella yesterday, with clams and shrimp. Interesting you can have a saffron dish using pasta- a real thin pasta. With the excess clams I made pasta with clams today. They don't call it a paella here, only rice with a bean called a garafon, chicken and rabbit is called a paella-
- [Spanish cuisine- tapas](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/spanish-cuisine-tapas/) - What is the Spanish cuisine Tapas Tackling this topic is difficult because of the immense breadth and depth of the Spanish cuisine. There are regional dishes and variations, ingredients galore and a long history. But I'll be taking my cue from what you encounter as you walk around Valencia. Probably the first thing you notice
- [Video of local performance, May 26, 2011 Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/videos-of-local-performances-may-26-2011-valencia/) - This event as so many others was sponsored by the Valencian government. As usual there was no admission charge. Here's a bit from a Hungarian Roma group. Click below. Hungarian Roma troup My notes written as we waited:
- [Connections to a video](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/connections-to-a-video/) - In March we went to the Consulate to get a document notarized in connection with my effort to obtain dual citizenship. Someone had posted a notice from a bar where you could exchange English and Spanish. We went to that bar. There we met Husan. Husan had learned to the play the piano after moving
- [New friends and another paella](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/some-new-friends/) - We met Nuria (young woman with black hair in the photos below) at the language group which meets at the Portland bar every Tuesday. She claimed her mother made the best paella during one of our discussions. I'd asked about paella in an effort to broaden my understanding of what constitutes 'paella' in the land
- [Some new friends](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/some-new-friends-2/) - We met Nuria at the language group which meets at the Portland bar every Tuesday. She claimed her mother made the best paella during one of our discussions. I think I'd asked about paella in an effort to understand what constitutes 'paella' in the land of paella. I learned that paella contains only rabbit, chicken,
- [Our father's military interment](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/our-fathers-military-interment-2/) - My father Frank died in 1993 and his cremated remains have been in a funeral home until my sister discovered them and then arranged for a military burial. He was a WWII soldier, in the Quartermaster's unit as I recall, a T-5 meaning he was a vehicle mechanic. Here is a video of the event.
- [El Salvador, December 2008, Part I](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/el-salvador-december-2008-part-i/) - El Salvador Part 1 It was 7 am on December 16th, 2008. The lovely young Mexican American woman from Boulder CO we were chatting with yesterday came by to say goodbye. We boarded the van taking us from Antigua to Guatemala City with the very well traveled Swiss woman who was on her way to
- [El Salvador Part II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/el-salvador-part-ii/) - El Salvador Part II My bloated stomach zone liked the idea of tamales, for some reason, which it what I ordered at Comedor a la Vista. The tamale had great flavor, but at least in 'poor zone' there's just a tiny tiny bit of chicken in the masa. If you're expecting something like what you'd
- [El Salvador Part III](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/el-salvador-part-iii/) - Acrobatics We're back in the pickup heading back to San Vincente and on to Nic's place. On the way, while hanging off the back with his feet on the bumper and sending text messages, Nic explained the situation between him, Jeanine and Wendell. Wendell and Jeanine were in the process of splitting up, and both
- [El Salvador Part 111  - We gotta get out of this place!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/el-salvador-part-111-we-gotta-get-out-of-this-place/) - We Gotta Get Out of This Place We Gotta Get Out of This Place All of the charm of Nic village is in it's people. As charming as they are, that was not enough to keep us here for long. Ramon and Lucy made us several meals. One was a deep fried fish. It was
- [El Salvador Part V](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/el-salvador-part-v/) - But it's time for the Christmas eve party. The village hosts a dance in the village hall. A friend of Ramon donated the sound system, a $1500 affair with enough power to reach Guatemala. There was a good turn out, and Peg and I jumped in the moment we arrived. There were some good dancers
- [Morelia, Mexico 2009 Part I](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/morelia-mexico-2009/) - Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico April 17, 2009 Morelia Charming and Entertaining (We spent two months in Morelia in 2009 waiting for our Peace Corps stint to begin in August. Definitely cheaper to get medical care there. We needed some things attended to b before the PC would fly us to Panama). Morelia is a charming city.
- [Morelia, Mexico Part II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/morelia-mexico-part-ii/) - Last night, we went to a performance that is part of a three-day modern choreography workshop going on here. Young choreographers from all over Mexico have brought their students to present certain dances. There are 6 1-hour performances over three days, in two theatres. Last night, we went to a sort of "black-box" theatre -
- [Guatemala, December 2008](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/guatemala-december-2008/) - (This is part of our journal for this period. We landed in the Yucatan and traveled by bus across Mexico to Puebla, Oxaca, across the border into Guatemala, then finally to el Salvador. The journey took about 6 weeks. We flew out of Guatemala.) To Volcan Pacaya from Antigua, Guatemala December 13th, 2008 Guatemala is
- [Ready to eat!  Morelian Every Day Cuisine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ready-to-eat-morelian-every-day-cuisine/) - Just one minute from our front door is a 'Cocina Economica' (literally 'Economical Kitchen). Similar places are called 'Cocina Casera' and 'Comida Corrida.' At this one, for 30 pesos (a bit over $2.00) you get soup, main course with rice and beans, and a beverage (a watery but tasty juice). The main course, called 'el
- [Breakfast in Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/breakfast-in-valencia/) - Breakfast is not celebrated in Spain. It's a time for a quick espresso and a croissant glazed with a thin sugar coat. Perhaps cafe con leche (ok any time in Spain but only breakfast in Italy), or a cortado (an espresso and an equal amount of coffee). Coffee or thick thick hot chocolate and churos
- [The land of jamon](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-land-of-jamon/) - Hispania is the Latin name for the Iberian peninsula. It means 'rabbit." There were a lot of rabbits when the Romans arrived. We should change the name to whatever the Latin is for pig (I looked it up- one site said it's porcus, so can you imagine saying "The Porcus Peninsual?"). There is a lot
- [Paris Connections](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bonjour-de-paris/) - Paris has become familiar. The first time you come to any city there is so much to absorb and you are rather lost, your nose planted in the skimpy map in the guide book when your eyes are not taking in the sites. But we've been here before and we're back because it is a
- [To Sancerre and Dijon](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/to-sancerre-and-dijon/) - June 2011 We had to vacate our temporary apartment in the 6th, which we renovated several years ago and which is owned by two of our friends. They had some paying guests coming and then their daughters were to stay for a weekend. We took a week to visit friends in the south. Sally lives
- [Us in Brittany (a short video)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/us-in-brittany-a-short-video/) - We spent four days in Brittany walking around Dinan, Lohan, Saint Malo and Dinard in July, 2011. Most of the images are from Dinan. The weather was sunny but chilly, better than rainy and cold. Dinan is a friendly feeling place, not entirely a tourist town, and we lodged here. The Tudor architecture is a
- [Walking down the Champs Elysees (a slide show)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/walking-down-the-champs-elysees-a-slide-show/) - Enjoy!! gary August 2011 Walking down the Champs Elysees!
- [Catalan group makes a pyramid, traditional music](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/catalan-group-makes-a-pyramid-traditional-music/) - ?Catalan groups makes pyramid, Palais Royale, Paris September 10, 2011 Sorry for the shakiness near the beginning. Was looking for my glasses.
- [Video of my Art from Valencia, October 2011](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-of-my-art-from-valencia-october-2011/) - Click on the link below to see a video slide show of the art I have done so far here in Valencia, Spain. http://youtu.be/Xt7WVovWNN0 Hope you like it! Please leave a comment or two. To make purchases contact me or go to http://fineartamerica.com/shop/gary-kirkpatrick.html
- [¡Mediterrano!  Flamenco fusion dance troupe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/mediterrano-flamenco-fusion-dance-troupe/) - I wasn't sure what to expect from our visit to Teatre (Valencian for Teatro) Talia en the Carmen district of Valencia. I showed up ready for some mighty fine Flamenco dancing. That wasn't quite what I got. What I got was better: a dance and musical Flamenco fusion. The troupe has about 20, more women
- [My dinner with Ghislane](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dinner-with-ghislane/) - We were invited for a rare event amongst the French- dinner chez eux, at their place. I thought you'd like to know what that was like. We went into the cold clear night to take the short bus ride to Ghislane's, a bit over a mile so a nice walk in the daylight or on
- [Philadephia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/philadephia/) - In connection with my visit to the Italian consulate, I took a few photos of the historical center. The exterior photos are of Liberty Hall. Interior shots are from the building where the Italian consulate is located, 150 South Independent Mall West. [nggallery id=14]
- [Klezmer at Restaurant les Trois Artes](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/klezmer-at-restaurant-les-trois-artes/) - April 21, 2012 Les Trois Artes http://les3arts.free.fr/ is a small place in the 20th arrondisement. It sits upon a corner, seats maybe 20 people upstairs, and room for up to about 50 in the 'cave' downstairs. The cave is typical of these sorts of establishments, stone walls frame the arched openings, rickety chairs and cheap
- [VIdeo of selected pieces of my art, Paris June 2011-March 2012](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-of-selected-pieces-of-my-art-paris-june-2011-march-2012/) - Watercolors, pen and ink, and pencil works I did while in Paris http://youtu.be/OqEX8YrCMWI
- [How your coffee purchase influences the environment](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/how-your-coffee-purchase-influences-the-environment/) - How coffee is produced has a powerful impact on the environment, and where coffee is often grown makes this an extremely important topic. In the 1980's producers starting clearing their fields because growing coffee in full sunlight produces a higher yield and does so faster. However, not only does this require deforestation, which diminishes habitat
- [La Amistad Biosphere Reserve (RBA)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/la-amistad-biosphere-reserve-rba/) - La Amistad Biosphere Reserve (RBA) The 'La Amistad Biosphere Reserve' is a biological reserve shared by Costa Rica and Panama. The Costa Rican sector was added to the list of World Heritage sites in 1983 while the Panamanian sector was added in 1990. The site is also referred to as the Biological Corridor of Talamanc
- [Vaughntown: spend a week in Spain at a nice resort for free](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/1140/) - Vaughntown: spend a week in Spain at a nice resort for free I spent a week just outside Segovia talking to Spanish people in English. Aside from transportation and overnight stays in Madrid, the whole week' room and board were free. Only native English speakers can apply for these positions. In our group, there
- [Dancing the lindy-hop in the street in the old center in Valencia (short video)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dancing-the-lindy-hop-in-the-street-in-the-old-center-in-valencia-short-videoo/) - This dance evolved in the 1930's in Harlem. This group keeps it going. The lindy-hop combines 8 count European partner dances with the improvisational movement of black dances of the time. The people who live here are spirited and lively, which is one of the thing we like about living here. I filmed this on
- [From Prussia, With Love (part 1)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/from-berlin/) - We arrived here on September 1. We rented a flat for the month to explore this city of some 3.4 million people, filled with wonderful museums, and the epicenter of Germany's turbulent past, where beer is king, not wine. Foie gras and escargot give way to meaty sausages and pigs' knuckles. Still some mighty good
- [From Prussia With Love (2): The Stasi](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/from-prussia-with-love-the-stasi/) - The Stasi museum is housed in its former headquarters in what was East Berlin. It's stark modern construction holds the archives (961 bags of still torn up documents included), offices, spy equipment and stories of repression only its mute walls can probably tell in full. It houses the remaining controversy about openness and acknowledgement that
- [My art in Berlin (1)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/my-art-in-berlin-1/) - Here are some of the pieces I've done while in Berlin. For more click on the "Art" category. [nggallery id=4]. Best viewed with PicLens I am afraid some of the images might not fit on the screen. I have a very small screen so it might just be a problem on mine.
- [The topography of terror, photos from the Nazi reign of terror](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-topography-of-terror-photos-from-the-nazi-reign-of-terror/) - This is a slide show of my visit to the Topography of Terror, an excellent museum in Berlin about the Nazi war of terror. http://youtu.be/aeI6Ue8ViSM
- [Per capita consumption of beer in Germany:  3 gallons.  Per day!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/per-capita-consumption-of-beer-in-germany-3-gallons-thats-per-day/) - I can not be exhaustive of the possibilities but here are some highlights from my viewpoint: Beer. It is everywhere. There are beer stores and wine shops, and a few carry both. You see people in parks and on benches drinking from glass bottles, no cans. I was generally not super impressed. I recall my
- [Peg writes about the difference between east and west parts of Berlin](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peg-writes-about-the-difference-between-east-and-west-parts-of-berlin/) - We've walked our feet off here in Berlin, making great progress in our long list of museum visits. We've had very nice weather, usually a bit cool, excellent for walking. The public transportation here, like in Paris, is excellent, and although the city is enormous, it is very easy to get to anywhere, even if
- [Video slide show of my art 2011-mid Oct 2012](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-slide-show-of-my-art-2011-mid-oct-2012/) - Hope you enjoy! The song is called 'Oh Brother." http://youtu.be/hjj_mEoNxBQ To make purchases go to http://fineartamerica.com/shop/gary-kirkpatrick.html
- [Rome](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/rome/) - We arrived in Rome Tuesday afternoon after a short flight from Valencia. After meeting our landlord for the week- we rented a small flat in Trastevere near the train station- we had a bit of a rest, and went to find a friend at the school on top of the hill. A colleague got her
- [Rome December 12 2011 (1 of 2) Misadventures on the way to Holy Mary](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/rome-december-12-2012-1-of-2/) - It seems I can not remember to both zipper up and do anything else all in the same day. Today I remembered to zipper up so something had to give. We were already on the tram heading for Santa Maria in Trastevere when I learned what it was. My weekly transport pass. It was not
- [Rome December 12- 2 of 2](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/rome-december-12-2-of-2/) - We went on our merry way to Santa Maria in Trastevere. It is a magnificent church from tiled/mosaic floor to gilded ceiling. And it's quite old- it was finished in 1143. Mary hangs out outdoors on the pediment in golden mosaics and Byzantine style. The floor tiles were donated by one of the wealthy families;
- [Video and photos from Rome December 2011](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-and-photos-from-rome-december-2011/) - To see a really nice video view of Rome from the Gianicolo, click on the following link: http://youtu.be/FkdPz6uAOz4 For photos: https://plus.google.com/photos/111993279450383941292/albums/5821132518575589777 gary
- [December 2012 art work](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/december-2012-art-work/) - Follow this link. I have commented on each piece. Please feel free to comment! https://plus.google.com/photos/101879261292066437674/albums/5829957417537597457
- [January art- off to a great start!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/january-art-off-to-a-great-start/) - Hola! This is probably my best month art wise. I think the pieces I did this month are on the whole my best to date. I have sold some of my work and arranged for another exhibition. A friend of mine who is a collector said some of my pieces could do quite well in
- [Fallas has begun!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fallas-has-begun/) - Fallas has unofficially started in Valencia. This huge festival doubles the city's population for about three weeks. Here is a video the first Mascleta oif Fallas this year. The Mascleta is an enormous fireworks display. It is more about feeling it that seeing or hearing it. The deep vibrations shake you to the bone! This
- [Fallas March 15, 2013](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fallas-march-15-2013/) - Here are photos from Fallas March 11, 2013. There were major efforts to erect the largest sculptures. Here are photos from the one in the main square (the bus) and the one at the Mercado Central. The Trojan horse is near our place at Na Jordana. https://plus.google.com/photos/101879261292066437674/albums/5854189737108680945
- [An evening at L'Hermita](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/an-evening-at-lhermita/) - I had fun last night though, at the little conversation group at L'Hermita. I talked to a youngish woman from an aldea, I think is the word, a tiny town it means. In Galicia. She taught me the word for bagpipe. I wrote it down. They play them in Galicia- which comes from Gaul, you
- [Video slide show of Fallas through March 17, 2013 with a compendium of street bands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-slide-show-of-fallas-through-march-17-2013-with-a-compendium-of-street-bands/) - Photos of many of the fabulous sculptures (called 'fallas') that are the principal attraction of the Fallas Festival. It starts every year around March 1 and ends every year on March 19. There are also huge fireworks every day (at least two major ones) but that is another video. The sculptures are up to 25
- [Notes from Santiago de Compostela](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/notes-from-santiago-de-compostela/) - Santiago (St. James) was one of the original cast of 12, not the James referred to as the brother of Jesus in Mark. The story goes that James, whose martyrdom is the only one recorded in the NT, was executed by sword. Afterwards his body was delivered by a stone ship (or row boat-
- [A few drawings from our time in Galicia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-few-drawings-from-our-time-in-galicia/) - Here are a few drawings I did while we were in Galicia April, also posted with the narrative. https://plus.google.com/photos/101879261292066437674/albums/5867412943039029489
- [Art of March 2013](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/art-of-march-2013/) - https://plus.google.com/photos/101879261292066437674/albums/5868500220560492049
- [My mother in her 80's (pencil)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/my-mother-in-her-80s-pencil/) - This is a link to my latest rendition of my mother. She was in her 80's at the time and was living with Norman. My father died a few years before, as did Norman's wife. They had a grand time together, dancing several times a week and volunteering for Meals on Wheels. Pencil. https://plus.google.com/photos/101879261292066437674/albums/5876606561631037153?authkey=CLuFgcTwkqmz3wE
- [Daytime fireworks today (May 12) in Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/daytime-fireworks-today-may-12-in-valencia/) - We had lunch with a friend and had this great place to watch these fireworks. They are in connection with a holiday honoring Mary, Jesus's mom. http://youtu.be/LhYOD8RtJ0s
- [Art May 2013](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/art-may-2013/) - Hello! Here's a link to my work in May 2013. I worked on a lot of portraits this month and also did some pen and ink, including some I did while at the conert hall. I hope you enjoy them! https://plus.google.com/photos/101879261292066437674/albums/5884918177608826977 gary
- [Video slide show of my art](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-slide-show-of-my-art/) - Here is the last slide show I put together. I do not think I posted it here. There's about 30 seconds before the music starts. I've done quite a few pieces since then! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi3QS7hHPJ0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUl7YKIwsWVvA_jQrQVcxYRg
- [Summer portraits](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/summer-portraits/) - Here are two water color and two pencil portraits. I think these are my best yet! https://plus.google.com/photos/101879261292066437674/albums/5911969932252798513?authkey=CPTym-GN7rmTRw
- [From Panama](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/from-panama/) - We flew last night to Panama. We served in the Peace Corps here 2009-2010 and wrote about it here (there are links to the right). In the community where we lived on the Costa Rican border they produce some mighty fine coffee and some mighty lovely people, some of the most kind and intelligent
- [Panama City-  A day in the vapor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/panama-city-a-day-in-the-vapor/) - Here are the photos that go with this story. It will open in a new tab. https://plus.google.com/photos/111993279450383941292/albums/5917335637422970225 After our late night I got up at an unglodly early hour, since my clock was an hour off, and waited for everyone else to get up. It was hours later before we met up with Marivel. I
- [From Boca Brava](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/from-boca-brava/) - https://plus.google.com/photos/111993279450383941292/albums/5917891477441100753 Boca Brava- there be whales nearby in quantity! We are here for the second time. About 3 and a bit years ago the Peace Corps regional leader, a wonderful young woman named Abby (now a PC volunteer in Ecuador), organized a regional meeting here. It is just as lovely now as then.
- [Visiting Lito's coffee plantation in Santa Clara, Panama (photos)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/visiting-litos-coffee-plantation-in-santa-clara-panama-photos/) - https://plus.google.com/photos/111993279450383941292/albums/5918991093912808753 September 2, 2013 Here's the link to 21 photos we've taken over the past few days, focusing on the coffee plantation of the Lito Lezcano family. I've commented on the photos.
- [Threats to the coffee crop and possible solutions](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/threats-to-the-coffee-crop-and-possible-solutions/) - Coffee grown in the highlands and perhaps elsewhere are subject to attacks by insects as well as molds and fungus. The current threat is a fungus, I believe. Since the 1980's the 'cafeteros' (coffee farmers) here have mostly used harsh and costly chemicals to combat the threats, including Round Up. During our Peace Corps period
- [Our Peace Corps projects in Santa Clara continue](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/our-peace-corps-projects-in-santa-clara-continue/) - September 3, 2013 During our visit to our Peace Corps community Santa Clara, in the highlands of Panama between Volcan and Rio Sereno, we learned the status of the projects we helped start. 1) The annual fair, first in 2010 while we were there, continued in 2011, but there was none in 2012. There were
- [Visiting our host family in Panama](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/visiting-our-host-family-in-panama/) - September 5, 2013 During the Peace Corps training period, volunteers in Panama stay with a host family. We returned to Santa Clara in the area known as Ariajan, just outside the capitol. This small community has seen many groups of volunteers over the past 10 years. There have not been any the past two years
- [A Visit With Fundiceep (the most important environmental organizations in the Highlands)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-visit-with-fundiceep-the-most-important-environmental-organizations-in-the-highlands/) - September 3 2013 Cerro Punta lies at an altitude of about 2000 meters (6500 feet) very close to the Biological Corridor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Punta,_Chiriqu%C3%AD Fundiccep (http://www.fundiccep.org/) is an environmental organization whose headquarters has been in this town for 20 years. We wanted to see them again and their new headquarters. Damaris was in Brazil at
- [Museums in Panama- and in one, a story of prostate exams for 45,000 men](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/museums-in-panama-and-in-one-a-story-of-prostate-exams-for-45000-men/) - https://plus.google.com/photos/111993279450383941292/albums/5920868869582588977 There are not a great many museums in Panama. We went to the Contemporary Art Museum, from which most of these photos come. I have labeled the photos so you know where they were taken. The art museum is in a small building not far from Panama Viejo. It is pretty small
- [Visiting our host family](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/visiting-our-host-family/) - During our 10 week Peace Corps training we stayed with Junior and Margareta in the small town of Santa Clara in the township of Arriajan (there are several towns named Santa Clara in the country). We finally made it back here to see the lovely people we got to know in 2009. Junior, as
- [A few opening shots from Lisboa (Lisbon)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-few-opening-shots-from-lisboa-lisbon/) - We arrived yesterday around noon after a brief stop in the Azors. After we found our apartment we went for a bit of a climb. Lisbon, you see, has 7 hills. I think there are more, as we climbed 37 by my count this afternoon alone. https://plus.google.com/photos/111993279450383941292/albums/5922635004529348913
- [September 13, walking around Castle St George](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/september-13-walking-around-castle-st-george/) - September 13, 2013 Another sunny and warm day here in Lisbon. I walked around Castle St George. There are lots of tourists in this area, about 1 kilometer from our apartment. To get here I have to climb up a few hundred feet approximately. Along the way I share the road with the street
- [A few thoughts on the cuisine in Lisbon](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-few-thoughts-on-the-cuisine-in-lisbon/) - Our first night here we had dinner at a place nearby. It took forever to get our meal and there were very few people there. I ordered a grilled salmon and it was superb and worth the wait. The lettuce and tomato salad, salada mista in Portuguese, was the standard effort with excellent ingredients; they
- [A visit to the town of Sintra, a lovely World Heritage Site outside Lisbon](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-visit-to-the-town-of-sintra-a-lovely-world-heritage-site-outside-lisbon/) - September 15, 2013 Sintra has been a World Heritage Site since 1995 for its Moorish castle on top of the mountain, its Romantic era architechture, lovely hillside homes and the wonderful view. The area nearby has buildings from the 8th-9th century, as well as many from between the 15th and 19th centuries. It is less
- [Photos of the Lisbon harbor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/photos-of-the-lisbon-harbor/) - https://plus.google.com/photos/111993279450383941292/albums/5924122215238013185?authkey=CLGLhpGeg9qGrwE A lovely harbor and the magnificent plaza there, as well as some other shots of Lisbon.
- [Our first day in Porto](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/our-first-day-in-porto/) - September 19, 2013 Went to the porto (which means 'port') of Porto today. Nice views on the way- we went to the church and cathedral. Had a nice lunch, a sort of tapa approach, with some crunch yet flacky crusts, some bacalau fritters or what have you, and too large an order of fries. The
- [Museu Gulbenkian in Porto, Portugal, one of the finest private art collections (Peg's photos)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/museu-gulbenkian-in-porto-portugal-one-of-the-finest-private-art-collections-pegs-photos/) - Here's Peg's photos. https://plus.google.com/photos/111993279450383941292/albums/5925693274485152609?authkey=CPSk-aLNkbeqowE
- [A lovely evening on the Duoro in Porto (photos)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-lovely-evening-on-the-duoro-in-porto-photos/) - After another rather warm afternoon and a walk down Rua Flores, now in the midst of major renovations and a street filled with neat buildings in need, it was lovely to be on the breezy river. The Duoro here runs through the cliffs, upon whose sides Porto was built. It is just a short
- [Behind the Seams](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/behind-the-seams/) - September 30th, 2013 Yesterday we visited the Musee des Arts Decoratifs at the Louvre. There is a super exhibit on undergarments starting around 1660 through the present. The commentary is excellent and Peg took photos of many of them as we went, until we found out that photos were not permitted. There was an
- [¡Hola de Valencia!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hola-de-valencia/) - Unlike last October 1 when we arrived in Valencia by train late at night during a flood, this time we arrived again from Paris but on a plane earlier in the day and to the dry conditions you normally find in this area. The sun was shining and the skies crystal clear blue. We splurged
- [Music in Valencia (by Peg)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/music-in-valencia-by-peg/) - For a long time I have been intending to write something about the symphonic bands of this region. They are quite special and provide everyone here with an opportunity to hear wonderful music, excellently performed. Almost every Sunday morning at the Symphony Hall you can hear a 90-minute concert by a regional symphonic band, playing
- [Adventures in Flackwell Heath](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/adventures-in-flackwell-heath/) - March 12, 2013 We're somewhere near Oxford in an old farmhouse, long since converted to residential and quite nicely at that. Some friends we made in Paris, now 8 years ago, are now in Asia somewhere, wandering about. They asked if we like to sit in this old house while they are gone. They have
- [A day and two plays in London](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-day-and-two-plays-in-london/) - Good moaning ladies and germs! An interesting day in London yesterday. We saw two plays. The first is called '12 Angry Men.' This was written in the 1950's and is about a trial of a 16 year old black kid accused of killing his father. 11 of the 12 were in favor of immediate conviction,
- [St Pat's Day in Trafalgar Square](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/st-pats-day-in-trafalgar-square/) - Went to St Pat Day event at Trafalgar Sq. with 100,000 of our closest friends today. We listened to a harp concert, and the Commitments on loan from the musical ongoing here. It was a bright and sunny day. A friend I met in Spain but from here met us there and we walked past Big
- [Link to fineartsamerica](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/link-to-fineartsamerica/) - water color prints valencia drawings
- [More about Valencia's symphonic bands (with link to a video)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/more-about-valencias-symphonic-bands-with-link-to-a-video/) - Peg writes: You may know my penchant for these Valencian symphonic bands. We can hear groups of this caliber almost every week at the beautiful Palau de la Musica here in Valencia. In any case, we heard this composition by Bert Appermont, a Belgian composer who was born in 1973, last Sunday. It tells the
- [Travels](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/travels/) - Our time in Valencia is coming to an end, at least for now. On June 1 we are joining two other RPCV (Returning Peace Corps Volunteers aka ex-PCV's) who lived near us in Panama for a two day train trip across Tanzania. There might be some wildlife along the way but mostly small viallages, open
- [From Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/from-dar-es-salaam-tanzania/) - Seven hours from Madrid and you are smack dab in the middle of the Islamic world. It hardly looks it from an air traveler's point of vierw. Dubai is flooded with oil money and the large modern steel and glass buildings strut out from the coastal landscape as you descend. The world's tallest building seems
- [Update from Lusaka](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/update-from-lusaka/) - June 14th Hello from Lusaka, the capitol of Zambia. 3 fantastic days in our nephew's village (he is in Peace Corps), what lovely people and what a totally fabulous welcome we received! Rustic conditions, to put it mildly, even the bus rides were arduous and there was a 1 1/2 hour walk in the dark
- [Some watercolors from Zambia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/some-watercolors-from-zambia/) - Here are some of the drawings I have done here in Tanzania and Zambia. We started in Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania. The countryside in Tanzania:
- [Slideshow of the pieces I did in Tanzania and Zambia, completed to date](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/slideshow-of-the-pieces-i-did-in-tanzania-and-zambia-completed-to-date/) - I will be adding quite a few more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiu6fJxFWQg&list=UUl7YKIwsWVvA_jQrQVcxYRg
- [Tanzania to Solwezi, Zambia-  a slideshow set to Zambian music](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tanzania-to-solwezi-zambia-a-slideshow-set-to-zambian-music/) - These are photos from the moment we landed in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, across 1500 km of Tanzania to Solwezi, Zambia, where we met up with Travis, who is serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a small village not far from Solwezi. Coming up, our days in his village. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKXpMILbwFU&list=UUl7YKIwsWVvA_jQrQVcxYRg
- [Videoslideshow-  Chobe River and Park, Botswana, Our Safari](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/videoslideshow-chobe-river-and-park-botswana-our-safari/) - This is a slide show from our safari in Chobe National Park, Botswana, not far from Livingstone, Zambia. Half of the time is on the river and the rest on land. Some close ups of quite a few critters. . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z85NCjOCA4U&list=UUl7YKIwsWVvA_jQrQVcxYRg
- [My contribution to the exhibit at the Hotel d' Ville's exhibit in Paris](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/1789/) - My contribution to the exhibit at the Hotel d' Ville's exhibit in Paris, an delightful exhibit about which I posted last week. It is a protest against the astronomical prices in the restaurants. Try $6-7 for coffee, $15 for a hot dog. it's become impossible for the average worker to afford to take the family
- [Parisienne (water color)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/parisienne-water-color/) - My contribution to the exhibit at the Hotel d’ Ville’s exhibit in Paris, this one in water color, and sans any protest.
- [Water color painting of the Church at Auber-sur-Oise (updated)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/water-color-painting-of-the-church-at-auber-sur-oise-updated/) - July 26, 2014 Last Tuesday a friend and I went to Auvers-sur-Oise, not to far from Paris. It is here that Vincent Van Gogh lived his last months. He died from a gunshot wound, either from his own hand, as we have long thought, but perhaps one of the local teens who'd been harassing him
- [From Rome, With Love](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/from-rome-with-love/) - It was an early morning dash to the airport and then some tense minutes while I tried to find Peggy at the airport. But smooth flying and a view of il Coloseo as we came in. There's a bus from Ciampino to Termini train station that's quite easy, then an expensive cab ride to our
- [An Edgy Zone](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/an-edgy-zone/) - July 31, 2014 We walked around near where we'll be staying starting in September. It ain't beautiful, at least where we were, and I was a bit disappointed, but saved by the charm of our youngish hosts and later by the street life in the up and coming area. Back in the 90's, according to
- [To Trieste, part 1](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/to-trieste-part-1/) - July 31, 2014 It was another early morning mad dash to the airport. We got up at 5 a.m. and walked to Toscolana train station. Google maps said we could do it, and taxi drivers wanted an arm and a leg to take us on a five minute ride at that hour. We did what
- [To Trieste, Part II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/to-trieste-part-ii/) - July 31, 2014 Somehow we ended up with seats in the first row, as they were still available when we checked in online just a day or two before the flight. The seats were wide, comfortable, and there was plenty of legroom. Alitalia and Ryan Air are a world apart. In less than an
- [A bit or two about our neighborhood in Rome-  Pigneto it is called](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-bit-or-two-about-our-neighborhood-in-rome-pigneto-it-is-called/) - Here's an article a good friend sent: http://lonelygirltravels.com/2010/09/22/pigneto-the-rome-for-outsiders-and-me/ That article is better than these two in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/travel/in-rome-an-enclave-of-cool.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/travel/22choice.html?pagewanted=all
- [A few photos of the harbor and hillsides of Trieste](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-few-photos-of-the-harbor-and-hillsides-of-trieste/) - August 5, 2014 These were taken mostly at the Museo Revoltella Gallery of Modern Art. It is right near the harbor. The gallery has some very good examples of Italian painters from the late 1800's, and some from earlier as well but I find them less interesting. The palace is itself worth a visit.
- [Video slide shows from a small village in Zambia- my favorite part of the journey](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-slide-show-from-a-small-village-in-zambia-my-favoritie-part-of-the-journey/) - These photos are from our June 2014 visit to Zambia. Our nephew is serving in the Peace Corps, following his brother in el Salvador and us in Panama. The drawings in the video are from my journal, which I will publish. This was my favorite part of the journey. As spectacular as the animals were,
- [Taking the Ferry to Sitiana](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/taking-the-ferry-to-sitiana/) - This is from our half day excursion via bus and the Delfino Verde (Green Dolphin), the local ferry. It was a perfect day and a lovely journey. The bus was quite crowded on the way out. People were heading to the 'beach,' which is a narrow strip on the coast. Sometimes they laid on platforms,
- [To Muggia on the Ferry (short slide show)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/to-muggia-on-the-ferry-short-slide-show/) - August 10, 2014 It's just a 10 or 15 minute walk to the docks from our place on the hill. There you can take ferries to various destinations in the Trieste area, as well as some in Slovenia and Croatia. Today we went to Muggia, just 30 minutes on the ferry. It's a small town
- [BandOrkestra at Piazza Verdi, Trieste (video)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bandorkestra-at-piazza-verdi-trieste-video/) - It's a lovely venue for concerts, just 100 meters from the port in a magnificent square. Several thousand were there, and hundreds more eating gelato in the nearby cafes. The band was a way too loud in the beginning. There's a lot of brass and those first songs were heavy on them. I tire of
- [Giovanni Battista Tiepolo at the Civico Museo Sartorio](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/giovanni-battista-tiepolo-at-the-civico-museo-sartorio/) - August 14, 2014 We visited the Civico Museo Sartorio this week. It's on the other side of Trieste but certainly walkable for us. It is another mansion owned by a wealthy family that now holds the family's collections, furniture with plenty of room for exhibits. The mansion is huge, at least 4 stories and I
- [Trieste!  Perched on the Adriatic](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/trieste-perched-the-adriatic/) - August 18, 2014 Trieste is a port town with hillsides that end not far from the water, whose hills as a result are part and parcel of the city. Buses and a cable car tram take you up and down, although the inclines are certainly not too steep to walk in most cases. Near the
- [Pula, Croatia, and its Fabulous Roman Amphitheatre](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pula-croatia/) - August 22, 2014 Our visit to Pula, Croatia Croatia is just to our south, and we'd never been there. It has a certain allure because it is Western European but somehow not, as it was part of Yugoslavia during the post war period. It became more Slavic during that period and the traditional folk dance
- [Grotta Gigante (video slide show)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/grotta-gigante-video-slide-show0/) - La Grotta Gigante is a giant cave just outside Trieste. We took bus 42 to get there and got some great views of the city and the bay on the way to Sgonico, the town where the cave is located. We got there early, had a cappuccino. I sketched and we ate some blackberries off
- [Street With A View- The final and two previous versions showing the evolution of the piece](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/street-with-a-view-the-final-and-two-previous-versions-showing-the-evolution-of-the-piece/) - I did three versions of this view. The first one (bottom) was a sketch from memory. I noticed the gorgeous view as we passed by on Bus 30 on the way up the hill. I did the second from a photo in pen and ink, and the third on site in watercolor. I think you
- [Hiking on the cliffs above the coast (slide show)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hiking-on-the-cliffs-above-the-coast-slide-show/) - On August 29th we took the tram to the top near Opicina. The tram dates from circa 1900 and just resumed service a week or so ago . We walked along in the area referred to as the Carst on the path towards Sistiana, about 12 kilometers. We went about half way. Sistiana is a
- [The Zambia Series](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-zambia-series/) - A few of these are still available. Please contact me for information. From our safari to Zambia, June 2014. These paintings are mostly from my journal, which I did while we were there. Some of the very small ones I later did on larger paper, also in water color. We traveled by train for
- [A few photos we took today in Rome (set to music)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-few-photos-we-took-today-in-rome-set-to-music/) - We went around Rome today. We started at the Gianicolo for some great views, then to Castle SanAngelo, about 2000 years old. We ended up at the Forum. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXPC_u51mJA&list=UUl7YKIwsWVvA_jQrQVcxYRg
- [Zambian Peace Corp Project Announced- from the village where I did all those paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/zambian-peace-corp-project-announced-from-the-village-where-i-did-all-those-paintings/) - As you may recall we visited Zambia and while there we visited our nephew Travis who is a Peace Corps Volunteer. One of the things they are working on is a dam and they need $3500 for concrete and things. If you have a spare $5-10 or $100, please chip in. In addition I will
- [Photos from Florence](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/photos-from-florence-day-1/) - September 28, 2014 Just spent three days in Florence. Here are some photos of the town. The overviews are from the Michelangelo Plaza. [slideshow_deploy id='2098']
- [Mercato Centrale in Firenze](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/mercato-centrale-in-firenze/) - September 2014 Here are some photos of the Central Market in Florence. September is the mushroom harvest so you'll see quite a few of them. [slideshow_deploy id='2147']
- [Peace Corps Dam Project Funded](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peace-corps-dam-project-funded/) - Thanks in good measure to our fund raising efforts, our nephew's Peace Corps Project has been fully funded. To those of you who donated time or money, many many thanks! I will provide updates as soon as they are available here, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/696770747059951/ and G+. gary
- [What I have been up to](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/what-i-have-been-up-to/) - Our first 6 weeks in Rome were a busy time. We had a visitor from Valencia, Enid, who is an American actually. She was here for a week. Then came a couple from the US. He and go back a long ways. And then came Cal. He was married to Peg back in the 70's
- [Photos of our place in the Pigneto neighborhood](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/photos-of-our-place-in-the-pigneto-neighborhood/) - October 2014 Here are a few photos of our place in Rome. The Pigneto neighborhood is a bit edgy. There are quite a few buildings needing total renovation and quite a few have been redone. The new metro line is coming to the area but still the city neglects it a bit so the
- [Site changes](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/site-changes/) - December 4, 2014 I can no longer add photos to this site and so I my future posts with photos will post on my art website where I have 20 gigs to work with. I will be forwarding your sign up over there and the one here will remain as well. If that arrangement is
- [Orvieto and its fabulous cathedral](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/orvieto-and-its-fabulous-cathedral/) - Here's my latest blog entry, about the fabulous cathedral in Orvieto. Photos of the wall paintings! http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/#!Orvieto-A-fabulous-cathedral-in-a-old-hilltop-town/c18cl/C5A8D376-0E8D-4A08-8E5E-60851CF8BFBB
- [Hola de Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hola-de-valencia-2/) - Here's my latest post on the art blog: http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/#!Hola-from-Valencia/c18cl/ECDBD1CE-1AD3-4137-9C59-08EF27329318
- [MUVIM museum, The History of Thought and Marionnettes](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/muvim-museum-the-history-of-thought-and-marionnettes/) - The link takes you to the article. Some great marionettes! http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/#!Marionettes-at-the-MUVIM/c18cl/881EB8C5-3B9A-4923-981A-C44C10D0B89A
- [Je Suis Charlie- Poignant cartoons from artists around the world on exhibit here](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/je-suis-charlie-poignant-cartoons-from-artists-around-the-world-on-exhibit-here/) - Here's the link to the art blog where you can see the cartoons. The first one is the most damning! http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/#!Je-Suis-Charlie-Memorial-Cartoons-exhibited-today-in-Valencia/c18cl/10FA7199-3E4B-4FED-958A-6CED512DAF28
- [First Mascleta of Fallas 2015!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/first-mascleta-of-fallas-2015/) - Here's a short explanation and two photos from the first mascleta of Fallas 2015! http://www.garyjkirkpatrick.com/#!First-Mescleta-of-Fallas-2015/c18cl/0F305F7E-3123-4642-99F6-F28632D58C30
- [Photos of the wonderful sculptures of Fallas, Valencia's annual carnival](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/photos-of-the-wonderful-sculptures-of-fallas-valencias-annual-carnival/) - Apparently no one is getting notifications from that site. Please go to http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/#!blog/cxhw There you will find photos of various Fallas (foam and wooden sculptures often satirical in nature and up to 75' tall) as well as a video of the amazing street lights which are also famous, and the sound and light shows they
- [Music related drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/music-related-paintings-and-drawings/)
- [Broeke in Waterland, one of Hollands picturesque villages](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/broeke-in-waterland-one-of-hollands-picturesque-villages/) - Broke ( (pronounced 'brook') in Waterland is definitely in Waterland, not only because it is in the municipality called Waterland but because Waterland is aptly named. The village is about as small as you can get- little more than a row of houses along a canal. But what houses! Here we are standing on the bank near
- [Paris drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/paris-drawings/) - These are pen and ink drawings together with water colors from our time in Paris. Some are from Courbevoie, famous for the impressionist paintings done on ile de la Jatte. I spent a lot of time meeting with friends at Bar de la Gare and Cafe Bert in Paris.
- [Cats!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cats/) - One of my favorite topics! Here two kittens play in the botanic gardens in Valencia.
- [Tall Ships 2015:  Miniatures Paintings and Drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tall-ships-2015-miniatures-paintings-and-drawings/) - [Every 5 years 3-5 masted sailing ships, most of them training vessels, come to Amsterdam. We sat on the side of the North Sea Canal where I sketched. And ate pofertjes! (Small pancakes). Here are my drawings and paintings from that event. Tall Ships Parade to Amsterdam (miniature, acrylics and ink) This is a
- [Jazz Singer, painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/jazz-singer-2/) - Jazz Singer, acrylics, A3, 16.5 x 11.5" I was inspired by her natural warmth and the way she connected with her audience, which I hope I captured.
- [Monet's "Blue House in Zaandam" and a sketch of a man with beard. Peter the Great's House.](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/monets-blue-house-in-zaandam-and-a-sketch-of-a-man-with-beard-peter-the-greats-house/) - I guess I did not do enough walking yesterday, so we walked to downtown Zaandam. I photographed one of the houses Monet painted. It no longer looks the part, as you can see. There are about 35 Zaandam houses by Monet. There is a map you can use to see them all. I saw one
- [Traditional houses of Zaandam](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/traditional-houses-of-zaandam/) - August 29, 2015 We walked along the Zaan river today. Starting in the 17th century this area was heavily indistrialized. At the peak of windmilll usage there were 635 in the immediate area, draining fields and running factories. The mills powered lumber, paper, oil, flour and other factories. Here are some fine examples of the houses
- [Windmills of Zaandam](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/windmills-of-zaandam/) - August 31, 2015 Zaandam was quite the industrial center and still there are two chocolate factories - we can smell the chocolate every day- and quite a number of other factories in the area. The industrial revolution here was powered by windmills. Most of them are gone- there were some 630 at the peak and
- [Sketches of the Dutch](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sketches-of-the-dutch/) - Here are some drawings and sketches of the Dutch. Drawings: Sketches:
- [From Helsinki- the surprising beauty of Jugend architecture](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/from-helsinki-the-surprising-beauty-of-jugend-architecture/) - September 7, 2015 Jugend architecture is more generally known as Art Nouveau. In Finland you see swooping, flowing lines in the decoration. There are mythological symbols, many from the national epic poem, Kalevala, as well as images of nature, such as owls and bears. There are elements. The most important buildings are in stone, but they also used soapstone, a softer rock. This style
- [Helsinki- some fabulous interior Jugend (Art Nouveau) decorations](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/helsinki-some-fabulous-interior-jugend-art-nouveau-decorations/) - September 8, 2015 Wow! Salutorget - a restaurant near the Tourist Info Center and the harbor:
- [Tallinn, capitol of Estonia and a World Heritage Site](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tallinn-capitol-of-estonia-and-a-world-heritage-site/) - September 8, 2015 After a two hour ferry ride across the Gulf of Finland, we made our way to a Bohemian section and met our Bohemian landlord, a woman in her late 20's perhaps. She has a small comfortable flat with crazy angle bookshelves and an orderly yet stylishly unkempt look wth open kitchen shelves
- [Danse Macabre and the Occupations (by USSR and Nazis) Museum, Tallinn, Estonia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/danse-macabre-and-the-occupations-by-ussr-and-nazis-museum-tallinn-estonia/) - September 9, 2015 Another interesting day in Tallinn, the capitol of Estonia. I visited the St. Nicholas' Church, Niguliste kirik. It is famous for the Danse Macabre fragment, as seen below, which is about 1/3 of the original 30 meter (100') work. It owes its theme to the Black Death that afflicted much of Europe. Unfortunately
- [Superb exhibit at the Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/our-last-day-in-estonia-and-a-superb-exhibit-at-the-estonian-museum-of-applied-arts-and-design-september-12-2015-danse-macabre-and-the-occupations-nazi-and-soviet-september-10-2015-tallinn-c/) - This was our last day in Tallin. Tomorrow at noonish we return to Helsinki and fly to Istanbul on Monday. It was an excellent day, with a visit to the Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design. There we concentrated on the "New Nordic Fashion Illustration 2" exhibit. I think you will agree that the
- [Along the Bosphorous](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/along-the-bosphorous/) - September 15, 2015 Our place is just 100 meters from the Bosphorus, the straight that separates Europe and Asia in Istanbul. It's a steep street, as so many are as the city is built on many hills. Near the top of the street it gets even steeper, reminding of the streets of S.F. There are cats
- [Giethoorn miniature paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/giethoorn-paintings-and-drawings/) - This small village is thick with canals, 180 foot bridges and brick houses with thatched roofs, making for picturesque scenes at every turn. It was founded by Franciscians circa 1200. Now 2600 people live there. We took a boat through the canals. Here are my favorite spots. All are miniatures, approximately 4" x 6". The watercolors are
- [Haggia Sophia, a World Heritage Site, noted for its architecture and mosaics](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/haggia-sophias-fabulous-mosaics/) - September 20 2015 Istanbul The Hagia (Holy) Sophia (Wisdom) is a stunning domed building built as a Greek Orthodox cathedral in 537 when Istanbul, then called Constantinople, was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire(also known as the Byzantine Empire). Between 1204 and 1261 it was a Roman Catholic cathedral. Following the conquering of
- [Istanbul Modern](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/istanbul-modern/) - Istanbul Modern art -- the official title excludes 'art.' I went there today. It's a 20 minute walk from our place. On the way I came across some sort of angry crowd scene. The cops had just arrived when I heard what sounded like 4 gunshots. I retreated and crossed the street. A security
- [The Cuisine of Istanbul](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-cuisine-of-istanbul/) - September 2015 We ate out for every meal other than some breakfasts while in Istanbul. We went to three high class restaurants, others that were very good even excellent but the cuisine was not so fancy and the surroundings often less so. I also had kebabs from fast food places. I think I got a
- [Hola di Roma](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hola-di-roma/) - September 29, 2015 We flew from Istanbul to Rome. We've rented an apartment on Tiburtina. We are a few steps from a Sicilian bakery, several pizza al talgio (sold by weight) places, tavola calda- 'hot tables' meaning you order from the glass case and they weigh and bring it to you, a good and expensive
- [Drawings from Tallinn, Estonia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/drawings-from-tallinn-estonia/) - September 2015 We visited the capitol of Estonia, Tallinn, for a week. We've become fans of this small city of a small country just 200 kilometers from the Russian border. [wpepsc name="At Fat Margaret Square in Tallinn pen and ink A3 11.5 x 16.5"" price="250" align="center"]
- [Religion in Turkey](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/religion-in-turkey/) - Walking around Istanbul I began to get the impressions that there was not a high degree of religiosity. There are some women in ha-jib, but a small percentage; otherwise it's just head scarves if not just plain western dress. Despite the dominance of the skyline in some areas by minarets and the very loud andcalls to
- [The Grand Bazaar, Istanbil](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-grand-bazaar-istanbil/) - September 22, 2015 The Grand Bazaar, also called ‘Covered Bazaar’ in Turkish is one of the world's largest and oldest covered markets in the world. There are 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops. About 90 million enter the halls every year, the world's most visited place (http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/worlds-most-visited-tourist-attractions/2) We came on a slow day, fortunately. The place is overwhelming
- [Istanbul's Pleasant Surprises](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/istanbuls-pleasant-surprises/) - Istanbul's Pleasant Surprises October 1, 2015 Our two weeks in Turkey was filled with surprises. I wasn't so surprised by the Hagia Sophia, built around 550 on same site as two previous churches- my rendition below (on postcard stock). But I was by how un-religious the people are. There are five calls to prayer per day-
- [Galata Bridge, teeming with aromas, sounds and sights](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/galata-bridge-teeming-with-aromas-sounds-and-sights/) - September 24, 2015 At the Galata Bridge it's always lively. So many sights and aromas, thousands of people, ferries, trams, cars, scooters. Western dress, some women wearing scarves with western dress, in tradition attire. No hijabs today. Small groups of teen boys, few of teen girls. Below, a small boat serves as a kitchen. They make
- [Ferry up the Bosphorous](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ferry-up-the-bosphorous/) - September 18, 2015 We took the ferry north on the Bosphorous today. The busy waterway connecting the Mediteranean with the Black Sea is lined with many palaces and houses. The constant breeze you get on shore is amplified as we head into it, keeping the boat cool in the warm sun.
- [Miniatures and sketches from Istanbul](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/small-paintings-and-sketches-from-istanbul/) - Istanbul has had its moments of beauty and grandeur. You can relive a bit of it's heyday in the Hagia Sophia, the Archaeology Musem and the Topkapi Palace. [wpecpp name="Topkapi Palace" price="50" align=right] The Topkapi Palace, home of the Sultans, his harem and the eunichs since circa 1450: While we waited to get
- [Istanbul Modern is another pleasant surprise](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ista/) - The Istanbul Modern is another pleasant surprise in a city full of them. The artists on exhibit when I visited yesterday were mostly Turkish, some trained here and others in the US and I think one or two in Germany. Most of the work is representational but very creative in a modernist sort of way,
- [Hagia Sophia (circa 550), one of the world's greatest buildings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hagia-sophia-circa-550-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-buildings/) - September 20 2015 Istanbul The Hagia (Holy) Sophia (Wisdom) is a stunning domed building built as a Greek Orthodox cathedral in 537 when Istanbul, then called Constantinople, was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire(also known as the Byzantine Empire). Between 1204 and 1261 it was a Roman Catholic cathedral. Following the conquering
- [Drawings from the Palau de la Musica set to Oscar Navarro's "Arce de Noe" (video)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/drawings-from-the-palau-de-la-musica-set-to-oscar-navarros-arce-de-noe-video/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbpwjlP7cvY
- [Video slideshow of some of my portraits](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-slideshow-of-portraits-oct2015/) - https://youtu.be/Rq9J_BJwJes
- [Barberini Palace, Caravaggio, Raphaello, chiaroscuro cieling](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/barberini-palace-caravaggio-raphaello-chiaroscuro-cieling/) - October 21, 2015 The Barberini Palace, just up the hill from Bernini's Tritone Fountain, is an immense mansion and the home of the Galeria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, art from about the 15th c -17th century. Here is Caravaggio's Narisco- Narcissus. Get a load of the reflection! In the galleries I try to find something I
- [Museo delle Mura (Museum of the Walls), Rome at St Stephens Gate](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/museo-delle-mura-museum-of-the-walls-rome-at-st-stephens-gate/) - The Museo delle Mura (Museum of the Walls), is at St Stephens Gate, at the entry to Appia Antica, the Appian Way as it is known in English. It wasn't open when we were here last and in 2000 I do not think it even existed. It is small but the small albeit older style exhibits
- [View of Canal, Giethoorn (acrylics)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/view-of-canal-giethoorn-acrylics/) - Giethoorn is a tiny village in the Nederlands. In town there are canals and walking paths only. The houses have thatched roofs. It's a magical place.
- [Museo Nazional de Arte Clasica Romana (Roman Art) has some mighty fine statues](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/museo-nazional-de-arte-clasica-romana-roman-art-has-some-mighty-fine-statues/) - The Museo Nazional de Arte Clasica Romana is across the street from Termini. It houses a fine collection of Roman era sculptures on the first two floors, very professionally exhibited with excellent English translations. The top floor houses wall paintings from Roman era villas, many of which are in amazing condition. There are also
- [Portrait of Panamanian Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/my-diva/) - I met her in Panama while we were in the Peace Corps and we kept in touch. She is photogenic!
- [Arrivederci Roma: The Marcus Aurelius](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/arrivederci-roma/) - October 31, 2015 It's our last day in Rome and I spent the morning drawing the statue of Marcus Aurelius in il Museo Capitoline. This has to be one of the most impressive pieces of art around, for its magnificence, proportions, gilded in bronze and dating from around 180 CE. It's astounding and a privilege
- [¡Hola de Valencia! First drawing from Palau de la Musica](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hola-de-valencia-first-drawings/) - We are back in our favorite winter quarters, where the sky is always blue and the winter temperatures moderate, the street life vibrant, the food fresh and varied, and the people warm and friendly. It's a place that brings smiles to our face the moment we look out the window or go out the door.
- [Pareja: enamorado con amor --  Couples: In Love with Love](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pareja-enamorado-con-amor-couple-in-love-with-love/) - This is the first in the series exploring the expressions of affection. I was sitting in Parque Turia in Valencia as a couple across the lawn embraced before the 15th century bridge crossing what was then the main channel of the Turia River, since diverted and made into walking and bike paths as well as
- [Millie, Fly!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/millie-fly/)
- [Portrait of Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-woman/) - Portrait of Woman
- [Couple Dances](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-dances/) - Couple Dances is the second in this series. This one explores the affection expressed in the dance of couples.
- [Music Drawings and Paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/music-drawings-and-paintings/)
- [Pareja: Enamorado con Amor (Couple: In Love With Love) II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pareja-enamorado-con-amor-couple-in-love-with-love-ii/) - I continue the exploration of couples expressing affection. Here the image is the same as the first, but the treatment varies, and it is on paper versus wood, so the interaction between paint, medium a base offers additional variations. "My favorite is Enamorado con Amor II Couple in Love with Love. You can feel the
- [Couple Dances II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/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.
- [Pareja: Enamorado con Amor (Couple: In Love With Love) III](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/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. 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 III](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-dances-iii/) - The third "Couples Dance" in the Amor series.
- [Palau de la Musica in Valencia Lower Hall pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/3584-2/) - 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.
- [Waiting for the Concert](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/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
- [Pareja Enamorada/Couple in Love -- Women Embrace 1 and II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pareja-enamoradacouple-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 1 Love takes many forms. We should not oppress it but encourage its flowering and deepen the bonds that hold us together.
- [Palau de la Musica-- Section of the Band](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/palau-de-la-musica-section-of-the-band/) - This is based on a pen and ink miniature, with many elements of fantasy.
- [Visit to Picasso](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/visit-to-picasso/) - Currently there's an excellent exhibit of Picasso drawings at Banc Caja in Valencia. I did this painting afterwards.
- [Couple Relaxing: Visit to Picasso](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/relaxing-visit-to-picasso/) - Continuing with the "Visit to Picasso" theme, this expands on the couple in the background in the original.
- [Fallas 2016!- first photos](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/3655-2/) - These are the first photos from Fallas 2016. Fallas is the annual carnival in Valencia, Spain. It is truly one of the wonders of the world. They erect hundreds of sculptures made of foam and wood (these days), some of which are 25 meters (75') in height. There are daily booming fireworks more for feel
- [Picasso Visit: Two Women Embrace](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/3669-2/) - Continuing with the Picassoesque themes, here two women embrace before a blue sky, under a pale moon.
- [Fabulous fireworks during Fallas, Valencia (video)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fabulous-fireworks-during-fallas-valencia-video/) - Fabulous fireworks during Fallas, Valencia March 5, 2016 from next to city hall. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/Ydsn78BKyw4
- [Visit to the fallas workshops (with photos)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/visit-to-the-fallas-workshops-with-photos/) - March 3, 2016 we visited the workshop area where the sculpture for Fallas are produced. These are made from foam over a wood frame. Each neighborhood Fallas contracts with a workshop to produce these creative and delightful sculptures each year. Except for a very few 'small' ones (small is human sized) all are burned
- [Four Horns at Palau de la Musica](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/four-horns-at-palau-de-la-musica/) - Four Horns at Palau de la Musica
- [Sound and Light Shows in Rusafa neighborhood of Valencia March 2016](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sound-and-light-shows-in-rusafa-neighborhood-of-valencia-march-2016/) - Sound and Light Shows in Rusafa neighborhood of Valencia March 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=90&v=J2AntoA2hTc
- [Fireworks at the unveiling of the statue at City Hall](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fireworks-at-the-unveiling-of-the-statue-at-city-hall/) - Fireworks at the unveiling of the statue at City Hall One of the largest and most fabulous of the Fallas' is the one at city hall (Ayuntamiento). Photos and video. [slideshow_deploy id='3726'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZdF-OiBP1E
- [Dracula and other Fallas' of 2016](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dracula-and-other-fallas-of-2016/) - [slideshow_deploy id='3744']
- [First place Fallas 2016-  Casal Calle Cuba- Litorat Alzorin](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/first-place-fallas-2016-casal-calle-cuba-liiorat-alzorin/) - Casal Calle Cuba- Liiorat Alzorin won many prizes in 2016, including best sound and light show and 1st place in the Special category (largest) for it's many slendored fallas. Here is a short slide show (below the photos): [slideshow_deploy id='3761']
- [Bolero de Carlet, traditional Valencian dance](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bolero-de-carlet-traditional-valencian-dance/) - Bolero de Carlet, traditional Valencian dance. Just happened across it while we were walking through the medieval section. You will find it interesting! https://youtu.be/BRaW2bISBRU
- [Horns and Contrabass at Palau de la Musica](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/horns-and-contrabass-at-palau-de-la-musica/) - Horns and Contrabass at Palau de la Musica The original sketch was done in the Palau de la Musica, Valencia, Spain.
- [Crema at City Hall (Ayuntamiento) 2016](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/crema-at-city-hall-ayuntamiento-2016/) - Crema at City Hall (Ayuntamiento) 2016 The Crema is the burning of the Fallas' each year starting at 11 p.m. approximately and going to well after 1 a.m. Each of the hundreds of installations throughout the city is burned. There are fireworks galore. The city is alight and thundering. The video is one I took
- [Portrait of Worry](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-worry/) - Portrait of Worry This is just a totally made up portrait. Pen lines, acrylic paints and washes make up the painting.
- [Neat Spanish Poster Art from the 1920's (photos)IM](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/neat-spanish-poster-art-from-the-1920s-photosim/) - March 28, 2016 MUVIM (Valencian Museum of Modernity and Illustration) is now exhibiting poster art, some paintings and a few old films of the era, starting in the 1920's. Spain suffered through a civil war from 1936-39. Fatalities numbered in the 400.000 range, with another 200,000 murdered by Franco's Falangists after the war, and atrocities by
- [Self Portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/self-portrait/) - Self Portrait of My Own Self With Shaved Head I shaved my head because I had so little hair left anyway. It was nonetheless a shock to see myself in the mirror, looking so unlike me. No one else seems to think so.
- [Sorolla-  Notes in the sand (Apuntes en la arena)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sorolla-notes-in-the-sand-apuntes-en-la-arena/) - Sorolla: Notes in the sand - Apuntes en la arena (Exhibit at El Carmen Museum, Valencia, Spain) April 15, 2016 Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863 – 1923) is known as a master of light and for his portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes, many in the impressionist style. Many of his paintings are
- [Cuenca, Spain: City on a cliff](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cuenca-spain-city-on-a-cliff/) - Cuenca, Spain: City on a cliff Cuenca is situated northwest of Valencia and southeast of Madrid, just an hour from either on the AVE, the fast train. It is known for the houses perched on the cliffs and for the Júcar and the Huécar, two rivers (well, streams is a better word) which encase it. The town was
- [Fantasy Trio](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fantasy-trio/) - Fantasy Quartet This is based on an automatic drawing and given an expressionist treatment in acrylics. Automatic drawing was popularized by the surrealists in the 1920ś. The audience is bathed in a comforting blue haze. The original drawing is posted below.
- [Singer, Drummer, Sax, Clarinets, Singers](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/drummer-sax-clarinets-singers/) - From my music series, Singer Sax Drummer is based on a drawing done at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia. I have included the drawing below. It is done in acrylics. There are two distinct planes. You see two instrument playing muses, one kicking her leg up. This painting is a fusion of
- [Fantasy Quartet](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fantasy-quart/) - Fantasy Quartet This is the second fantasy based on the "automatic" drawing you can see below. Where do our thoughts go as we become absorbed in the music? The swathes of color symbolize the vast space into which the musicians and audience project their dreamy thoughts. [wpepsc name="Fantasy Trio" price="990" align="left"]
- [Cáceres: you could shoot a medieval movie here and wouldn't even have to remove the cars](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/caceres-you-could-shoot-a-medieval-movie-here-and-wouldnt-even-have-to-remove-the-cars/) - Cáceres has an old walled town in its center. Walk around and you are in the middle ages, given the buildings, the stone streets and total absence of cars. There is a blend of Roman, Moorish, Gothic and Italian Renaissance architecture, not to mention the stork nests. There are thirty towers from the Islamic period
- [Portrait of Panamanian Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-panamanian-woman/) - She has become a diva for me. I knew her in Panama. She has a knack for modeling, which aside from being intelligent, friendly and attractive, makes her a delight to paint and draw. I have several other paintings based on her.
- [Panamanian Woman II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/panamanian-woman-ii/) - This is another version of Panamanian Woman. I got to know my Panamanian friend when we lived in Panama when we were in the Peace Corps. We lived and worked in the mountains and got to know quite a few people in that coffee producing community.
- [Piano Fingers:  dancers and singers visit](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dancers-and-singers-visit/) - Music enchants us, the dance, the singing, the skill, the magic. It transports the listener to their own land of fantasies. Dancers, singers, or something entirely unrelated can accompany our immersion in the tones. This painting is an exploration of that dream state. A continuation of my music related series. This is
- [Women artists: Sonfonisba Anguissola](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/women-artistssonfonisbanguissola/) - Women were stuck in the chores of domesticity until comparatively recent times. Becoming anything other than a mother and domestic was nearly unheard of for almost all women. Therefore I decided to find out more about the ones that overcame this rigid social system and give them a bit of their due. Sonfonisb Anguissola (1532,
- [Two Brown Bass Fiddles at the Palau](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/twobrownfiddles/) - Two Brown Bass Fiddles at the Palau This started life as a drawing at Palau de la Musica. I enlarged the original, a tiny 2 x 4" and put it on the canvas board, then painted in with acrylics. See also Two Fiddles at the Palau, a version of this based on the very same drawing.
- [Two Fiddles at the Palau](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/two-fiddles-at-the-palau/) - Two Fiddles at the Palau [
- [In The Club](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/in-the-club/) - In The Club A night club scene, in fantasy.
- [Palau de la Musica Small Stage](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/palau-de-la-musica-small-stage/) - Another in the series of paintings based on drawings done at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain. The audience waits expectantly as the musicians arrive. Valencia has a long and powerful tradition of symphonic bands and offer many free concerts each year. This is a smaller hall and here you can listen to
- [Natalia Gontcharova](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/natalia-gontcharova/) - Born in 1881 in Nagaevo, Russia, Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova, the daughter of Sergei, an architect. She moved to Moscow in 1892, and graduated from the Fourth Women's Gymnasium in 1898. In 1901 she enrolled in the Moscow Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture to study sculpture, and in 1903 she began exhibiting in important venues. Goncharova then
- [Graz, Austria, a small city that is home to dozens of museums](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/graz-austria-a-small-city-that-is-home-to-dozens-of-museums/) - June 2016 After an overnight in Dusseldorf, we flew in a prop jet into the small airpport in Graz, Austria. It's a tiny airport, and but a 10 minute walk to train station. Before long we were exiting the system and taking the wrong exit, so we added a kilometer to our walk. We missed
- [June 2016 pen and ink drawings from the Palau de la Musica](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/penandink/) - June, 2016 These are my latest pen and ink drawings done at the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain. Each of these drawings is $25.
- [Graz's Museums](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/grazs-museums/) - Graz's Museums For a city of a mere 300,000, Graz has a large number of museums. Boys will no doubt be attracted to the Armory, which holds an extensive collection of medieval armory worn by the knights. We skipped that one and instead have gone to the Graz Museum, Kunsthouse and the Museum in
- [Video: Paintings and Drawings Done at Palau de la Musica](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-palau-de-la-musica/) - The paintings and drawings in this video slide show were done at Palau de la Musica, Valencia. They explore the state of mind we experience as music transports us to a semi dream-like state. The paintings and drawings in this video slide show were done at Palau de la Musica, Valencia. They explore the state
- [Schloss Eggenberg, Graz, Austria](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/schloss-eggenberg-graz-austria/) - A Baroque masterpiece and World Heritage Site, Schloss Eggenberg in Graz, Austria is a treasure of the Baroque and, to a lesser extent, the Rococo period of the Baroque epoch, which is the last development in the as well as the most complex and intricate of the period. Here is a video slide show of our
- [Salzburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/salzburg/) - June 2016 There's enough to see and do in Salzburg, Austria for the three days we were there, although beyond that I am less optimistic. It's certainly attractive enough for longer term living but a bit on the small side, and a good four hours from Vienna for more intensive living, and the winters are
- [A terrific baroque building: Basilika Mariatrost, Graz (with sketches)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/basilika-mariatrost/) - A terrific baroque building: Basilika* Mariatrost, Graz (with sketches) July 2016 The lovely Mariatrost Basilica is a baroque style building on top of the Purberg hill, a steep climb from the bus stop including some 225 steps. There's a lovely view from the top- see my pen and ink sketch below- and what's inside is
- [test 2](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/test-2/) - ignore
- [The Semmering Railroad](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-semmering-railroad/) - The Semmering Railroad, designed and directed by the Venice born Carlo Ghega, is a UNESCO World Heritage Center (1998) that travels from Gloggnitz to Semmering. I was constructed between 1848 and 1854. At the. time the Semmering was a feat of engineering and the first mountain railway in Europe built on a standard gauge
- [Drawings from Graz](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/drawings-from-graz/) - Drawings from Graz Here are the pen and ink drawings I did on location in Graz, Austria, early June through early July 2016 This was done at the Kunstmuseum (above). The following several drawings were done at the Schlossberg Park near where we stayed: The above was done while in the nearby cafe,
- [From Torino (Turin) to Graz](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/from-torino-turin-to-graz/) - From Graz to Torino (Turin) July 10, 2016 From Graz you take a railroad operated bus to the train that carries you into Italy through the Alps; the bus avoids a much longer train ride through the mountains. The scenery alone makes the trip worthwhile. There are viaducts and tunnels galore. Human have
- [Marie Laurencin: Enchanting Poses](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/marie-laurencin-enchanting-poses/) - Marie Laurencin, Enchanting Poses Marie Laurencin 1883-1956 Paris Marie began her art career studying porcelain painting in Sevres, then went to Academie Humbert, where she became a painter. She exhibited at the Salon des Independents and the Salon d' Automne in the early 1910's. In the 1920's she was an important member of the
- [Paula Modersohn-Becker](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/paula-modersohn-becker/) - Paula Modersohn-Becker Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) is best known as one of first women to paint female nudes. A German painter and very important early expressionist, She is credited for the introduction of modern painting and used tempera almost exclusively. In a brief career, cut short by an embolism at the age of 31,
- [Bass Fiddles and Muses](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bass-fiddles-and-muses/) - Part of the Palau de la Music Series. Muses prepare the stage and the instruments for the performance so musicians step into the realm of creativity.
- [Xylophone Player at the Palau](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/xylophone-player-at-the-palau/) - Xylophone player at the Palau de la Musica, Valencia, Spain. Fun house floor suggests a departure from every day reality, meeting with the muse, traveling to the realm of creativity. Comments from my Facebook timeline July 24, 2016 Marti: Loved it Gary! Sandra: This is fabulous Gary! Carol: I love the energy. Patricia: The combination treatments of floor patterns
- [Five Players](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/five-players/) - The music series continues. Five semi-realistic female figures will pale to blue-white skin perform. Four instruments are visible. One stairs straight ahead, eyes misaligned,another has eyes that are mere slits, two are in profile, three straight on, one wears what appears to be a glove, legs mingle, some disappear, arms there and not there.
- [Torino (Turin), historically important and a surprisingly entertaining city in northern Italy](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/torino-turin-historically-important-and-a-surprisingly-entertaining-city-in-northern-italy/) - Torino (Turin), historically important and a surprisingly entertaining city in northern Italy Turin is more than the home of the Shroud of Turin and the home of one of the world's largest car manufacturers, Fiat-Chrysler. It is also home to many museums, most famously the Museo Egitzio (Egyptian Museum), Museo di Antichita, the wonderful
- [Cuisine piedmontese](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cuisine-piedmontese/) - Piedmont is especially known for its wide variety of antipasto, meats and especially raw beef, truffles, and is the home of grissini, the breadsticks you can get in some many places of the world. It is close to the French border and the royal family that once ruled Italy, Sardinia, Sicliy and parts of
- [A Historic Moment: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Embrace](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-historic-moment/) - A Historic Moment: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Embrace To see the entire painting clink on 'Continue Reading' or the post title. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!
- [Self Portrait In Indiana Jones Hat](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/self-portrait-in-indiana-jones-hat/) - I was at my nephew's house and he had this hat. It belonged to one of his friends. I guess he's left it behind. I love these hats!
- [Panamanian Women in Multi Color](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/panamanian-women-in-multi-color/) - This is another version of my Panamanian friend. The background is inspired by František Kupka's Mme Kupka (1910). He was a Czech artist and she his wife. I saw the painting at the Nieu Gallery in NYC, at a special exhibit that included some of Klimt's famous paintings.
- [Go, Figures](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/go-figures/) - Go, Figures Go, Figures started life as a regular modeling session but in acrylics, not the usual way to go. It evolved into this. The background is inspired by František Kupka's Mme Kupka (1910). He was a Czech artist and she his wife. I saw the painting at the Nieu Gallery in NYC, at
- [Panamanian Woman as Goth](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/panamanian-woman-as-goth/) - Panamanian Woman as Goth This is another version of my Panamanian friend. She was one of our Spanish teachers - they called them facilitators as they did not do formal teaching as much as immersion. Always friendly and in a great mood. It was only in the past year I learned she had trained as
- [Wines of Northern Italy](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/wines-of-piedmont/) - Wines of Piedmonte, in the north of Italy I did not realize how complex the matter of Piedmont wine is when I became interested while in Turin (Torino in Italian). What intrigued me were the lightly bubbly wines we were getting at restaurants as a house wine. Red, not white, and not bubbly like champagne.
- [Michalet From Plaza Santa Catarina](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/michalet-from-plaza-santa-catarina/) - Iglesia de Santa Catarina Tower From Plaza Santa Catarina Sitting in Plaza Santa Catarina (study for the watercolor). This was the first time I joined a group of local water color artists who meet on Wednesdays. Valencia has several watercolor groups who do urban or rural landscapes.
- [Two Men Dance](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/two-men-dance/) - Another in the series of the “Pareja Enamorado con Amor/Couple in Love with Love” series explores the world of same sex love and romance. Love takes many forms. We should not oppress it but encourage its flowering and deepen the bonds that hold us together.
- [Alcoi and La Sarga, Spain with photos of the cave paintings (rare)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/alcoi-and-la-sarga-spain-with-photos-of-the-cave-paintings-rare/) - We rented a car Alcoi is a small town in the hills to the south of Valencia, Spain. It is best know for the rock paintings in La Sarga, just 10 kilometers away, that date to 10-6000 BCE. The Museo Archeologico there is small but very well done, especially the slide show from which these
- [Prints of Valencian urban landscapes](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/prints-of-valencian-landscapes/) - Some of my favorite pen and ink drawings now available as prints.
- [Prints of pen and ink music related drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sale-on-prints-of-pen-and-ink-drawings/) - I did these pen and ink drawings in the audience at Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain. The originals are done on very small paper in pen and ink. I use both hands, one for the ink pen and the other a brush with a water reservoir. I call it automatic drawing since I
- [On the back road to Aranjuez- Torcas de Palancares](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/on-the-back-road-to-aranjuez-torcas-de-palancares/) - December 6, 2016 We set off on our journey from Valencia to Aranjuez at 7am on Sunday. The train route takes you west through massive fields of grapes dotted by the occasional and equally massive wine storage units jutting some 25 meters toward the clouds, stopping in a seemingly endless number of small towns along
- [Aranjuez, the summer palace of the Spanish royalty](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/aranjuez-the-summer-palace-of-the-spanish-royalty/) - Aranjuez is just south of Madrid and home to the summer palace. It was built in the second half of the 16th century under Phillip II. The town was originally inhabited only by the court but now is a small but vibrant town dominated by the tourists who visit the palace. The main entrance is
- [Paintings and drawings from Aranjuez, location of the Summer Palace](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/paintings-and-drawings-from-aranjuez-location-of-the-summer-palace/) - I did these small paintings at Aranjuez, Spain. The Summer Palace of Spain is located there. I wrote a bit about Aranjuez at http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/aranjuez-the-summer-palace-of-the-spanish-royalty/ A fall scene at Aranjuez: At Aranjuez is the same scene as Carmen at Aranjuez. But there is no railing separating
- [Women, with Towel](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/women-with-towel/) - Women, with Towel shows another in the mirror. A third appears in outline, derived from the Portrait of a Young Woman, recently attributed to Leonardo.
- [Zambia: Watercolors from the bush](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/zambia-watercolors-from-the-bush/) - We visited the village where our nephew Travis worked as a Peace Corps volunteer. It was a fabulous visit despite the primitive conditions- the people were just so loving and friendly. These are the only ones I still have and I am offering them for the next week at special prices. See blog on Zambia for
- [William Penn and the city of Love at the Philadelphia History Museum](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/william-penn-and-the-city-of-love-at-the-philadelphia-history-museum/) - January 28, 2017 While in Philadelphia for my wife's swearing in as an Italian citizen we visited the Philadelphia History Museum. They show a good video about the city's founding. See link at bottom, first in a series. Penn was not born a Quaker. In fact the earliest image we have of him is this
- [Make America Hate Again](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/anti-trump-paintings/) - Here are my two paintings reflecting my thoughts on this man, the "So-called" president of the United States. This last piece is in response to those who complained that opponents were not giving him a chance.
- [More drawings from my little notebook](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/more-drawings-from-my-little-notebook/) - I always carry a small notebook with me. If I am sitting around and see something or someone interesting, I give it a go. Here are some recent ones. These miniatures are just $50 each. Prints too.
- [Fallas Valencia 2017, Mascletà Vertical](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fallas-valencia-2017-mascleta-vertical/) - Here are two videos of the amazing opening act of Fallas 2017. Fallas is Valencia's annual festival, an Unesco heritage event. There are hundreds of sculptures 25 meters in height and thousands of smaller ones. There is a mascleta - fireworks without much light- every day at 2pm, and fireworks at night that are not
- [Ninots (small Fallas sculptures) 2017](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ninots-small-fallas-sculptures-2017/) - March 2017 This slide show is from photos I took at the Science Museum exhibit in Valencia. There are thousands of these small sculptures (usually about a meter in height but sometimes higher). There are two that skewer Trump. Next year I expect many more, as most of these were begun well before the election.
- [The amazing, the astounding sound and light show of Fallas 2017!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-amazing-the-astounding-sound-and-light-show-of-fallas-2017/) - Fantastic! A major aspect of Fallas, Valencia, Spain's annual festival. More to come! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4U_48v0RHE
- [Crema-  the burning of the Fallas sculptures, 2017](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/crema-the-burning-of-the-fallas-sculptures-2017/) - The first video is a small Fallas. The second is a huge one in front of city hall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYQt2Gw7nyY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E31mHvcuLQI
- [Aw come on!  Give him a chance!  Anti-trump paintings 2](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/aw-come-on-give-him-a-chance-anti-trump-paintings-2/) - This is the original and is for sale. #nevertrump #drumpf #notmypresident
- [Fallas 2017 slideshow of the sculptures](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fallas-2017-slideshow-of-the-sculptures/) - March 2017 Fallas is an annual festival famous for it's wonderful statues, called "fallas," magnificent mascletas (daytime thunderworks) and fireworks (at night), marching bands by the hundreds and the women who march with them in traditional silk dresses, as well as sound and light shows. Here is my slide show of photos from Fallas 2017,
- [No Solo Mia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/no-solo-mia/) - No Solo Mia --- Not Just Mia. Mia is our friends' Chihuahua , on our model's lap, pen ink, A3, 8.25 x 11.7"
- [Trumpcissus](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/narcissus-ciao-carravaggio-theresistance-dumptrump-nobannowall-nohate-antitrump-antitrumpmvmt/) - This painting echoes the famous Narcissus by Caravaggio from which we get the word 'narcissism.' 
- [Palma de Mallorca](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/palma-de-mallorca/) - Palma de Mallorca is a major tourist destination for beach goers in the millions. Germans, Russians, even the Spanish come here to luxuriate in the the beach resorts that line vast sections of the island's coast. But for a more serious tourist there is art, architecture and history, plus a neat one hour train to
- [Woman in Boudoir](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-in-boudoir/)
- [The Buck Starts Here (anti-Trump)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-buck-starts-here-anti-trump/) - Available as Limited Edition Prints (100) signed, or in an unlimited version
- [Couple Snuggling in Bed](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-snuggling-in-bed/) - Another in the Enamorado Con Amor/In Love with Love series. Part of love is intimacy, but of course not all intimacy denotes love. Here it does, and the couple sparkles in the play of light and shadow. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all
- [At the Cafe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/at-the-cafe-cathedral-of-mallorca-painting-of-mallorca/) - At the Cafe (Cathedral of Mallorca), acrylics 30 x 43, 115 x 16.5" set in Mallorca. Nude poses in public with Cathedral in Background
- [Woman Climbs From Water](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-climbs-water/)
- [The Buck Starts Here-  tRump!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/buck-starts-trump/) - The Buck Starts Here! The US President Harry Truman is famous for saying, "The Buck Stops Here." "Passing the buck" means avoiding responsibility and blame others. That's Trump in a nutshell- it's never his fault.
- [Marrakech- Contrasts, Conflicts](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/marrakech-contrasts-conflicts/) - Modernity and tradition coexist in Marrakeesh albeit not without a least the occasional clash. Modern cars and buses abound. On the other hand deliveries in the Souk are sometimes done by mule, sometimes trotting rather swiftly through the narrow streets as scooters weave through even the most narrow of alleys, brushing you at
- [Come with me to the Casbah](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/walking-zouk-marrakesh/) - "Come with me to the Casbah" is the famous pickup line that we all think came from a movue. It was in fact never spoken in a movie-- it was in the trailer of the 1937 movie Algiers (Heddie Lamar and Charles Boyer). A casbah is a high walled fortification without windows, and it is
- [Moroccan cuisine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/moroccan-cuisine/) - Tagine, couscous and 'salads,' as they call them in Morocco, are main features of the cuisine here, along with 'pastilla,' a pigeon pie. These dishes are often intriguingly spiced. Spices-cumin, cinnamon, ginger, turmeric, cilantro, saffron, paprika, cardamom, nutmeg, mace, anise and more- came from India in the old days, via camel, stopping in caravan
- [Couple  on Sofa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-on-sofa/) - Couple On Sofa Another in the Enamorado Con Amor/In Love with Love series. Part of love is intimacy, but of course not all intimacy denotes love. Here it does, and the couple sparkles in the play of light and shadow and smoke in a turn of century setting based on a scene in Downton Abbey.
- [Lessons from our travels in Morocco](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/takeaways-from-travel-morocco/) - Lessons from our travels in Morocco Morocco left me with eight main impressions. First, the contrasts in technology - delivery by donkey and by truck/motorcycle - and second, in cultures- modern dress next to traditional Berber next to conservative Islam. Third is the intricacy and extensiveness of the decorative architectural designs. Fourth is the
- [Big Band Concert -  pen and ink drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/big-band-concert-pen-ink-drawings/) - These were done in the audience at Palau de la Musica, Big Band Concert May 2017
- [The Sunni Side Up-- on the Berbers and the museums of Marrakesh](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/more-on-marrakesh-berbers/) - The Sunni Side Up Visits to the Casbah, the souks and the museums mentioned below, as well as the aromas and flavors of the cuisine, made me want to know more about the people of this land. The Berbers that founded the city of Marrakesh circa 1200 were members of that ancient ethnic nomadic group
- [Woman in Hijab Arch](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-hijab-arch/) - Woman in Hijab Arch Many of the arches of Islamic architecture echo the shape of the upper body of the human form. Here I have placed a face on that arch with this sketch in acrylics. There is an example of an arch below the painting.
- [Da Roma, Con Amore](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/da-roma-con-amore/) - We are back in the Eternal City. Eternal traffic jams, streams of friendly people and an endless supply of art. Check back here for lots of photos and updates! gary
- [Rome Struggles, Rome Beckons](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/rome-struggles-rome-beckons/) - Rome Struggles, Rome Beckons We landed in Rome's Ciampino airport. We are barely on the ground and already Rome's disarray hit us. The last time we landed here there was only one bus to Termini, Rome's central transit point. We presumed that was still the case when we bought our tickets from the vendor in Valencia's
- [Woman Reclines](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-reclines/) - Woman Reclines Woman Reclines == the woman is my Panamanian friend Vicky
- [Trumpcissus -- on Time Magazine Cover](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/trumpcissus-on-time-magazine-cover/) - Trumpcissus on Time Magazine Cover Caravaggio's Narcissus forms the basis of the painting that I cut and paste into this Time magazine cover. Prints only. The original painting of Trump a la Narcissus is for sale- go to http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/narcissus-ciao-carravaggio-theresistance-dumptrump-nobannowall-nohate-antitrump-antitrumpmvmt/. If image is not sharp, try enlarging it. Digital painting
- [Doing TIME](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/doing-time/) - Doing time, just what Trump needs. Obstruction of justice, sexual harassment, collusion, perjury, blackmail, money laundering, emolument violations, abuse of power... Digital painting
- [A Summer of Music in Rome's Fabulous Venues](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-summer-of-music-in-romes-fabulous-venues/) - Every summer the Italian government sponsors outdoor music events as part of a broader cultural initiative. The Polo Museale del Lazio (Museum Center of Lazio) put together one hundred activities for this summer's entertainment. See http://art-city.it To date we have attended three concerts, one at Castle St Angelo and two at Piazza Venezia. The former is
- [Some classical style drawing, da Roma](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/some-classical-style-drawing-da-roma/) - July 7, 2017 When in Rome, draw as the Romans draw. There's so much to emulate! Here are some statues and models I have drawn these past two weeks [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="12" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails" override_thumbnail_settings="0" thumbnail_width="240" thumbnail_height="160" thumbnail_crop="1" images_per_page="20" number_of_columns="0" ajax_pagination="0" show_all_in_lightbox="0" use_imagebrowser_effect="0" show_slideshow_link="1" slideshow_link_text="[Show slideshow]" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"]
- [Doing Time: "Was it something I said?"](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/doing-time-was-it-something-i-said/) - Digital painting
- [Doing Time: Hillary Made Me Do It](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/doing-time-hillary-made-me-do-it/)
- [Seated boxer and other drawings from Rome](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/seated-boxer-and-other-drawings-from-rome/)
- [St Agnes at the Track - Piazza Navona, with pen and ink drawings of Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/st-agnes-at-the-track-piazza-navona/) - Chiesa Sant'Agnese is a small domed church designed by Boromini, a contemporary of Bernini and a rival who never made it to his competitor's stature. In my book he had nothing to be ashamed of, he just had a competitor that was outstanding and well connected. The work he was assigned was smaller in scale
- [Rome at night](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/rome-at-night/) - These are from the top of Vittorio Emanuele monument in the heart of ancient Rome. The monument is from the late 1800's, commemorating the unification of Italy, but it is in the heart of things, with the Roman forums to its rear and sides, the historic center where you find the Pantheon, with St Peter's
- [Photos from the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museum, and a bit about the Vatican](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/photos-from-the-sistine-chapel-in-the-vatican-museum-and-a-bit-about-the-vatican/) - Some background Small (as in Vatican City) can be beautiful and that the Vaticano is. The Vatican Museums house some $15 billion in art, although some of it is way beyond a monetary evaluation. The popes who built the art collection, as well as the Basilica and the rest, were scoundrels who engaged in deception,
- [Domus Aurea](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/domus-aurea/) - Domus Aurea The Domus Aurea - The Golden House - now sits beneath ground level just above the Coliseum on the Via Celio Vibenna side. It was buried after the death of the Emperor who had it built, the infamous and wildly unpopular Nero. In its glory it was a vast entertainment palace surrounded by
- [Several portraits](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/several-portraits/)
- [Herculaneum (Ercolano)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/herculaneum-ercolano/) - Herculaneum (Ercolano in Italian) is an archaeological site on the Italian coast a bit south of Rome. The town, inhabited since the 6th century BCE, was destroyed in 79 CE, by the same eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii. Herculaneum was buried in pyroclastic rock and ash - 15- 20 meters/65 feet - and was
- [Robert Mueller -- The Look](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/robert-mueller/) - Robert Mueller is the Special Prosecutor in charge of investigating the Russian interference in the 2016 election. He's pursuing Flint, Manafort, probably going after Trump and others close to Trump. I ran across the photo I used for this graphite drawing and was intrigued by Mueller's expression. I would not want to be on the
- [A brief glimpse of St Petersburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-brief-glimpse-of-st-petersburg/) - September 8, 2017 On our first full day in St. Petersburg, after an effortless 3.5 hour train ride from Helsinki, we took trolley 3 from the Metro Pushkinskaya area to Lenin Square. This trolley takes you through some of the most attractive areas of St Petersburg. Being on the trolley makes photography difficult as many
- [Some over the top buildings in St Petersburg Russia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/some-over-the-top-buildings-in-st-petersburg-russia/) - Here is a good sample of the ornate if not gaudy buildings sprinkled throughout the city.
- [Apraksin Dvor, a working class street market near some very fancy shops in St Petersburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/apraksin-dvor-a-street-market-near-some-very-fancy-streets/) - This is where people with less money go to buy and sell, quite the contrast from the high street just a few minutes away. It is next to some very fancy areas and is slated for massive development, so this folksy shopping will be moved to the city's edges. The area is about 35 acres
- [The Golden Palaces of the Hermitage](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-golden-palaces-of-the-hermitage/) - The State Hermitage Museum is one of the world's great treasures, both for its palaces and for its magnificent art collection, the world's largest. In the next post will be about the art. The exterior of the Winter Palace, a green and white 3 story building, is full of sculptures, vases and Corinthian columns. When
- [Savior on the Spilled Blood-  an amazing church/museum in St Petersburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/savior-on-the-spilled-blood-an-amazing-churchmuseum-in-st-petersburg/) - Speaking of over the top, is this not the best example? The garish former church (now a museum) has a steeple that is 81m (265 ft) high. The bell tower on the left has 144 individual mosaic coats of arms representing provinces, cities and towns of the Russian empire that reflected grief over the murder
- [Russian faces: Siberian girl](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/russian-faces-siberian-girl/) - I'm always fascinated by the countless variations of the human face.
- [The Art Collections of the Hermitage](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-art-collections-of-the-hermitage/) - The Hermitage possesses over 3 million items including some of the finest examples of European art and holds the largest collection of paintings in the world. The art collection was founded in 1764 by Empress Catherine, those purchases coming via an art dealer her country of birth, Germany, and much expanded by her successors. It
- [Portrait of Eastern Russian Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/eastern-russian-woman/)
- [Portrait of Russian Man with Hat](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-russian-man-with-hat/)
- [Video of the stunning Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, St Petersburg Russia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-of-the-stunning-church-of-the-savior-on-spilled-blood-st-petersburg-russia/) - Video of Church of Spilled Blood
- [Portrait of Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza, Russian journalist](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-vladimir-vladimirovich-kara-murza-russian-journalist/) - Twice poisoned journalist and opposition leader Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza. Story below. He is a well known opposition activist who has faced life threatening conditions twice over the past several years resulting from apparent attempts to assassinate him by poisoning. Close friend Boris Nemtsov, also an opposition leader, was shot and killed near the Kremlin
- [Portrait of Young Siberian Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-young-siberian-woman/) - Some of the people from the far north are ghost like as they roam the streets of St Petersburg. This young woman is from Siberia.
- [Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood, postcard acrylic painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/church-of-the-savior-on-the-spilled-blood-postcard-acrylic-painting/)
- [Dining in St Petersburg, Russia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dining-in-st-petersburg/) - I should have been surprised about how much I would enjoy Russian cuisine, and I would have been had I thought about it all. Who goes to Russia for the food? Most come for the Hermitage, as I was. One would vaguely expecting something gruelish, like kasha (it's here, unfortunately). Too much bland cabbage dishes
- [Young Chechen Man](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/young-young-chechen-man/) - In the streets of St Petersburg you see people from all over Russia.
- [Animations of paintings hanging in the Errata Museum (Contemporary Art, St Petersburg Russia)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/animations-of-paintings-hanging-in-the-errata-museum-contemporary-art-st-petersburg-russia/) - These are fun and creative animations of paintings hanging in the Errata Museum (Contemporary Art, St Petersburg Russia) which we visited recently. You see about several paintings. The second is an installation, not an animation. Enjoy!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NIvUx78cn4&t=91s
- [Russ folk dance, videoed in St Petersburg Russia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/russ-folk-dance-videoed-in-st-petersburg-russia/) - Oct 1, 2017 We happened across the stage and saw the dancers waiting to come on, so we stayed. Excellent group! https://youtu.be/p_vXmo0pLJg
- [The Treasures of Stockholm](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-treasures-of-stockholm/) - Just a two hour flight from St Petersburg and an hour to Riga, Stockholm is built upon a scad of islands (17 in all) with a wealth of architecture set against a slew of harbors, lakes and canals, with much fine exterior decor as well as art, history and more in its many museums. The
- [Art Nouveau architecture in Riga, capitol of Latvia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/art-nouveau-architecture-in-riga-capitol-of-latvia/) - October 13, 2017 The main style of building in Riga is Art Nouveau. There are more buildings in this style in Riga than anywhere in the world, making Riga a major destination for aficionados of the style. Here are some excellent examples of what you can see here. I'll be posting more of both exteriors and
- [Redhead with Friends, watercolor painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/redhead-with-friends-watercolor-painting/) - Redhead with Friends
- [Dining in Stockholm](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dining-in-stockholm/) - Here's another cuisine surprise - Swedish is more than meatballs and pickled herring. And even these plebeian offerings are delightfully presented. The cuisine centers around sour cream and other cultured dairy products. The grocery stores packed huge blocks of cheese and rows and rows of
- [Corner in Riga, watercolor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/corner-in-riga-watercolor/) - One of many charming spots in Riga
- [Artemesia Gentileschi, one of the best painters of the 1600's and among the world's best](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/artemesia-gentileschi-one-of-few-women-painters-in-the-1600s/) - Artemesia Gentileschi, one of few women painters in the 1600's, and among the finest of either sex. Born in Florence in the Baroque era, Artemesia (1593 – c. 1656) was one of the finest painters of her day, and the only one of her sex to achieve recognition. She was the first woman to become a member
- [Riga, Latvia- the week in review](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/riga-latvia-the-week-in-review/) - October 19, 2017 We are hours away from leaving. There is a special city filled with a special people, who threw off the yoke of Soviet rule, after having been invaded by the Nazis then crushed by the Soviet system, with just 20 years of freedom between the wars. Before that it was the Russia
- [Some strange art and impressive art at the University of Vilnius](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/some-strange-art-and-impressive-art-at-the-university-of-vilnius/) - Petras Repšys (1940) painted a rather strange set of scenes on the ceiling and walls of a room at the University of Vilnius. It is worth a look. He is a graduate of Vilnius Art Institute (1967) Works in sheet, book, graphic arts, ex libris, easel paintings, frescoes, sculptures, medals. The exilibrisus began to develop in 1969 . Here
- [Band at El Carmen](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/band-at-el-carmen/) - Band at El Carmen, 12th century monastery in Valencia. They performed during an event I attended. These monasteries were once brightly painted, but not like this! I have the freedom to decorate the Gothic arches as I please, and I like them bouncing off the page.
- [Fall in Riga, View from the Skylight With Self Portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fall-in-riga-view-from-the-skylight/) - Riga, View from the Skylight This was the view via the skylight in a small cozy restaurant in Riga, capital of Latvia. You climb a circular staircase to the loft. Fall in
- [Here we are in Vilnius](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/here-we-are-in-vilnius/) - After a few days in the Latvian countryside, Kuldiga being of most interest, we hopped the bus taking us from Riga to Vilnius, the only Baltic republic we have yet to visit. It's a four-hour drive in the cold gray weather through flat, unremarkable countryside. A few days later I had to make a return
- [Lithuania and The Specter of Russia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-specter-of-russia/) - The Baltic countries as well as the Nordic nervously sit uncomfortably close to Russia. Lithuania is certainly as concerned as any of the others. A bit of history shows why. There were wars with Russia as early as 1363, and others in 1492, 1500, 1507 ,1512 and 1534. To more effectively defend against the Russians,
- [Couple in Vilnius](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-in-vilnius/) - Among the notable things in Vilnius, the capitol of Lithuania, are the spires and the architecture, featured in the background of this painting. Lithuania is nominally a Roman Catholic country, with 75% of the population purportedly members. However the statistics show that half the population does not believe in the Christian deity. I have
- [Did Caravaggio Predict Trump (print)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/did-caravaggio-predict-trump-print/) - Did Caravaggio Predict Trump" uses the image of my original acrylic painting Trumpcissus, available on my website.. This mixed media creation adds new dimensions to the painting by using a news style magazine cover. Limited Edition (100) prints with original signature are made with a giclee printer, producing the highest quality prints obtainable. The
- [Eclipsing Couple (in chiaroscuro)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-views-eclipse-from-bed-in-chiaroscuro/) - Couple looks out of windows as the solar eclipse reaches its apex
- [Nicholas Roerich](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/nicholas-roerich/) - Nicholas Roerich (1874 St Petersburg-1947 Nagar India) was the teacher of a British American named Ralph Houstin, whom I followed during my Buddhist years. He was a noted as a proponent of peace, painter, writer, archaeologist, and a theosophist. He was born to a well-to-do family, and graduated from both art and law school. He
- [Live at Sala Russafa- pen and ink drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/jazz-ensemble/) - I did these pen and ink drawings at the Berklee School of Music student concerts at Sala Russafa, Nov 11-13, 2017, except for the one at the bottom, which was at the year-end performance of the Valencia campus of the Berklee School of Music in pen and ink.
- [Loving Vincent - Pictures of his life](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/loving-vincent-a-review/) - "Loving Vincent" is a flick about Vincent Van Gogh made entirely of paintings done in his thick paint, swirly, expressive style. There are 65,000 paintings in all, each done on glass plates. The plates were first placed before the filmed of the costumed cast members, reducing drawing time dramatically, and making it possible to make
- [Conte crayon portrait, drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/conte-crayon-portrait-drawing/) - Maria Linares, pianist, Berklee School of Music
- [Portrait of Peg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-peg/) - This is my wife Peg. We've been married for 35 years. She still has that great smile, a window into who she is. I've been learning how to use a Wacom table to draw and paint. This is my second portrait. I am using the tablet with GNU editor. I am not copying, just drawing
- [Video: Paris at Night, Picasso's own collection, Christian Dior at Arts Decorative](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/video-paris-at-night-picassos-own-collection-christian-dior-at-arts-decorative/) - Video of visits to expositions in Paris, set to a chevalier song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWKlrgAcqWI&t=109s
- [Peg in Gary's Dress Design](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peg-in-garys-dress-design/) - Watch out Dior!
- [Portrait of Zoe at 1](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/zoe/) - Our friends' one year old child on her birthday. We are born with so little knowledge. Its acquisition is part of what makes observing kids so fascinating. Here she is sitting before her birthday cake, too young to understand what it is beyond whether she likes it or not. She's even too young to know to
- [Video slideshow from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.  ](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/vilnius/) - Video slide show from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d6P51LrxlQ
- [Trumpcissus  "I'm, like, really smart"](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/trumpcissus/) - Digital painting
- [It turns out that traveling makes us far happier than any material wealth ever does!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/it-turns-out-that-traveling-makes-us-far-happier-than-any-material-wealth-ever-does/) - A friend posted this. It turns out that traveling makes us far happier than any material wealth ever does
- [The S-hole is here](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-s-hole-is-here/) - Digital painting
- [Trump Celebrates Martin Luther King Day](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/trump-celebrates-martin-luther-king-day/) - All US Presidents since the advent of MLK day have volunteered at a homeless shelter or kitchen. Trump had a different idea. After reading a statement in honor of King, took off for, what else? The golf course. He's spent millions of taxpayer money golfing at his properties. Digital painting
- [Trump Golfs While Washington Burns](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/trump-golfs-while-washington-burns/) - Previous presidents have performed some sort of volunteer activity in honor of Martin Luther King. Trumpcissus, on the other hand.... Digital painting
- [Woman in Meadow](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-in-meadow/) - Another piece motivated by the Dior exhibit at Arts Decoratif! Paris, 2017
- [At the Circus, With the Model](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/at-the-circus/)
- [Peg on Chair in Room](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peg-on-chair-in-room/) - Peg on Chair in Room
- [Young singer poses](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/young-singer-pose/) - I have not seen her since she was 12. Quite the transformation. Here she is made up for a singing performance. Both she and her sister are musicians.
- [Couple Dances IV](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-dances-iv/) - This is another in the Enamorado con Amor/ In Love with Love series, expression of affection in this case as in some of the other coming by means of dance. Background reminiscent of Kupka's "Madame Kupka."
- [Couple Embraces II - In Love with Love](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-embraces-ii/) - In the Enamorado con Amor/ In Love with Love series, expressions of affection. Background reminiscent of Kupka’s “Madame Kupka.” Without love, where would we be now?
- [Peg Finds Vincent's Chair (digital painting)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peg-finds-vincents-chair/) - Peg Finds Vincent's Van Gogh's Chair "Oh my, you are a most talented artist! Peg by Vincent’s Chair is superb, and the lovely young singer is mesmerizing. Also the dancers “only having eyes for each other” is so well captured." From an email
- [Peg in Scene from 'Water'](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peg-in-water-scene/) - I took a scene from The Shape of Water and placed fantasy images of my wife into the scene. It's moody yet comforting simultaneously.
- [Blood Money  from the National Killing Association](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/blood-money-from-the-national-killing-association/) - Blood Money Digital painting
- [Caught Red Handed](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/red-handed/) - Digital painting
- [I hire only the best people, boy do I know the best people](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/i-hire-only-the-best-people-boy-do-i-know-the-best-people/) - Digital painting
- [Manuel in Vincent's Room (Digital painting)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/manuel-in-vincents-room/) - I painted a portrait of Manuel, one of the excellent models I have been privileged to work with in Valencia. I put him into my rendition of Van Gogh's Room at Arles.
- [Lipstick on a pig](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/lipstick-on-a-pig/) - Digital painting
- [Emma Gonzalez, Stoneman Douglas high school](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/emma-gonzalez-stoneman-douglas-high-school/) - Emma Gonzalez, Stoneman Douglas high school, student activist. She is among the amazing young people who responded forcefully and with dignity at the shootings and the complicity of right wing America. Digital painting
- [Witch hunt!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/witch-hunt/) - Digital painting
- [Peg Visits Vincent Van Gogh's Room in Arles](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peg-visits-vincent-van-goghs-room-in-arles/) - Peg Visits Vincent's Room in Arles
- [Nothing Like a Stormy Afternoon](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/nothing-like-a-stormy-afternoon/)
- [Nothing like a Stormy Afternoon (Whack!)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/nothing-like-a-stormy-afternoon-whack/) - "Someone should have taken that magazine and spanked you with it." Digital painting
- [Hungarian Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hungarian-woman/) - Intelligent, widely read, art aficionado, speaks multiple languages, resident of Paris and a friend since 2000.
- [Disinformer in Chief](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/disinformer-in-chief/) - digital painting
- [Peg and Sari](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peg-and-sari/) - A Fauvish and expressionistic piece about the close relationship between the women. The visual weight of the red hair flows into the complements of yellow and blue, grounding the composition. Free flowing strokes and strong colors.
- [Doing Time:  Cohen Joins the Cell](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/doing-time-cohen-joins-the-cell/) - Doing Time: Cohen Joins the Cell Trump's personal lawyer representing him on the Stormy Daniels affair (see Stormy- Whack! ) is under investigation for bank fraud and campaign finance law violations. His offices, house and hotel room were raided by the FBI on April 9, 2018, an extraordinary step not only because lawyer's records are confidential unless
- ["Donnie, it's me. You Better Call Saul!"](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/donnie-its-me-you-better-call-saul/) - For those of you unfamiliar with Saul, Better Call Saul is a spin off of Breaking Bad. Saul is the crooked lawyer that the meth makers used to launder money in Breaking Bad
- [Girls on a Dock](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/girls-on-a-dock/) - Girls on a Dock
- [Russian ties now clear](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/russian-ties-now-clear/) - I made a funny- lawdy knows we need it!
- [Nazaret](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/nazaret/) - I am in Valencia for a few weeks, before flying to Poland to visit a string of small cities there. I am staying at the edge of Valencia, actually, in a small town called Nazaret. It is just a few streets wide but it includes Valencia's huge port, so against the skyline you see the
- [Oh Darn, I Lost the Key](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/oh-darn-i-lost-the-key/)
- [A Storm Brews](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-storm-brews/)
- [Man Sleeps (pen and ink)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/man-sleeps-pen-and-ink/)
- [Hungarian Woman II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hungarianwoman2/) - Hungarian Woman II was created from Hungarian Woman (http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hungarian-woman/. Using a high quality photo imported into a drawing program (GNU), I can then work on it with a Wacom drawing tablet.
- [Keystone Kraps](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/keystone-kraps/) - The Keystone Cops was a silent slapstick movie short that played in the 1920's. The faces are painted by hand using a Wacom tablet. "Keystone" is a straight copy of a title used in the movies. Digital painting
- [Thyssen Bornemisza Museum in Madrid- fabulous paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/thyssen-bornemisza-museum-in-madrid-fabulous-paintings/) - This first is a Toulouse-Lautrec, if you can believe it These next two are Sorollas from the Sorolla Museum
- [Carol:  goodbye, friend](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/carol-goodbye-friend/)
- [Krakow: city of architecture and culture](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/krakow/) - Krakow sits on the banks of the Vistula. Settlement dates from the 7th century, finding Wawel hill a defensible position. and has long been a major center of Polish culture and economy. It was a member of the Hanseatic league despite not being coastal and thus had its own fleet during that period (circa 1000-1500).
- [Carol   --- 1954-2018 (Version 2)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/carol-1954-2018-version-2/) - My previous painting of Carol was in watercolor whose shimmering qualities gives a kind of what one might call a 'spirit shimmer.' This rendition tells more about her fiery qualities, her strength, her defiance.
- [Polish cuisine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/polish-cuisine/) - Polish food has long since been a part of American cuisine, even if a small part. Who has not had kielbasa sausage or dill pickles. Polish cuisine is a calorie and fat rich cuisine, heavy on pork, chicken and beef to a lesser extent. Cabbage is a major item -- there were three types of
- [Woman (With Red Lips) Walks Dog](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-walks-dog-with-red-lips/) - The original drawing is in pen and ink, below. With Red Lips is the same drawing but painted digitally.
- [Krakow: the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/krakows-the-gothic-renaissance-and-baroque/) - Krakow is replete with finely preserved notable architecture. The Rynek Glowny (Main Square) is in the center of the old town (Stare Miasto). Sukiennice (The Cloth Hall, 1400) is a fine example of the Renaissance. The Cloth Hall was a center for the export of salt (there is a huge salt mine nearby), textiles and lead and
- [Pegs in the Night Cafe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pegs-in-the-night-cafe/) - My wife Peg is in the Night Cafe in Arles, France, made famous by Van Gogh. Original digital painting.
- [Wawel Castle in Krakow-  nearly 1000 years in the making](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/wawel-castle-in-krakow-nearly-1000-years-in-the-making/) - June 15, 2018 We climbed Wawel Hill today, as people have been doing for the last 50,000 years. Only since circa 1000, however, has this climb served to gain the entrance to the castle. Now it's a museum (1931), sitting in a complex of structures including the Royal Cathedral, atop the modest hill overlooking the
- [Egyptian Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/egyptian-woman/) - I've several paintings of my Peace Corps friend Vicky. This is based on her Egyptian friend, whom I have never met. There's a deep friendliness and warmth that I sense from her, thus this rendition.
- [The Jail Is Getting Crowded](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-jail-is-getting-crowded/) - The cell is filling up, and with the most recent likely crimes exposed by the NY Attorney General, I'll have to find a larger cell to fit Ivanka and Kushner. Digital painting, prints only
- [Scratchy](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/scratchy/)
- [Doing Time:  Check Out Ivanka's Fall Collection](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/doing-time-check-out-ivankas-fall-collection/) - Ivanka's Fall Collection-- Check it out!
- [G'day from Gdansk, 2018 version](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/gday-from-gdansk-2018-version/) - G'day from Gdansk, on the Baltic Sea in northern Poland. From here Lech Wałęsa led the dock workers union Solidarity on strikes and other actions that set in motion the downfall of the Soviet Union. It has been important in other eras, such as the 1700's, when it too, like Krakow, was a member
- [Pen and ink drawings from Lublin](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pen-and-ink-drawings-from-lublin/) - There's an open air museum just outside Lublin containing houses, churches, barns and some bee hive structures unlike any I've ever seen before. Here are some pen and ink drawings from that visit. The setting is bucolic, with sloping meadows, wooden buildings on hilltops, a lake, a stream. You have a good view into the
- [Solidarity Forever](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/solidarity-forever/) - June 28, 2018 Yesterday we took a walking tour offered by the tourist bureau. There are two, and we chose the Solidarity tour, which covers the period starting in 1945. She made no comments about the present disturbing situation in Poland, although it was clear she is not a supporter of the current authoritarians in
- [Blond is the New Orange (Ivanka in her latest creation)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ivanka-at-risk/) - Ivanka in Orange Digital painting, prints only
- [Andrea](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/andrea/) - This is an impression of my friend Andrea.
- [Malbork Castle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/malbork-castle/) - Teutonic Knights built Malbork Castle in the 13th century. At that time Malbork was in Prussia, shifting in and out of Polish control, changing into Polish control in 1945. It is the largest castle in the world by the land area it covers and when built the largest brick castle in the world. Sitting along
- [The Gates of Gdansk](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-gates-of-gdansk/) - Gdansk has numerous impressive gates allowing entrance into the old town. The first two you see here are about 50 meters apart, in between there is another old structure that houses the amber museum, amber having been a major trade item in earlier times. Golden Gate The Golden Gate in the style of Dutch Mannerism
- [It's impolite to stair!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/its-impolite-to-stair/) - ← BackThank you for your response. ✨ Name(required) Email(required) Website Message Submit Δ It is impolite to stair! Our place for a few days in Torun. It's two flights up, a piece of cake for us without baggage, a puffer with my 20 kilos. The exterior and staircase both need renovation, but the flat is
- [Lech Walesa, two pieces in homage](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/lech-walesa-two-pieces-in-homage/) - I have long been an admirer of Lech Walesa. He was the head of Solidarity, having come to that position by way of his willingness to speak up for his fellow workers and take the jail time, periods of unemployment and other consequences. He was a father and a husband, so his actions were not
- [Wawel Castle, Krakow, watercolor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/wawel-castle-watercolor/) - See also my post 1000 years in the making
- [Strolling Torun](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/strolling-torun/) - Torun is small and thus easy to walk. It is full of remarkable architecture, with many restaurants, bars and cafes to add to your enjoyment. The buildings range from the brick structures daring from the 14th century Teutonic Knights to the Gothic to Art Nouveau and Art Deco. The town was not damaged in WW2, so
- [Murals in Poznan](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/murals-in-poznan/) - Poznan has some excellent murals. The largest and most fabulous is in the Śródka district, one of the oldest towns in Poland, now a district of Poznan near Cathedral Island. ul. Kantaka 8/9, Created by Italian street artist Blu, who has also painted murals in Wrocław, Gdańsk, and Kraków
- [Churches of Poznan](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/churches-of-poznan/) - There are three outstanding churches in Poznan. The most important and oldest is not the most beautiful although in its setting it is quite charming. The other two rank as among the best Baroque churches anywhere, which I say having been in all of the great ones in Rome, Palermo and elsewhere in Italy. I
- [Peg in Vincent's Wheat Field (digital)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peg-in-vincents-wheat-field/) - This is after Van Gogh's "Wheat Field with a Lark." Starring my wife Peg and my friend Vincent.
- [My pen and ink of Poznan Cathedral](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/my-pen-and-ink-of-poznan-cathedral/) - My pen and ink of Poznan Cathedral. My travel notebook is 14 x 22, 5.5 x 8.5"
- [Poland's Enigma in WW2](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/polands-enigma-in-ww2/) - We ran across the sculpture and exhibit concerning the breaking of the German Enigma code while walking in the downtown area of Poznan. I'd heard both that the Polish a Brits broke the enigma code. There is an excellent movie called "The Imitation Game" about Alan Turing, (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing ) In late 1932 Marian Rejewski broke
- [Can't Get Any More Obvious --- The Marionette](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cant-get-any-more-obvious-the-marionette/) - Digital painting, prints only
- [Wroclaw: Complex history, rich culture](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/wroclaw/) - July 2018 The train carried us for a bit over two hours in a full six person compartment, my 20 kilo suitcase perched precariously above our heads. We are going from Poznan to Wroclaw. Wroclaw has a complex history. It was born in Poland, later controlled by the kingdoms of Bohemia, Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Prussia. and Nazi Germany.
- [She's A  Looker](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/shes-a-looker/)
- [WW2 in Warsaw](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ww2-in-warsaw/) - July 30, 2018 Today we took our 3rd walking tour of Warsaw. In the first we went to various locations in the Stare Miasto, Old Town. The second was about Communist Warsaw, led by a woman who grew up during that era. She had to stand in line for everything, and witnessed the suppression and
- [The Royal Castle in Warsaw](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/royal-castle-warsaw/) - The Royal Castle served as the official residence of the King of Poland starting with Segismundo starting in the 16th c, before that serving a ducal palace since the tower was built in the 14th c. The lower part of the tower still stands. The Nazis destroyed the rest subsequent to the uprising of 1944. Segismundo was
- [About me](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/about-me/) - My creative work in acrylics is largely expressionistic. I do portraits and works in styles other than expressionistic. I have conjured a series inspired by Hopper and another by Van Gogh, two music series (one in acrylics and another in pen and ink), a series called Enamorado con Amor (In Love with Love), and various
- [The Empress Has No Clothes](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-empress-has-no-clothes/)
- [Klezmer on the streets of Warsaw](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/klezmer-on-the-streets-of-warsaw/) - August 4, 2018 on our street in the Praga district of Warsaw https://youtu.be/woK5P3Few2Y
- [Close up](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/close-up/) - We move in on the eye, it's shimmering reflections, fluidity, how it conveys awareness.
- [Klezmer band called 'Muzykant' in Praga](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/klezmer-band-called-muzykant-in-praga/) - August 5, 2018 This band played in our neighborhood last night. I would call their music Klezmer, although I do not know what they call it. Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe dating to the Renaissance. We do not possess musical notation of the earliest forms, however when Jewish musicians came to
- [Kiev, long history, superb architecture](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/kiev-long-history-superb-architecture/) - Kiev is a beautiful city and a center of industry, science, education, and culture. it has a thriving high-tech industry and quality universities. There is an extensive public transportation (a bit inconvenient from our location however), including a metro system. What struck me right off is the large number of superb buildings.
- [St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/st-michaels-golden-domed-monastery/) - The Soviets destroyed the cathedral in the 30's, and in a telling moment, the Ukrainians rebuilt it to match the original after the fall of the rust ridden Iron Curtain. We can see it in all its glory today. The interior is almost as astounding as the exterior In 2013 protesters took refuge here
- [Photos of the 12th c. frescoes of St Cyril Monastery, in Kiev](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/photos-of-the-12th-c-frescoes-of-st-cyril-monastery-in-kiev/) - August 9, 2018 Today we visited St Cyril Monastery on top of a hill on the north side of Kiev. It dates from the 12th century. The frescoes date from as early as the 12th century. This first piece is the most dramatic. It is so clean and bright that I can not imagine it is
- [Robert Mueller](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/robert-mueller-2/) - I'm watching, I'm listening.
- [St. Cyril's Monastery](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/st-cyrils-monastery/) - St. Cyril's Monastery has a 12th century church with a baroque exterior, however the interior retains much of its 12th century decor, called Kievian Rus. I do not think that this ceiling piece is 12th c, but it is wonderful
- [Ukranian Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ukranian-woman/)
- [Strolling Poland- a short book](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/visiting-poland-book/) - Click on the link below my water color painting of Malbork Castle to see the small book I created about our two months in Poland. https://issuu.com/garyartista/docs/poland_book_2_14d696fd25c58d
- [Tapas With Friends](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tapas-with-friends/) - In a bar in Cabañal having tapas with Ximo and Andea. They are great company. We tried an array of unusual tapas, thanks to Ximo's excellent suggestions. Superb local wine. I had a great time with them in May, sometimes in bar and sometimes at Ximo's place. Cabañal is on the edge of Valencia, Spain
- [Conflans-Sainte-Honorine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/conflans-sainte-honorine/) - Bonjour de Paris! Flew here on Monday from Ukraine's beautiful capital. Staying at a friend's house while she is visiting family in the US. Yesterday we went to Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. There is a community of retired barge owners and workers, and the boarding school for the children of same, still in operation. There are lovely views
- [Closing In](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/closing-in/) - Cohen names Trump in the effort to silence Stormy and McDaniel. Wham!
- [Peg Visits Barge in Conflans-Saint- Honorine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peg-visits-barge-in-conflans-saint-honorine/) - We visited this town to see the barge museum there. This town still has the boarding school barge owners use today.
- [Trumpocchio](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/trumpocchio/)
- [Roofs of Kiev](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/roofs-of-kiev/) - Kiev’s architecture is impressive, largely from the 19th and early 20th with some Soviet Russia era contributions. The city is built on hills, and on cliffs overlooking the Dnieper River. This allows great views of the rooftops as you walk about.
- [Saint Sofia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/saint-sofia/) - Saint Sofia, dating from the 11th century, is one of the most important churches of Kiev. It is named after the Hagia Sofia in Istanbul, an amazing structure dating from the 3rd century Roman period, when Istanbul was called Constantinople after the Roman emperor Constantine. The buildings bear no resemblance to one another, however. Saint
- [Zambia, a short illustrated book about our visit to a small village](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/zambia-a-short-illustrated-book-about-our-visit-to-a-small-village/) - We flew with friends to Dar Es Salaam, the capitol of Tanzania, to go by train to Zambia. The train trip was an adventure of its own. Our destination was a tiny village where our nephew Travis worked as a Peace Corps volunteer, helping the locals build a damn for their fish farm. https://issuu.com/garyartista/docs/zambia_book_edited
- [Woman in Greens](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-in-green/)
- [Our Years in Paris (illustrated)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/visiting-paris/) - This small book encapsulates my years in Paris. https://issuu.com/garyartista/docs/paris_book
- [Ukranian Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ukranian-woman-2/) - We walk to museums, to look at buildings of particular interest, to lunch or dinner. I can not help but look at the people. Ukraine was part of Russia for hundreds of years but the area has been inhabited for over 30,000 years. Who are they? The ethnic group called 'Ukrainian' is Slavic, as are
- [Peg Visits the Nighthawk Bar](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peg-visits-the-nighthawk-bar/) - Based on Hopper's "Nighthawk," I put stylized versions of Peg in the bar.
- [Charmed again: my dinner with Agnes](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/charmed-again-dinner-with-french/) - I find our evenings with friends in Paris especially charming. Could it be the views? Tonight, yes, with a balcony facing the Tour Eiffel at night when the weather permits an open window to the balcony. The Tour flashes at night and the searchlight on top spins 360 degrees. Could it be the
- [Vernon, castle on the Seine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/vernon-castle-on-the-seine/) - Vernon is in Normandy on the Seine downstream from Paris. It's castle, built in 1204, served to protect Paris. The mill ground flour, which could then be readily transported on the Seine. It is a very short distance to Giverny, where Monet established his studio and residence. There is also a museum of Impressionists.
- [Chateau des Tourelles and the Mill, Vernon, France](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/chateau-des-tourelles-and-the-mill-vernon-france/) - The story book castle in Vernon, France Chateau des Tourelles, Vernon, France The Mill in Vernon, on the Seine
- [In Holland: a friendly generous gesture](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/in-holland-a-friendly-generous-gesture/) - I took the the first two photos in Friesland, which is in the north and most rural part of Holland. We saw perhaps 6 of these older wind mills, some of them still at work. We stopped for coffee. There were four older men playing cards and after we got our coffee, the waitress showed
- [Viking in Dokkum](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/viking-in-dokkum/) - This is our summer 'home' for the next few years. It's a 12 meter Dutch motoryacht built in 1996 with a beautiful interior crafted by the original owner from whom we purchased it. We have not been to Dokkum yet with this boat. I used a photo of our first Dutch boat Caprice which we
- [Dancing with Susan](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dancing-with-susan/) - We were good friends in high school and lovers for a bit after that, and still enjoy her company. We danced at our 50th high school reunion, just us for a bit, silly and fun, a bit of swing dancing thrown in, as seen in the second painting.
- [Photos of our boat](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/photos-of-our-boat/) - You might need to scroll down to see the slide show
- [Small Paintings of Geithoorn](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/small-paintings-of-geithoorn/)
- [Pond in Zaandam](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pond-in-zaandam/) - Zaandam on the River Zaan not far from Amsterdam. It is most famous for paintings of houses by Monet when he lived there, and the chocolate factories, of which one remains flooding the area with its lovely aroma. Here's a scene from near where we lived. Detailed views:
- [Peggys in A Lonely Room](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/peggys-in-a-lonely-room/) - Inspired by Edward Hopper's Conference at Night, 1949. Strong contrasts, the powerful light of the window, two shimmering figures replace the dialogue of Conference. Out of focus, fuzzy dresses, perhaps made of fuzzy fabric, envelop the figures in a warmth protective against the rooms colder hues representing the starkness and loneliness of modern urban life.
- [First Kiss](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/first-kiss/) - Giclee print (highest quality available) $60, signed 1 of 100 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="First Kiss" amount="60.00"] High quality prints $35.00, 30 x 42 cm/12″ x 16.5″ [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="First Kiss" amount="35.00"]
- [Santa Sofia in Kiev](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/santa-sofia-in-kiev/) - St Sofía, digital painting of one of Kiev's superb churches.
- [Closing in on Trumpocchio](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/closing-in-on-trumpocchio/)
- [Individual 1- Oh What Webs We Weave](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/individual-1-oh-what-webs-we-wieve/) - All prints are on 12 x 16″/30 x 40 cm, high quality paper High quality prints $35.00 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Oh What Webs regular print" amount="35.00"] Best quality glicee print signed 1 of 50 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Oh What Webs glicee print" amount="60.00"]
- [Travis in Zambia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/travis-in-zambia/)
- [Valencia: City on the Med](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/valencia-city-on-the-med/) - Here is another illustrated small book, this one on our favorite place to live, Valencia, Spain. You can swipe through the pages with your finger on a touch screen. Enjoy! Valencia: City on the Med
- [Palau de la Musica Round Stage, acrylics on canvas](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/palau-de-la-music-round-stage-acrylics-on-canvas-2/) - This takes place in the music hall in the lower level of the Palau de la Musica, in Valencia, Spain. It is one of only three remaining in a large series of paintings. They originate with miniature pen and ink drawings done in the audience at the Palau. They explore the state of mind we
- [The 'Acting' President](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-acting-president/) - All prints are on 12 x 16″/30 x 40 cm, high quality paper High quality prints $35.00 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Acting President regular print" amount="35.00"] Best quality glicee print signed 1 of 50 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Acting President glicee print" amount="60.00"]
- [Crowd Scene at San Giovanni](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/at-san-giovanni-roma/) - We were walking near San Giovanni in Laterano when we ran across this scene. San Giovanni is one of four churches in Rome. It dates from the 4th century although it is much renovated. The main doors come from the Roman senate in the forum. The Pope opens them during Jubilee celebrations. We were there
- [Nude From Rear On Beach in Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/nude-from-rear-on-beach-in-valencia/) - Muscular woman sits naked on the shore. Here from historical afars we see the Romans landing to found this city. Across the sea lies Italy and gobs more of history. Contact for price.
- [More from Roma](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/more-from-roma/) - During a summer in Rome I spent many hours doing pen and ink drawings of some of the most fabulous and sculptures. Here are a few. This magnificent piece was discovered in 1885 at the Quirinali Palace, one of two unrelated sculptures carefully buried there and discovered within a month of one another. The
- [Us](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/us/) - We are in a field in Pennsylvania.
- [I'm In No Rush to Declare a National Emergency](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/im-in-no-rush-to-declare-a-national-emergency/) - "I'm In No Rush to Declare a National Emergency" - Trump Need I say more? All prints are on 12 x 16″/30 x 40 cm, high quality paper High quality prints $35.00 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="National Emergency regular print" amount="35.00"] Best quality glicee print signed 1 of 50 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="National Emergency glicee
- [Witless Asset](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/witless-asset/) - He's not a Russian agent like Nixon was not a crook. All prints are on 12 x 16″/30 x 40 cm, high quality paper High quality prints $35.00 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Double Bubble regular print" amount="35.00"] Best quality glicee print signed 1 of 50 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Double Bubble glicee print" amount="60.00"]
- [Building in Kiev](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/building-in-kiev/) - Building in Kiev, digital painting
- [Marionette Toeing the Kremlin Line](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/marionette-toeing-the-kremlin-line/) - Marionette Toeing the Kremlin Line All prints are on 12 x 16″/30 x 40 cm, high quality paper High quality prints $35.00 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Double Bubble regular print" amount="35.00"] Best quality glicee print signed 1 of 50 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Double Bubble glicee print" amount="60.00"]
- [From the Banister](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/from-the-banister/) - "From the Banister" acrylic painting
- [Matteo](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/matteo/) - Matteo was my mother's brother. He was born in Partanna, Sicily in 1893. His last name differed from his siblings. This anomaly has been prodding my curiosity for several years. Recently I wrote to Partanna to request his birth certificate. Unlike others I'd received, this one did not show his parents. Then I requested a
- [Us in a field in Pennsylvania](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/us-in-a-field-in-pennsylvania/) - Us In a Field in Pennsylvania, digital painting
- [Trains!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/trains/) - We often travel by train. Our most exotic trip was the 54 hour journey on the rickety train between Tanzania and Zambia. Train museums always merit a visit. Contact me for prices on originals and prints
- [English Woman, charcoal portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/english-woman/) - At a bar in the Russafa neighborhood of Valencia I did this charcoal portrait of an English woman.
- [Fiddler On the Hoof](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fiddler-on-the-hoof/) - Rich, indeed! (I made a funny!) Digital painting of a horse, ridden by the fiddler.
- [Drawing the models](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/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.
- [Madam X](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/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
- [Great Canal Journeys- Nederland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/great-canal-journeys-nederland/) - The fabulous canals of Holland explored by Mrs Fawlty and King Lear (actors famous for these roles). Haarlem, Amsterdam, Kukenhof and more. You'll see why we wanted another boat! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZxZDxHGrg&t=1826s
- [The Favorite and Shtisel - two reviews](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-favorite-and-shtisel-two-reviews/) - These reviews may contain spoilers! The Favorite Set in the early 1700’s during the reign of Queen Anne, this costume and interior-rich film dissects the absurdities of the English class system, and governance under royalty. The film depicts Anne in constant pain and can no longer see to read, and either these factors
- [Portrait of Young Man, pastels, after the Rubens sketch](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/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.
- [First Mascleta (huge fireworks display) on Fallas 2019!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/first-mascleta-huge-fireworks-display-on-fallas-2019/) - Last night was the opening night of Fallas in Valencia. That event is a mascleta, a huge fireworks display. It is 10 minutes of non-stop of highly coordinated firework explosions resulting in various formations and figures including stars and spirals, rockets on multiple successive heights, culminating in a vertical mascleta some 10 stories in height
- [La Crida, the opening of Fallas 2019](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/la-crida-the-opening-of-fallas-2019/) - The Crida is the opening ceremony of Fallas. Here is a good video of the one hour program. There are lots of nice light effects on the towers. The impressive although very short fire boomies start around 50'. You can skip forward wherever you like, especially if you want to avoid the speeches in Valenciano. There
- [Gaudi's Barcelona 1- Basilica La Sagrada Familia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/gaudis-barcelona-1-basilica-la-sagrada-familia/) - March 2, 2019 Barcelona is more than just Gaudi, but we concentrated on his architectural gems. Judging by the crowds we were not alone in our choice. We visited the Basilica Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) and Casa Miló during our short visit. For those not familiar with Antoni Gaudi, (1852–1926) was a Spanish whose style
- [Gaudi's Barcelona 2- Casa Milà](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/gaudis-barcelona-2-casa-mila/) - March 2, 1019 Casa Milà is one of several residential structures for which Gaudi is famous, including Casa Vicens, Palau Güell, Casa Batlló, and Casa Calvet, and the last of them. Casa Milà is known for the fantasy faces on the roof and its wavy facade. It was built for Pere Milà and his wife Roser Segimon between 1906 and
- [Barcelona Jazz!  Paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/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
- [Early photos from Fallas 2019](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/early-photos-from-fallas-2019/) - Friday, March 15, 2019 They began delivery of the Fallas' (sculptures) last Monday and were still assembling them as of this afternoon. Here is an early look at some of the fabulous sculptures. [envira-gallery id="8282"]
- [Mascleta March 15, 2019, last 45 seconds](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/mascleta-march-15-2019-last-45-seconds/) - Another impressive ending. I am about 3 blocks away. Crowd crammed together up close. https://youtu.be/Oz3acDma4qM
- [Woman plays Lute](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-plays-lute/) - Ode to Artemisia Gentileschi, 1593 – c. 1656.
- [Fallas' now complete!  March 16th](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fallas-now-complete/) - March 16, 2019 [envira-gallery id="8313"]
- [Fallas sculptures from our walk around March 17, 2019](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fallas-sculptures-from-our-walk-around-march-17-2019/) - After three long days of walking, our legs are starting to complain. But the photos must go through! [envira-gallery id="8334"] [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zNCVQRcn9c [/embedyt] Short video of one of the small parades that occur during Fallas. Women, children and men wearing clothes dating from the 1850's accompanied by bands that often include the traditional Valencian
- [The final day of Fallas, 2019](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-final-day-of-fallas-2019/) - Here are photos from the last day of Fallas, March 19, 2019. Included are photos of Mary in the Plaza de la Virgen covered with flowers and one or two from earlier on while they are building. Nuria and Zoe in their Fallera dresses in the first photo. We walked about 3 hours to get
- [Field with Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/field-with-woman/) - 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.
- [Mae on the Sofa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/mae-on-the-sofa/) - I happened to catch one of my granddaughters on the sofa during the recent visit. Pen and ink
- [Contrabass Player (drawing)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/contrabass-player-drawing/) - From a drawing made at the Palau de la Musica
- [Sicily's Northern Coast](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sicilys-northern-coast/) - After a visit to the friendliest and most helpful car rental agent at Palermo's airport, sited at water's edge and loomed over by a craggy steep mountain of volcanic rock, we set off in our tiny Twingo to Castelmare del Golfo to find a place for lunch. We happened across a brand new place overlooking
- [The Ancestral Towns](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-ancestral-towns/) - March 31, 2018 My grandparents were born in the small towns of Partanna and Santa Ninfa, emigrating to the US in 1914-15. I am the first time on the US side anyone has visited these places. The two are in the province of Trapanni between the cities of Trapanni and Marsala but inland, and
- [The Greek Temples of Selinunte](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-greek-temples-of-selinunte/) - March 31, 2019 On the coast just 20km from my ancestral town of Partanna and 50km from the port of Marsala you find the archaeological area called Selinunte. http://selinunte.gov.it/ It dates from 450 BCE. It has some of the finest Greek ruins anywhere. Selinunte was a moderately-sized town, surprising given the
- [Erice, ancient mountain top village on the coast](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/erice-ancient-mountain-top-village-on-the-coast/) - April 1, 2019 Erice is perched atop Mount Erice, about 750 meters/2400 feet above the Sicilian coast north of Palermo overlooking our previous nights' stay in Nubia's salt flats. It was founded by the Phonecians. It's stone houses offer charming looks while the dramatic views of the land and sea below its steep sides
- [Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonio Salinas](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/some-excellent-ancient-pieces-in-palermos-museo-archeologico-regionale-antonio-salinas/) - Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonio Salinas has examples of Punic (Carthaginian), ancient Greek, as well as a rare Phoenician sarcophagus. It contains some of the fine work from the Greek temples of Selinunte, built by the Elymians. Yes, those are turtles!
- [The Norman Palace, Palermo](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-norman-palace-palermo/) - Palazzo de Normanni, the Norman Palace, is one of several Arab-Norman buildings in Palermo. It was the seat of the Norman kings, whose reign started in 1072, just 6 years after conquering England, ending in 1139. The Palace began as an Arab structure in the 10th century. Vaults from that period remain visible. The Punic
- [Mercato Ballarò](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/mercato-ballaro/) - April 5, 2018 Walked through the huge Mercato Ballarò market today. Vendors loudly barking (abbanniate) their wares. Scooters inch through the crowds viewing the colorful booths, cars struggle through intersections, almost nudging the pedestrian traffic. A few restaurants pass out fliers but we had great street food, lunch for 2 for 6 euros, eggplant pasta
- [In the Park in St Petersburg Russia, acrylic painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/in-the-park-in-st-petersburg-russia-acrylic-painting/) - 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.
- [Chiesa Santa Ninfa ai Crociferi, a repository of fine art](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/chiesa-santa-ninfa-ai-crociferi-a-repository-of-fine-art/) - There is a circuit of churches in Palermo. These buildings are centuries old. Due to high maintenance and restoration costs they charge a small entrance fee. On the circuit is Santa Ninfa which we happened across walking down the center of via Maqueda, today being pedestrian only. I noticed the name on the exterior plaque
- [Superb Baroque ceiling paintings of  Chiesa di San Giuseppe dei Teatini](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/superb-baroque-ceiling-paintings-of-chiesa-di-san-giuseppe-dei-teatini/) - Open the door and you are a greeted by an amazing display of Baroque art in a brightly lit interior. There are stuccoes by Paolo Corso and Giuseppe Serpotta. Frescoes in the nave and the vault by Tancredi, Borremans and Velasquez. They were severely damaged during WW2 but expertly restored. There is a wood crucifix
- [Necropoli Punica](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/necropoli-punica/) - Necropoli Punica dates to between the city's founding in 734 BCE as 'Ziz' (changed to Pánormos by the Greeks) in 734. The Necopolis on Corso Calatafimi has an excellent if somewhat technical narrative panel. You can walk into the dig and one level down into several burial sites. The site is behind the Norman Palace, placing
- [Chiesa de SS. Trinita de Maggione](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/chiesa-de-ss-trinita-de-maggione/) - April 11, 2019 Chiesa de SS. Trinita de Maggione is an 11th century Arab-Norman Church located near the old port area, called La Cala, roughly equidistant from Vila Giulia, thus one of the oldest parts of Palermo. Next to it is where the family home of anti-Mafia hero Giovanni Falcone once stood. The church was
- [Chiesa San Agostino and Oratorio della SS. Carita di San Piedro](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/chiesa-san-agostino-and-oratorio-della-ss-carita-di-san-piedro/) - Oratorio della SS. Carita di San Piedro is a small church originally connected to a secular effort to raise funds for the ransom the religious abducted by pirates. The anteroom has outstanding frescoes by Guglielmo Borremans. One is "The escape of St. Peter from the Prison," the other "The Glory of St. Peter." There is
- [Woman in a Van Gogh Field](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-in-a-van-gogh-ish-field/) - I joined with two other artists in Valencia to hire a model with whom we enjoyed working. She is able to hold long poses. Over three hours I painted her in acrylics and later added the clothing and background. I took as inspiration for the background the landscape paintings of Van Gogh, with a twist.
- [Memories of the Tall Ships in the Nederlands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/memories-of-the-tall-ships-in-the-nederlands/) - April 2019 We have friends in Haarlem, the Haarlem in the Nederlands, not the Harlem in New York City. We are going to meet them in May at a spot off the Ijsselmeer in the middle of nowhere. It's where we first met them in 2000. It was their idea, and how charming of them
- [The heights of Serpotta's art - the Oratorio Santissimo Rosario in Santa Cita](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-heights-of-serpotas-art-the-oratorio-santissimo-rosario-in-santa-cita/) - Oratorio di Santa Cita (1590) must be seen to be believed. This must be Serpottas's masterpiece. He worked on it from 1687-1718. Every piece is a superb example of Baroque stucco art. Here's Peg's video: [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8MUhPADDiM[/embedyt] This one is professionally done so the lighting and contrast are excellent [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6q-AKjcM78[/embedyt]
- [Pechersk Lavra](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pechersk-lavra/) - Pechersk Lavra is also called the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves. It is an Orthodox Christian monastery located on the cliffs overlooking the Dnieper River in Kiev. There are extensive caves which were occupied by monks. There are beautiful church domes.
- [A Good Friday Procession in Palermo](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-good-friday-procession-in-palermo/) - April 19, 2019 We were doing this and that in our apartment when we finally heard the procession going by. I managed to get a short video. The Mary had already gone around the corner so you can see it just from behind. You can hear the music, though it has been pretty much the
- [Duomo Monreale](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/duomo-monreale/) - April 20, 2019 Duomo Monreale , also referred to as the Cathedral of Monreale, sits at height over the valley in which Palermo resides. The views of the city, the large natural port, and the surrounding urban and rural zones are expansive. Here's a video with some good shots of the valley, taking you then
- [The Sound and the Fury](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-sound-and-the-fury/) - The Sound and the Fury Giclee print (highest quality available), signed 1 of 100 $60 My play upon these words from Macbeth, Scene V MACBETH She should have died hereafter;There would have been a time for such a
- [Everything needs to change, so everything can stay the same.](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/everything-needs-to-change-so-everything-can-stay-the-same/) - April 27, 2019 In 1956 the Sicilian Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote a novel called Il Gattopardo, The Leopard. It was published in 1958, after his death. The book won the 1959 Strega Prize, Italy's highest award for fiction. In 2012 the Observor named the book one of the best 10 historical novels. It's
- [Palermo- a city to visit, a city on the edge](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/palermo-a-city-to-visit-a-city-on-the-edge/) - Arpil 2019 Palermo has many charms, starting with the friendly people, continuing with the superb church art and architecture, many lovely parks and piazzas, opera, and a ton of diverse history. To these charms add the Greek temples in Arigento and Selinunte, Erice, Siracusa, Noto and other destinations not far away, and you have
- [View of Haarlem](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/view-of-haarlem/) - Haarlem is a small city to the west of Amsterdam, and home to some great friends who are long time boaters. The downtown area is full of so much old world charm you will need to hand on to the nearest bar stool to remain standing. Street food, huge cheese wheels, outdoor seating if the
- [On the River Vecht](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/on-the-river-vecht/) - May 2019 The Vecht is a small river that looks to originate near Utrecht, terminating in the IIjmeer. Where we are moored just outside Nederhorst den Berg, a one street town. We are practically in the shadow of an old windmill, probably restored as it appears to be in good condition. There are cows
- [In Eemdijk, a small town](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/in-small-towns-of-holland/) - May 29, 2019 I have a new gallery. They put up a number of my paintings. Check them out at https://www.artsy.net/design-art-concepts/artist/gary-j-kirkpatrick We have been on Viking for almost a month, making necessary repairs, learning how things work, making it more comfortable for us, going through the previous owner's tools, nuts, bolts screws, spare
- [Edam](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/edam/) - May 29, 2019 From our lonely spot on the Eem River we cruised into first the Goolmeer, which then becomes the Ijmeer, then the Markemeer, which in turn is the Ijsselmeer, an inland sea that opens to the North Sea. This is all one body of water with sections given these various names. These
- [Alkmaar](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/alkmaar/) - June 2 Passing through the remaining seven bridges of Edam is a bit of a challenge due to the narrowness of the canal and the ever present wind. At times our boat barely fit between the small bridges. The harbormaster of the day biked from bridge to bridge to open them as we arrived,
- [Bridge in Edam, watercolor painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bridge-in-edam-watercolor-painting/) - This is a watercolor painting of a bridge in Edam. The narrow canal is protected from the Ijsselmeer by a lock. There are 7 bridges. A bridge tender takes you through, biking from one to the next. It's a lovely place to visit, by boat or otherwise.
- [‘s Hertogenbosch](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/s-hertogenbosch/) - June 16, 2019 ‘s Hertogenbosch This city of 150,000 offers a mix of traditional and modern architecture in its downtown area. There are restaurants, bars and cafe’s galore, most of them busy this beautiful Sunday. Meanwhile, huge silos of a defunct factory have been painted by artists in celebration of graffiti art. A
- [Muiden Castle, water color](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/muiden-castle-water-color/) - Muiden is a small town near Weesp. It's castle protected the entrance to Amsterdam from the southeast. There's a large lock controlling entrance to the Vecht River where the moated castle is located.
- [Dordrecht, an island in a recovered land](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dordrecht-an-island-in-a-recovered-land/) - June 25, 2019 Dordrecht is an island in an inland sea, less obvious now given the recovered land. However, in the 14th, some three hundred years after its 11c founding on the banks of the Thuredrith River, a huge storm created what is now called the National Park of the Biesbosch, through which we
- [Willemstad, on the Hollands Diepe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/willemstad-on-the-hollands-diepe/) - July 3, 2019 This is Willemstad, a neat small town with a brick clad windmill, as well as a lovely old houses. l. There was an army of large vessels on this beautiful day. Below you will see a traditional sailing barge, not particularly large but lovingly restored. In the morning following
- [Girl with Stuffed Animal, watercolor painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/girl-with-stuffed-animal-watercolor-painting/) - In private collection
- [Delft](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/delft/) - July 7, 2019 Here's another charming Dutch town, dating from the 13th century, important historically as well as being to this day the home of technological R&D in the Nederlands emanating from Delft's University of Technology. It is also famous for Delft pottery, porcelain made using Chinese techniques developed in the 14th century and
- [Gouda](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/gouda/) - July 11, 2019 Gouda (pronounced as in 'howda') is 45 minute bus and train trip from our mooring on the Oude Rijn (Old Rhine, part of the Rhine river system) in Alfan aan Den Rihn. Aside from being the home of the well known cheese, much more varied and flavorful than the bland version
- [Shopping Local!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/shopping-local/) - The browsing, selection and purchase of goods and commodities have become one of the defining activities of modern urban life. In this consumer culture, shopping has become a crucial ritual for shaping and transforming our identities. Artists have always been fascinated and intrigued by the consumer culture and the way it shapes our society. At
- [Portrait of Frank Zappa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-frank-zappa/) - Musician who became popular in the 1960's. 1940 -1993. From the Wiki: He was an American multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire of American culture.[2] In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works, and produced almost all of the 60-plus
- [Shopping Local!  (vers 2)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/shopping-local-vers-2/) - This is a smaller version of my submission for a special exhibit at Art Basel in Miami September, 2019. The exhibit is about Consumerism. “The browsing, selection and purchase of goods and commodities have become one of the defining activities of modern urban life. In this consumer culture, shopping has become a crucial ritual for
- [Churches in Delft and Haarlem in pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/churches-in-delft-and-haarlem-in-pen-and-ink/) - July 15, 2019 Delft is a lovely small town, with two superb large churches. This is the Nieuwe (New) Kerk. For a mere 3 euros you can have a coke and draw the church in Haarlem's main square.
- [Portrait of Twin Boys (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-twin-boys-watercolor/) - I occasionally do commissions. Here is one in watercolor for a family in Florida.
- [Cruising from Alphen on the Rhine to Medemblik](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cruising-from-alphen-on-the-rhine-to-medemblik/) - July 25, 2019 Since Gouda we have been on the move, visiting interesting small towns. From Alphen on the Rhine we cruised to Oost-Graftdijk, which has a harbor whose entrance is barely wider than our boat. There was a friendly harbor master on duty that day. This marina is organized as a club so
- [Hoorn](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hoorn/) - July 29-30, 2019 Hoorn (circa 1200) is another of Holland's charming historical villages. It is on the Ijsselmeer south of Medemblik. On our boat it took about four hours. The sea was calm, fortunately, and the strong breeze kept us quite comfortable in another warm day of around 27c (80f). There were many people
- [Portraits of Girl (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portraits-of-girl-watercolor/) - Two portraits of a young girl, done several years apart. Both are in watercolor
- [Steam Locomotive, pen and ink drawing ](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/steam-locomotive-pen-and-ink-drawing/) - Between Hoorn and Medemblik you can travel by steam locomotive. The volunteers have painstakingly restored the engine and cars. We enjoyed the company of a tall blond (there are many here) and her two girls, here depicted with the volunteer attendant in very well made traditional costume.
- [Viking at Geldese Hout Bridge](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/viking-at-geldese-hout-bridge/)
- [Hoorn to Lelystad](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hoorn-to-lelystad/) - July 30, 2019 Leaving Hoorn is an easy affair, passing by the wonderful old keep at the entrance to the old harbor. From there the crossing to Lelystad takes you across the Markermeer. We skipped the bird sanctuary just off the coast and then found the convoluted entrance to Lelystad. The bouys take you
- [Pagentry in the campo](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pagentry-in-the-campo/) - August 9, 2019 Zwartesluis (Black lock) is a tiny village, so tiny that it's main feature is the lock through which we passed. So where were all the cars, bikes and pedestrians passing by the boat going to? We got the bikes off the bow and followed the flow towards the bridge. There workers
- [Giethoorn to Lemmer](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/giethoorn-to-lemmer/) - Giethoorn is a waterland fantasy, a tiny village founded by a flagellant sect from somewhere in the Mediterranean, per the wiki. I think they were Italians as I have read so somewhere a while back. Now it is a major tourist destination and often referred to as the Venice of the North, it is best
- [Three pen and ink drawings from recent travels in the Nederlands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/three-pen-and-ink-drawings-from-recent-travels-in-the-nederlands/) - August 17, 2019 We stayed on an island near Woudseen, from which I drew this scene. It is a tranquil spot with room for about 12 boats. The island has many mice who dig in the sand. We were there for two nights. This mooring is on the outskirts of
- [Waterpoort, Sneek, Nederlands  pen and ink drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/waterpoort-sneek-nederlands-pen-and-ink-drawing/) - Sneek is a small city in Friesland, the northeast part of the Nederlands. It has a gorgeous gate and other architectural gems. It faces the canal. We were moored just in front of it.
- [House in the garden at Giethoorn, pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/house-in-the-garden-at-giethoorn-pen-and-ink/) - August 2019, from our recent visit to this Venice of the North
- [Waves droves us back](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/waves-droves-us-back/) - August 15, 2019 After a night in Lemmer, on the Ijsselmeer side of the lock, we ventured forth onto the Ijsselmeer with Force 2-3 winds predicted. It all went well enough in the protected area, with just a slight chop as you would expect from that level of wind. Once we left the protected
- [Stream in Giethoorn,pen and ink,](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/stream-in-giethoornpen-and-ink/)
- [Dokkum, crawling under bridges](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dokkum-crawling-under-bridges/) - August 25, 2019 In 2000 we came to Dokkum, a small town in Friesland, the northeast section of the Nederlands. It has two thatched roof windmills whose sails are lit at night with a subtle purple light. On the way
- [In a Hopper Cafe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pegs-in-a-hopper-cafe/) - “In A Hopper Cafe” is another in the series echoing the work of American artists Edward Hopper, this one inspired by Hopper’s ‘Chop Suey. Strong lines contrast with fuzziness in the figures, hard lines with soft, outdoors with the indoors, the comparative focus of the indoor scene with the uncertainty of whatever lies beyond with
- [Latest news from our time in the Peace Corps](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/latest-news-from-our-time-in-the-peace-corps/) - September, 2019 We were in Peace Corps Panama 2009-10. We worked with coffee producers. Some were using organic methods, switching after deeming chemicals too toxic for workers and the environment. One, Lito Lezcano, developed organic products to fertilize and fumigate the plants, which were shade grown under platanos and other trees. One of the
- [Zwolle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/zwolle/) - September 18, 2019 There is evidence of inhabitation in Zwolle (meaning 'hill,' a cognate of 'swollen') during the Bronze Age, circa 6000 bce. The Franks occupied the area during Roman times. The city dates from 800 CE. In the area around the hill upon which the city there are four rivers, IJssel, Vecht, Aa
- [Farewell to Downton Abbey](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/farewell-to-downton-abbey/) - While we were in Zwolle we went to see Downton Abbey, the movie, at the luxurious new theater. As you may have already noted, the movie added to the story but did not cut any new paths. In fact it is a reinforcement of the absurdities caused by the Englishclass system. Among the lesson of
- [Viking in Dokkum 2](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/viking-in-dokkum-2/) - This is my second rendition of our boat in front of one of the two old windmills in the tiny town of Dokkum in Friesland, the northeast province of the Netherlands.
- [Thessaloniki, co-capitol of Greece, 315 BCE](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/thessaloniki-co-capitol-of-greece-315-bce/) - October 2, 2019 Thessaloniki is the capitol of the Macedonian region of Greece (not the country called North Macedonia), the second-largest city in Greece. In Greek it is referred to as the co-capitol of the country, a position it also occupied in the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople. Founded in 315 BCE, it was named
- [Churches of Thessaloniki:  Agia Sofia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/churches-of-thessaloniki-agia-sofia/) - The Agia Sophia dates from the 8th century and is modeled after the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (4th century), also still standing. Photos by Peg. The Ascension is shown in the dome. The church was converted into a mosque after the city's absorption into the Ottoman Empire in
- [Churches of Thessaloniki:  Panagia Archiropiitos](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/churches-of-thessaloniki-panagia-archiropiitos/) - September 2019 Panagia (Mary) Archiropiitos might be named after a icon of Panagia Hodegetria said to have miraculously appeared. Archiropiitos means 'not made by hands.' The church dates from the 5th century. It is a basilica, meaning it has a center aisle flanked by a side aisle on each side (some basilicas have two side
- [At the Bakery](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/at-the-bakery/) - There is an excellent bakery just around the corner from our place in Valencia. A friendly young woman frequently serves us. So I got the idea of putting her into a scene like Monet's Bar at the Folies scene. This is what I have done here. I consider this a study for a larger piece.
- [The Parthenon at Dusk](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-parthenon-at-dusk/)
- [The Acropolis](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-acropoli/) - Oct 7, 2019 We boarded the train for Athens in Thessaloniki a week ago for the 4 hour journey, waving to the gods as we passed Mount Olympus, ducking a lighting bolt chucked our way. These gods dislike non-believers, apparently. The dry land between us and the gods supports cotton fields
- [British Cemetery in Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/british-cemetery-in-valencia/) - The British Cemetery in Valencia. Net proceeds go to its maintenance.
- [Photos from the National Archaeological Museum in Athens](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/photos-from-the-national-archaeological-museum-in-athens/) - The National Archaeological Museum in Athens is one of the world's finest of its type and competes with the best of any type. The collection is stupendous and the display and organization are top notch. Here are some of the photos we took during our visit. [envira-gallery id="9528"]
- [Gaudi Jazz](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/gaudi-jazz/) - Inspired by the fabulous architecture of Antonio Gaudi, the turn of the century architect who gave Barcelona some of the most fabulous buildings on earth.
- [A Portrait of a Woman of Power and Judgment](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-woman-2/) - A digital portrait, done from scratch on my Wacom tablet.
- [A bit of the history of the Acropolis](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-bit-of-the-history-of-the-acropolis/) - The Acropolis overlooks Athens on a limestone outcropping providing great views of the city and inspiring views of the temples from below, the Parthenon being the most prominent. Its defensive properties no doubt appealed to early inhabitants. Evidence of their interest dates to the 4th millennium BCE. The Mycenaean Megaron palace was probably built here
- [Keystone Kraps: Ukraine Scandal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/keystone-craps-ukraine-scandal/) - All prints are on 12 x 16″/30 x 40 cm, high quality paper High quality prints $35.00 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Keystone Kraps egular print" amount="35.00"] Best quality glicee print signed 1 of 50 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Keystone Kraps glicee print" amount="60.00"]
- [Art of the Con](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/art-of-the-con/) - The disaster continues High quality prints $35.00 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Art of the Con regular print" amount="35.00"] Best quality glicee print signed 1 of 50 [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Art of the Con glicee print" amount="60.00"]
- [Conversations](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/conversation/) - This is another in my Hopper series, this one inspired by Hopper's Automat. Strong lines contrast with fuzziness in the figures, overhead lighting with the darkness outdoors, the comparative focus of the indoor scene with the night, a feeling of having conquered the uncertainty of the darkness but with but a slim barrier of safety.
- [On Greek cuisine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/on-greek-cuisine/) - I am impressed with what's on offer in Greece, both the raw ingredients and prepared foods either in restaurants or in the grocery stores. Commonly used spices include allspice, cardamon, cloves, coriander, mahlab, mastic (also an after dinner drink), nutmeg, saffron, and sumac. I suggest you forget about ordering moussaka and pastitsio while here
- [St Nicolas Church of Piraeus](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/st-nicolas-church-of-piraeus/) - The lovely St Nicolas Church of Piraeus was finished around 1900. It stands near the main harbor in Piraeus, the port city next to Athens from which many ferries depart for the multitude of Greek islands. Of the Greek Orthodox churches we have seen, it comes closest to the magnificent Orthodox churches we saw in
- [Double Take!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/double-take/) - Scroll down for larger image.
- [Woman, With Hair](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-with-hair/)
- [Woman Chatting, pen and ink drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-chatting-pen-and-ink-drawing/) - Pen and ink drawing using the two hands method.
- [Carmen Stretches](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/carmen-stretches/) - Carmen is one of my favorite models. She's lanky, a ballerina with great stretching poses. As you can see, this had to be quickly done. Sometimes you get the best results when you do not have much time.
- [Frank Kirkpatrick](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/frank-kirkpatrick/) - Frank Kirkpatrick, my father, here age 73. Today is Veteran's Day in the US. He served in WW2, fighting the Nazis. He landed in Le Harvre during the invasion. He achieved the rank of Sargent. Thank you for your service to our country and our allies.
- [Portrait of Van Gogh as a Young Man](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-van-gogh-as-a-young-man/) - I did this pencil portrait from a photo of Van Gogh that was hanging in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It's a bit hard to believe he was ever this healthy in appearance. His self portraits reveal his struggle for mental health and artistic achievement.
- [Trump: The Call Was Perfect.  Let me prove it.](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tr/)
- [In Vincent's Field](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pegs-in-a-vincent-field-acrylics/) - This is after Van Gogh’s “Wheat Field with a Lark,” It is the fifth in the series, starring my wife Peg and my friend Vincent.
- [Tubas at the Palau, acrylics](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tubas-at-the-palau-acrylics/) - This is another in a series of paintings based on pen and ink drawings done at the Palau de la Musica. There are normally tuba and contrabass sections of these symphonic bands.
- [Festival Internacional de Mediometrajes (short films) 2019 in Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/festival-internacional-de-mediometrajes-short-films-2019-in-valencia/) - short films or Mediometrajes in Valencia, Spain. Film festival
- [Carmen Stretches Forward](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/carmen-stretches-forward/)
- [Plaza Redonda in Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/plaza-redonda-in-valencia/) - "Plaza Redondo in Valencia." 30 x 40 cm, 11.5 x 16.5' Watercolor I did several years ago, when I was going round with a group of Spanish watercolor artists. I published a small illustrated book about the Spanish city which you can read for free http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/valencia-city-on-the-med/ .
- [Bolivian Dance at Midnight](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bolivian-dance-at-midnight/) - December 14, 2019 It was a bit past midnight. We were on the way home from the theater, passing through Parque Turia, when we came across this group doing some worship dancing. There is an impromptu shrine to Mary in front of which they dance. Bolivian folk dance There were perhaps 100 people
- [Clochina (Valencia mussels): a special treat](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/clochina-valencia-mussels-a-special-treat/) - When the local local mussels are in, Valencianos dig in! Called 'Clóchinas, they are smaller than most of the also excellent mussels we get all year long from Galicia. They can be a bit saltier than the Galician variety, farmed in the fjords of that province, as they grow in saltier water and on
- [In a van Gogh Field](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/in-a-van-gogh-field/) - This adds to my series of paintings echoing Van Gogh. The lark makes an appearance in the scrumbly, swilley sky as brightly dressed visitors head for the field.
- [Sophonisba Anguisciola and Livinia Fontana, 16th c. Italian Painters](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sophonisba-anguisciola-and-livinia-fontana-16th-c-italian-painters/) - December 2019 These two women are currently exhibited at El Prado in Madrid, which I attended recently. It is a large collection. Unfortunately they do not allow photos. You can see a few more at their website El Prado expos. Lavinia Fontana (1552 – 1614) was trained by her father Prospero Fontana of the well known
- [Hungarian Woman 111](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hungarian-woman-111/) - This is based on a portrait of a friend. Despite all the decoration she is still clearly there!
- [44,000 year old cave paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/44000-year-old-cave-paintings/) - December 18, 2019 The oldest form of communication that reaches us from ancient man comes from artists. The oldest drawing, found on a rock in South Africa last year, is some 73,000 years old. In Germany there is a 40,000-year-old sculpture of a human with lion’s head. In France, a 14,000- to 21,000-year old mural
- [Nude On Sofa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/nude/) - Excellent model at my studio
- [The Screams- Solitary Confinement in Lithuania](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-screams-solitary-confinement-in-lithuania/) - The Screams- Solitary Confinement in Lithuania was done during our visit to Lithuhania. This scene is from the Gestapo/Soviet detention and torture facility. This nightmare is the solitary confinement chamber just barely bog enough for one person and was probable kept very dark. It's torture without leaving a mark on your body. I write more
- [Avec Ma Fille a Paris](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/avec-ma-fille-a-paris/) - With Avec Ma Fille a Paris, With My Daughter in Paris. At Notre Dame
- [Sketches from England](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/sketches-from-england/) - We stayed at a friend's house in this small town in England near Cambridge, where they filmed episodes of Inspector Morse, a popular British detective show from the 1980's or 90's. It was a farm house converted to a residence, with much charm. It was heated by the huge kitchen stove with water circulating to
- [Dos Amigas](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dos-amigas/) - Acrylic portrait of two women
- [Into the Night Sky](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/into-the-night-sky/) - From the story of Julio and Alicia in El Gran Hotel. The story takes place in turn of the century Spain. Julio looks for his missing sister at the Hotel, finding work as a waiter. He finds a sympathetic ear in Alicia, who is forced to wed a crooked partner of her parents. In the
- [Croquis Cafe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/croquis-cafe/) - Croquis Cafe is an ode to Edward Hopper’s Sunlight In a Cafeteria.
- [The Kirkpatrick/Kilpatrick Clan](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-kirkpatrick-kilpatrick-clan/) - As a result of my interest in Italian citizenship I made contact with a high school classmate with expertise in the scientific aspects of genealogy in 2008. She arranged for me to have a Y-DNA test to the 37th allele. The Y test traces your paternal heritage. This is more appropriate for heritage tracing where
- [The astounding art of the tomb of Nefertari](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-astounding-art-of-the-tomb-of-nefertari/) - See the art in the tomb of Nefertari
- [Color!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/color/) - fabulous color in paintings!
- [Banda de Valencia, dynamic woman conducts](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/banda-de-valencia-dynamic-woman-conducts/) - The symphonic bands of Valencia performs pieces by composers in the audience.
- [Family portraits](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/family-portraits/) - Family portraits in various media
- [The Shutdown in Spain](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-shutdown-in-spain/) - Covid19 Lockdown in Spain
- [Day 2 of The Lockdown](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/day-2-of-the-lockdown/) - We are up to around 10,000 cases in Spain with 500 deaths. Land borders are closed except to returning citizens and residents. China is sending materials and some experts. At least 19 dead in a nursing home in Madrid. Some 150 died in one day. The Health ministry says they can not test everyone that
- [Day 7 of the lockdown in Spain](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/day-6-of-the-lockdown-in-spain/) - Stats for Spain: 18890 with 1083 deaths. This is up from 8000 a week ago when there were 200 deaths. I am using the Washington Post site every day to maintain consistency, other sites may vary. For example, the national paper El Pais for example shows that there are "21.570 infectados y 1.094 muertos." Another
- [A Bakery in Petxina](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-bakery-in-petxina/) - An ode to Manet This scene is based upon our local bakery, and inspired by Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère. Petxina (pronounced 'Pechina') is a neighborhood of Valencia. The bakery is around the corner from us.
- [Turron de Jijona](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/turron-de-jijona/) - Turron de Jijona is Spanish soft nougat, with a wonderful almond and honey flavor. Jijona is the small town near Valencia where it is made. This turron is protected by European Union, through the IGP (Indicación Geográfica Protegida). It is made in December of each year and is a common end of the year treat. Almonds are
- [Oh Solo Mia!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/oh-solo-mia/) - "O sole mio" which is the basis for my pun is a famous Neapolitan song written in 1898. Lyrics by Giovanni Capurro, music by Eduardo di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi. It is usually sung in the Neopolitan dialect. 'O sole mio in Italian is 'Il mio sole,' "my sun" or "my sunshine." O Solo Mia
- ["Unorthodox" (on Netflix)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/unorthodox-on-netflix/) - "Unorthodox" (on Netflix) is an excellent 4 part series looking at life in Williamsburg, a section of Brooklyn. The series is based on the autobiography of Deborah Feldman, b. 1986. Her mother left the faith and her father was mentally ill so her grandmother raised her. In the series Esty (Deborah) struggles to have intercourse,
- [Update Day 16](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/update-day-10/) - There are now 87,956 cases up from 80,110 yesterday, with 7,846 fatalities, up from 6,875 yesterday. The virus is yielding, albeit grudgingly, to harsh measures. People fleeing to second homes are being fined and turned back, for example. You must have a certificate to work or you can be fined. Spain is not getting help
- [Morris Minor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/morris-minor/) - This is the car I drove as a teenager. It's a 1958 or 59 Morris Minor 1000 produced in the UK. Morris is famous for the MG, standing for Morris Garage. It was manufactured fom 1948 and 1971. There were three series: the MM (1948 to 1953), the Series II (1952 to 1956), and the
- [Study of Couple](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/study-of-couple/) - From a scene in The Crown, Anne with her photographer boyfriend
- [Loosening of restrictions](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/loosening-of-restrictions/) - Happier days in Spain may not be far off. Here in Valencia saw the first loosening of restrictions. Construction workers were most noticeably back to work starting yesterday, April 14. Traffic was also up, with more people were using public transport, where each passenger is provided with a mask. On buses you have to use
- [Picard](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/picard/) - Patrick Stewart has aged, making for interesting challenges for an artist, so I took it on. Patrick Stewart b. 1940 an English actor, director and producer. He started as a Shakespearean actor before going to television and film. He has been nominated for multiple awards. He is one of my favorite actors. I watched
- [Frankenstein: The National Theater](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/frankenstein-the-national-theater/) - Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate as the Creature and Victor Frankenstein in the UK's National Theater production of Frankenstein. It's available on YouTube for a limited period so do not waste time waiting to see it. It's hard to believe that I have never sn Frankenstein produced, neither on film nor on stage,
- [Days out in Valencia: the lock down lifts a bit](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/days-out-in-valencia-the-lock-down-lifts-a-bit/) - The Spanish government began allowing some outdoor activity as of May 2. It is divided by age group and you can still only get close to people you live with. Necessary activities are still subject to physical distances. You must stay withing one kilometer of your house. We will still have to rely on the
- [Paintings and drawings of ships and boats of the Netherlands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/paintings-and-drawing-s-of-ship-and-boats-of-the-netherlands/) - During our many travels to the Netherlands we have seen many boats and owned two ourselves. Viking is our current boat. We have seen two Tall Ships parades that terminated in Amsterdam, one in 2000 and another in 2015. These are magnificent sailing ships with three to fives masts. Here are my paintings and drawings.
- [Portrait of a Teenage Girl](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-a-teenage-girl/) - Portrait of a teenage girl
- [Traveling Through The Tomb Called Madrid](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/traveling-through-the-tomb-called-madrid/) - Corona virus in Madrid
- [Back on the boat in Netherlands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/back-on-the-boat-in-netherlands/) - May 18, 2020 From a masked airplane ride from Madrid we proceeded to the masked train ride but not before a perfunctory interview upon debarking the KLM flight from Madrid. They did not keep the virus questionnaire at the end of the 30 second interview. That saved time helped us make a perfect connection to
- [Pandemic measures in Netherlands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pandemic-measures-in-netherlands/) - Pandemic in Holland
- [Almere to Meppel](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/almere-to-meppel/) - Boating in the Nederlands
- [Cruising in Drenthe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cruising-in-drenthe/) - Boating in Drenthe, Nederlands
- [On the Terraza, acrylics](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/on-the-terraza-acrylics/) - Scene from a a Spanish patio
- [Portrait of Young Woman II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-young-woman-ii/) - Portrait of a young woman, acrylics
- [Scenes from Drenthe and Gronigen provinces](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/scenes-from-drenthe-and-gronigen-provinces/) - Boating in Drenthe and Gronigen
- [Into Germany](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/into-germany/) - To take a boat like ours into Germany, France, Belgium and the rest of the EU requires an operator's license, called a Certificate of Competence, a marine radio certificate and boat registration papers, which are not used in the Netherlands to convey ownership so the Dutch national yacht association issues them. You also need proof
- [Day 1 on the Mittelland Kanal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/day-1-on-the-mittelland-kanal/) - boating on the Mittelland Kanal, mooring in a peaceful setting
- [Minden](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/minden/) - Minden is a small town with some significant architecture from the middle ages
- [Hanover](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hannover/) - Hannover has several good museums and some great medieval architecture
- [Bülstringen and Wolfsburg, Germany](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bulstringen-and-wolfsburg-germany/) - A visit to a small prosperous city and a quiet village along the Mittelland Kanal
- [Brandenburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/brandenburg/) - visit to the historic town of Brandenburg with photos
- [Potsdam](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/potsdam/) - Visiting Potsdam on our 12 meter motor yacht
- [Pergamon: The Panorma](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pergamon-the-panorma/) - Pergamon Museum houses artifacts from Pergamon, an ancient Greek and later Roman city in what is now Turkey. In the 1880's a German archaeologist came across workers breaking down marble columns and carvings to use as fuel. He made arrangements with the Ottomans to excavate the site and share the finds. The most fabulous find
- [Entering a lock](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/entering-a-lock/) - I filmed this video as we were entering a lock on the Mittleland Kanal in Germany. I had to stop as we were close to docking as I need both hands and sometimes more to get us to the side of the lock where we can secure the boat for the ride up or down.
- [Barge Clears Canal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/barge-clears-canal/) - An unattended barge on the Mitteland Kanal came loose from its moorings, blocking the canal. A barge pushed the barge back to the dock. I videoed the process.
- [Cove in Brandenburg, pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cove-in-brandenburg-pen-and-ink/) - Pen and ink is of a cove in Brandenburg
- [Torrents: Book cover ideas](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/torrents-book-cover-ideas/) - Pen and ink drawing of a dressed male figure 1940's style bathed in shafts of light and shadow
- [Steeple in Brandenburg, pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/steeple-in-brandenburg-pen-and-ink/) - Pen and ink drawing of steeple in Brandenburg an der Havel
- [Bremen](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bremen/) - Bremen has been attractive to human population since circa 12,000 BCE and remains so today, with some 750,000 people. It became an important trade center due in large part to its location on the River Wesser. Interestingly it was exempt from feudal laws once it gained city status, making it a beacon of freedom in
- [Burg Vischering](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/burg-vischering/) - Burg Vischering is home to the Museum of the same name. It is a castle dating from the 13th century. It is one of the most interesting castles we have visited in part due to the excellent written narrative, as well the views afforded by the attractive moat and the good condition of the structure.
- [The Cathedral in Münster](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-cathedral-in-munster/) - The current Cathedral in Münster dates from 1265. The first church on the site was built in the 9th century and a second in the 10th or 11th, demolished to build the current structure. It was badly damaged in WWII. It was not restored to its state before the war. The rose window has been
- [Münster](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/munster/) - Münster is another neat small city in the path taking us back to the Nederlands. The name comes from the Latin monasterium, a clue to it's origins. Like the others it has quite a long history. It was in 793 that missionaries were sent by Charlemage to convert the people in the area. A monk
- [Arnhem Gate, pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/arnhem-gate-pen-and-ink/) - This gorgeous gate is called Sabelspoort. It is only remaining of the four.
- [Arnhem](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/arnhem/) - Arnhem tour, Arnhem by boat
- [Moonlight Over Hanover](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hanover-by-moonlight/) - On the way to Berlin on the Mittelland Kanal we stopped in this historic city. Kids dove off the bridge until the sun set, then the moon took over.
- [Wandering about the Netherland east, part 1](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/wandering-about-the-netherland-east-part-1/) - boating in Friesland, Overijyssel, Deventer, Arnhem, Meppel
- [Boats in Blokzijl drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/boats-in-blokzijl-drawing/) - Pen and ink drawing of Dutch boats by Gary J. Kirkpatrick
- [Irks on the way to Urk](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/irks-on-the-way-to-urk/) - Visit by boat to Urk, once an island and now a port on the Ijsselmeer in the Netherlands
- [Wandering about the Netherlands east, part 2](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/wandering-about-the-netherland-east-part-2/) - Traveling by yacht in Friesland, with commentary, video and photos of Kalenburg, Blokzijl and Vollenhofe
- [The Final  Boating Weeks of 2020](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/the-final-boating-weeks-of-2020/) - Boating adventures in Friesland and other parts of the northeast area of the Netherlands wth illustrations
- [Hasselt Harbor, pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/hasselt-harbor-pen-and-ink/) - View from our boat as we enter the harbor of the small town of Hasselt, Nederlands pen and ink drawing by Gary J. Kirkpatrick
- [Windmill of Sloten](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/windmill-of-sloten/) - Pen and ink drawing of Sloten, Netherlands. Sloten is a small charming town in the Netherlands. The windmill is still in use for grinding flour.
- [Barge in Gorredijk](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/barge-in-gorredijk/) - Gorredijk is yet another lovely town in Friesland. A barge passes through the now closing foot bridge behind the boat.
- [A masked Mario at the wheel](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/a-masked-andretti-at-the-wheel/) - As we prepared to leave for Rome, their pandemic numbers spiked, the country closed down bars and restaurants after 6 p.m., there were clashes between the police and those protesting the new restrictions. On the plus side the Ryan Air flight from Valencia landed 15 minutes early. And we know our way around. Ciampino Airport
- [Rome:  It's Only Us](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/rome-its-only-us/) - Oct 27 2020 Rome is not a sea of tranquility but this gets close. Tourists are home sheltering in place or restricting their visits to more nearby locations. Many locals work from home or are out of work altogether, reducing the normally intense traffic. We chose this time to come to get to enjoy Rome
- [Caravaggio, Influences and Followers](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/caravaggio-influences-and-followers/) - Caravaggio and his Times exhibit in Rome displays some of Longi's collection. I compare Caravaggio's predecessors and followers to him
- [Palazzo Venezia over centuries](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/palazzo-venezia-over-centuries/) - Palazzo Venezia faces Piazza Venezia and the monument to Vittorio Emanuele. A guided visit to the palace
- [Drawings of Caravvagio paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/drawings-of-caravvagio-paintings/) - Rough drawings of some of his Caravaggio's paintings in conte crayon.
- [Boat in Kalenburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/boat-in-kalenburg/) - Barge in Kalenburg pen and ink drawing
- [Portrait of Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-woman-3/)
- [Pen and ink of Roman Bronze](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pen-and-ink-of-roman-bronze/) - This piece stands in the Museo Nazionale Palazzo Massimo, next to the Seated Bronze. It is life size at least, an amazing bronze sculpture.
- [Double Bubble (anti-Trump)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/double-bubble-anti-trump/) - Anti-Trump print Double bubble boil and trouble, How can I turn this country into rubble.
- [Biergarten in Minden](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/biergarten-in-minden/) - painting of biergarten in Minden, Germany Biergarten in Minden, Germany acrylics on paper
- [Not even that Louse](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/not-even-that-louse/) - All print prices below are for the size indicated. Other sizes upon request. High quality prints $35.00, A3 30 x 42 cm/12" x 16.5" [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Not even that Louse regular print" amount="35.00"] Best quality glicee print signed 1 of 50, A3 30 x 42 cm/12" x 16.5" [wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Not even that Louse glicee
- [Pleading the 5th](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/pleading-the-5th/) - Giuliani pleads the 5th - of whiskey art prints
- [Stare Miasto](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/stare-miaso/) - An acrylic painting of a section of Warsaw, almost totally destroyed by the Nazis in the uprising of 1944 and beautifully rebuilt.
- [Urk, painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/urk-painting/) - "Urk" is a port on the Ijsselmeer in the Netherlands. We visited it on our boat Viking in the summer of 2020.
- [Drawings and more from our boating adventures of 2020](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/drawings-and-more-from-our-boating-adventures-of-2020/) - Sketches, drawings and a watercolor or two from out boating adventures of 2020
- [Fiddler With Muse](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fiddler-with-muse/) - This piece started with a print of the fiddle player, done originally in the audience at the Palau de la Musica. I then added the acrylics and the ink drawing outside of the fiddle player.
- [Masters and  Models](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/masters-and-models/) - Some of my studies of masters and models, in conte and pen and ink, set to a song my Maurice Chevalier.
- [Gazing, With Affection](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/gazing-with-affection/) - Gazing, With Affection. It keeps us going (Conte drawing of a Michelangelo)
- [On the Train](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/on-the-train/) - Inspired by a work by Edward Hopper, this celebrates train travel in older times
- [Horse](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/horse/) - Study of horse by Ruben
- [Toast, anyone?](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/toast-anyone/) - Election is over officially. Trump lost. Good riddance to this crook.
- [Study of nude](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/study-of-nude/) - When I can manage it, I have a model in my studio for 3 hours. For about half that time a few days ago I worked in acrylics on canvas, after first working in conte.
- [Mr Ed Calls In](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/mr-ed-calls-in/) - Mr Ed Calls In, digital painting. Mr. Ed was the talking horse on the tv program in the 1950's USA. He is now some 350 years old in horse years.
- [US Returns to Paris Climate Accord](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/us-returns-to-paris-climate-accord/) - Digital painting. Background painting a section of my painting "Biergarten"
- [Stormy on Donnie's legal messes](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/stormy-on-donnies-legal-messes/) - Stormy pipes up about Donnie's long list of pending legal actions he'll be defending.
- [Guillaume Guillon Lethiere](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/guillaume-guillon-lethiere/)
- [Terrazza in Roma](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/terrazza-in-roma/) - On a cool night in a rack shambled section of Rome, on this oasis, we talked into the night. Sitting on the terraza at night
- [Spain's Jan 2021 lock down](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/spains-jan-2021-lock-down/) - Here we are again, with extensive lock down measures in place.
- [Cafe Tortilla](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cafe-tortilla/) - La Cevezeria Alhambra in Valencia is famous in Spain for its tortillas. It's a tiny place that at the time of this painting was run by a couple who had been there 37 years. After they retired their children took over. Looking through the window we see 3 people in conversation. We can almost hear Painting of a bar scene in Spain
- [Woman in Boudoir](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-in-boudoir-2/) - She prepares for the day.
- [Dance 3](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/dance-3/) - #post_contentDance 3, acrylics on Canson 300 gram paper, 57 x 76 cm, 22.5 x 30” For years we danced with various International Folk Dance groups in the US, France and Spain. Here they dance to the violin.
- [Mahjong Players](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/mahjong-players/) - This painting is a combination of realism, in the walls, leaves and ocean with the expressionist figures whose bright colors combine with the lines of design to draw the eye to the game. The muse displays along with the clock (similar to my grandfather's) on the shelf. Mahjong is game invented in the Qing dynasty
- [Looking Out](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/looking-out/) - Another in my series of Hopper inspired paintings, a woman looks out over a golden field with a thick green forest at its edge. Figures walk in a line towards the dark woods.
- [Adventures in Covid Travel](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/adventures-in-covid-travel/) - April came about and we are off. Off our rockers, according to some, and not without just cause, given that our destination is in the midst of a third wave of the corona virus. But I mean 'off' as in we are on the way north to Netherlands, literally the low lands, and to Viking,
- [In the Frozen North](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/in-the-frozen-north/) - After the complexities of our journey north we then faced a week of bad weather. The forecasts were highly accurate. Howling winds kept us in the safe harbor. We kept warm during the day with a small electric heater, just 750 watts, with the addition of the diesel heater that pumps hot water through radiators.
- [First weeks on Viking](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/12093-2/) - April 16, 2021 After a comfy night in a high tech shoebox at Schipol, with it’s colored lights operated from a control panel, we were greeted by our friends who live in nearby Haarlem. They drove us to our boat in Heerenveen, a 90 minute ride into Freisland. The boat was afloat and in reasonably
- [Kampen to Almere](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/kampen-to-almere/) - April 16, 2021 From Zwartsluice we navigated to Genmuiden for a short visit and a trip to the supermarkets, then we made our way to Grafhorst. This is a tiny town, so tiny it does not even have a grocer. Instead a large van drives into town, beeps the horn, and waits for people to
- [Almere to Amersfoort](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/almere-to-amersfoort/) - Elburg, Harderwijk and Amersfort Elburg After a few dreary days at the end of our stay in Almere, with its happy reunions with our Dutch friends who even invited us to use their shower and helped us with re-bedding our leaking aft cabin windows, we set off on April 25. We took the Hoge Vaart
- [Kopplepoort, Amersfort, pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/kopplepoort-amersfort-pen-and-ink/)
- [Vischpoort, pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/vischpoort-pen-and-ink/)
- [Koppelpoort (mill), pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/koppelpoort-pen-and-ink/)
- [Amersfoort to Muiden, Weesp and Breukelen](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/amersfoort-to-muiden-weesp-and-breukelen/) - May 9, 2021 From our perch just outside Amersfoort we managed to secure an appointment for a Covid vaccination. We called the appointment line on advice from the Irish boaters we met in the Amersfoort harbor and on a second try found someone who knew how to make the database work for people who live
- [Windmill on the Vecht, Nederhorst](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/windmill-on-the-vecht-nederhorst/)
- [Bruekelen to Gouda](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bruekelen-to-gouda/) - May 15 After passing through the charming riverside views of Bruekelen we spent two days near Nederhorst (May 5-6) , for us merely a wide spot in the Vecht, painting, drawing and doing some maintenance. It was more or less the same in tiny Monfoort except the morning after our arrival we had new neighbors
- [Oude Rijn at Zwammerdam (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/oude-rijn-at-zwammerdam-watercolor/) - The Old Rhine, Zwammerdam. This leads to a wildlife protected zone. In the other direction you get to Bodegraven, with its lovely harbor.
- [Bodegraven Port, ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/bodegraven-port-ink/) - Bodegraven is a small town on the Old Rhine/Oude Rijn. The Old Rhine is small and lazy, winding its way through the countryside. The old mill is restored and is now a bar serving its own brew, made in a larger facility just down the street. It was supposed to open on a Wednesday after
- [Zwammerdam to  Nieuwkoop](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/zwammerdam-to-nieuwkoop/) - May 14, 2021 We entered the Oude Rijn (Old Rhine), a small winding river that moves lazily through the countryside, passing through small villages. It is lined with many older charming houses whose patios face the river. Often there are tables and comfortable chairs. Sometimes residents read as they glance at the passing boats. We
- [De Hoef, watercolor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/de-hoef-watercolor/) - In de Hoef. We stayed here three days. and this was our view. Well the cow was not always on the bridge. Sometimes there were more of them too.
- [Oudekerk to Oude Wettering](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/oudekerk-to-oude-wettering/) - After Woerden we were two weeks off the grid. We entered the Amstel River, the river that gave Amsterdam (dam on the Amstel) its name many centuries ago. For several days we were in Oudekerk (Old Church), moored in front of several restaurants that had just been permitted to reopen outdoors. The weather did not
- [Leiden](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/leiden/) - We spent a week on the hard in Aalsmeer, applying anti-fouling paint to the hull, rebuilding the toilet pump, installing a depth meter, and performing other repairs and maintenance tasks. To install the depth meter I had to fit a through hull fitting. Never having installed one, I was a bit nervous, as you have
- [Voorschoten](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/voorschoten/) - I came upon this scene as we biked through town. It's festive, and somehow cozy despite being outdoors. Watercolors, ink.
- [Den Haag](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/den-haag-visit/) - I’m on my own as Peg flies to Valencia for a ten day visit. I am staying in the small village called Leidshendam, which sits between Leiden and Den Haag, The Hague, as its known in English. It’s a short walk to the bus. I flick my chipkaart at the reader as I board, feeling Visit Den Haag
- [Harbor in Leiden, sketch](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/harbor-in-leiden-sketch/) - Leiden is a lovely small city. In these warmer days there are flowers on the bridges, people in the cafes, bikes about.
- [Port Towers of Delft](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/port-towers-of-delft/)
- [Antwerp, Lier and Dendermonde](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/antwerp-lier-and-dendermonde/) - At a population of 500,000, Antwerp is the biggest city in Belgium, not Brussels, which is the capitol. Antwerp is known for its diamond industry but more so as a port city, being the second largest in Europe . This made it a target of WWII bombing, with much damage done by the Nazis after
- [Vists to the Golden Age: Ghent to Kortrijk-](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/vists-to-the-golden-age-ghent-to-kortrijk/) - Ghent (Gent in Flemish and Gand in French) has some of the most famous medieval architecture in Europe. It’s largely from the 16th century when the city prospered from its location at the junction of the Schelde and Leie rivers and the vast trade in textiles that came its way. Flemish, which mildly diverges from
- [Afghans Suffer](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/afghans-suffer/)
- [Mons, by chance](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/mons-by-chance/) - On our way to locks outside Mons we were turned back. The Elcuse Havré 'ete en panne,' the lock was 'broken down' in French, said the lock keeper. It should be fixeb bu noon Monday so we had to spend Saturday night and Sunday at the municipal harbor of Mons. It is a city with
- [75 meters straight up - in a boat!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/75-meters-straight-up-in-a-boat/) - We entered the Thieu, a giant lock near Thieu, Belgium. It is an elevator lock, one of two in this area. I shot this video while also managing the boat so it's a bit rough and unedited. Be patient and you will see the lock rising. Watch the trees and other fixed objects.
- [Oudenaarde to Tournai](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/oudenaarde-to-tournai/) - Oudenaarde was a major tapestry center between the 15th and 18th centuries. Dating from the late 10th century, it began as a fortification. It’s location on the Scheldt was a major factor in its prosperity. Today it is known for its beer production. Oude Bruin (Old Brown) is its most noted beer, aged for a
- [Chez Gina and the  Blaton-Ath Canal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/chez-gina-andthe-blaton_ath/) - The Blaton-Ath Canal has a long series of locks, some 18 in all, that takes you from Blanton to Ath at which point you are back on the Scheldt River. These are old locks. The Wallonie waterways authority sends you through with a team of lock keepers in a small truck or car. You go
- [Abbaye d’Aulne](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/abbaye-daulne/) - Abbaye d’Aulne sits on the Sambre River. On the way aboard Viking you pass through an old industrial area outside Charleroi. The Abbaye is a ruin now, but 500 plus years after its founding it had grown large and powerful, before being largely destroyed during the French revolution. Its presence adds to what is otherwise
- [Boat on the Sambre](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/boat-on-the-sambre/) - The Sambre River flows from France into Belgium. You pass through many small charming towns and villages such as Namur and Dinant.
- [Namur and Dinant](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/namur-and-dinant/) - #post_contentNamur and Dinant visit by yacht.
- [On the Blaton-Ath Canal (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/on-the-blaton-ath-canal-watercolor/) - We picked up a passenger for a short ride on the canal. It's gorgeous scenery as the lock keepers accompany you through dozens of hand operated locks, one of which we approach here, a second in the background. We picked up a passenger for a short ride on the canal. It's gorgeous scenery as the lock keepers accompany you through dozens of hand operated locks.
- [Watercolor sketches from Sicily](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/watercolor-sketches-from-sicily/) - During our travels in Sicily in September 2021 I came across many dramatic scenes, both in nature and in the towns and cities we visited.
- [Selinunte, Greek era temples](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/selinunte-greek-era-temples/) - Selinunte is my favorite site for Greek temples, in large measure because of the setting. It overlooks the Med. The Acropolis in Athens and i Valli dei Tempi in Agrigento are a very close second, especially the former for its dramatic views from a distance. Watercolor sketch about 4.5 x 5.75" , 10 x 15
- [We'll be back in time-  treasures of Sicily (Catania to Taormina)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/well-be-back-in-time-treasures-of-sicily-catania-to-taormina/) - After driving around Sicily we are in a tiny basement apartment in the center of Palermo recovering from the 12 consecutive days in ruins and churches, and six months of almost constant movement on Viking that took us from the northeastern part of Netherlands to a small city in France on the Belgium border. We
- [We’ll be back in time- treasures of Sicily (Siracusa, Noto, Modica, Ragusa)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/well-be-back-in-time-treasures-of-sicily-siracusa-noto-modica-ragusa/) - Siracusa An hour and a half or so from the Etna's slopes lies the port city of Siracusa, dating to 2500 BCE. The entire city is a Unesco World Heritage site. Most of Sicily is or should be, unless clean streets and regular trash pickup and street sweeping count- there its cities are failing. Once
- [We’ll be back in time- treasures of Sicily (Valli dei Templi in Agrigento)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/well-be-back-in-time-treasures-of-sicily-valli-dei-templi-in-agrigento/) - The Valli dei Templi sits upon a hill, not a valley. You can take a taxi to the top and walk down through the ruins. We walking in the past under the bright sunshine of a mid-September with temperatures around 30c /86f. What you find here are the best ruins of Ancient Greece, aside perhaps 2021
- [We’ll be back in time- treasures of Sicily (Selinunte)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/well-be-back-in-time-treasures-of-sicily-selinunte/) - From the Valli dei Templi we drove to the town of Marinella di Selinunte. The town as well as the archaeological site on its door step sit on the coast. We were looking for a B and B called Arcos. After a few hours drive from Agrigento through some lovely scenery we found the street
- [Seliununte- At the Beach (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/seliununte-at-the-beach-watercolor/) - This is near the Acropolis at the Selinunte Archaeological Park, the largest archaeology zone in Europe.
- [Church of St Michael, Ghent, pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/church-of-st-michael-ghent-pen-and-ink/) - I did this drawing in Belgium, summer 2021.
- [We’ll be back in time- treasures of Sicily (Palermo)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/well-be-back-in-time-treasures-of-sicily-palermo/) - Palermo Palermo The route from Selinunte to Palermo takes you past the turn off to my ancestral town of Partanna. I looked twice at the sign as we went by, as if to verify that it in fact exists and my past in part lies here. After that you drive past large and steep mountains
- [Portrait of man](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-man/)
- [Ancient pottery, watercolor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ancient-pottery-watercolor/) - See my post on our time in Catania, Sicily and our other destinations in Sicily http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/well-be-back-in-time-treasures-of-sicily-catania-to-taormina/
- [Semi-Portrait of Man](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/semi-portrait-of-man/)
- [Julie Manet](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/julie-manet/) - November, 2021 We went to the Musée Marmottan Monet (Paris) to see the first exhibition ever about Julie Manet (1878-1966). Her impressionist paintings, her collection of paintings, sculptures, pastels, watercolours, and engravings. They were gathered from museums and private collectors, many shown in public for the first time. Julie Manet was the only daughter of
- [Light My Fire!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/light-my-fire/)
- [Viking in Nederlands 2021 (video)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/viking-in-nederlands-2021-video/) - Preview in new tab All of these are available for purchase. Easiest way to make arrangements is to contact me at info@garyjkirkpatrick.com Prices range from $150-350 for these. Size A4, approximately 8.5" x 11"
- [Viking in Belgium- video of our 2021 journey](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/viking-in-belgium-video-of-our-2021-journey/)
- [Marshland (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/marshland-watercolor/)
- [Woman with Bright Red - portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/woman-with-red-dye/) - #post_contentPortrait of woman left hand showing, red hair
- [Goya, portrait in conte](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/goya-portrait-in-conte/)
- [Lonely Woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/lonely-woman/) - This is another in my series of Hopperesque paintings. Hopper painted lonely scenes, even when there were multiple figures as there are here, much the same but seemingly unawares. Based on a scene I came across in Ghent, Belgium last summer, as I stood in a museum looking out the window.
- [Lucy!](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/lucy/) - Being The Ricardos skillfully portrays the life of this brilliant and hard working couple. It brings back fond memories for me and gives us a glance into the hard work that goes into acting and production. This is a graphite (pencil) portrait of Lucy in the late 1940's. It was made using multiple layers of
- [Lonely Woman II](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/lonely-woman-ii/) - I happened upon a street corner in Valencia where the idea of this painting occured to me. I modified the scene, chose my own lighting and color scheme and modified the architecture, and then placed the figure. This is another in my series of Edward Hopper inspired pieces. I was born in the town where
- [Couple Dances (pen and ink)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-dances-pen-and-ink/) - I have done many drawings and paintings of couples dancing and embracing, both pen and ink drawings as well as paintings. See http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-dances-iv/ , http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/couple-dances/, http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/two-men-dance/
- [Copious Evidence of Fraud](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/copious-evidence-of-fraud/)
- [Malaga: 2700 years in the making- Part 1](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/malaga-2700-years-in-the-making-part-1/) - Founded by the Phonecians on what we now call the Guadalmedina River, Málaga is now home to the Picasso Museum and Museo Casa Natal (where he was born), the City Museum, the excellent car museum Museo Automovilístico de Málaga, the CAC (Contemporary Art), a branch of the Russian State Museum, Museo del Vidrio y Cristal
- [Malaga  Part 2: Museums](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/malaga-part-2-museums/) - Malaga has a large number of very good museums. We visited two on the Tuesday we arrived from Valencia, just a 45 minute flight from Valencia for the astounding price of 9 euros. The Museo Automovilístico de Málaga has a large collection of expertly restored cars, and in an unusual twist, many are accompanied by
- [Portrait of Woman - 08](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/portrait-of-woman-08/)
- [Live Your Dreams- Art on the Street in Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/live-your-dreams-art-on-the-street-fair-in-valencia/) - My contribution to the L'Art de Career (Valenciano for Art on the Street) in Picanya, a small town on the south side of Valencia. It was sponsored by the Women of Picanya http://www.picanya.org/persones/dones/activitats. There are about 50 pieces hanging from the balconies celebrating women through March 20 2022. Here are my comments: Vivir tus sueños
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- [International Women's Day](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/international-womens-day/) - My tribute to the women of my life and some of those who have inspired me. https://www.internationalwomensday.com/
- [Caryatid in Kiev](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/caryatid-in-kiev/) - Kiev is a beautiful city populated by an energetic and friendly people. What Putin is doing is a crime against the people and their heritage. Donate to World Central Kitchens, a great organization, helping feed Ukrainian refugees. https://donate.wck.org/give/394390#!/donation/checkout
- [Fallas '22: Valencia's amazing festival](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fallas-22-valencias-amazing-festival/) - Fallas is Valencia's annual street festival featuring thousands of fabulous sculptures up to 5 stories in height, such as these from the El Pilar Fallas. Each sculpture, these days made using light weight foam over a wood frame, is created by a local organization, also called a Fallas. They raise money from a variety of
- [Midnight Fireworks](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/midnight-fireworks/) - 2022's fireworks in Valencia, midnight on March 15 In addition to the wonderful colors, these presentations feature crescendos of chest pounding sound. Each day at 2:00 there is a mascleta, with little color and 8 minutes of blasts with a superb crescendo.
- [Frank Zappa - portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/frank-zappa-portrait/) - Frank Zappa (1940 – 1993) was a a composer, musician, songwriter and bandleader. Most of his music was rock, with a strong note of heavy metal. His lyrics satirized American cluture. He composed classical pieces and had them performed. He also wrote jazz and pop pieces such as Valley Girl. He produced most of his 60-plus
- [My exposition in Valencia March 27- April 2,  2022](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/my-exposition-in-valencia-march-27-april-2-2022/) - Some of my paintings will be on display in Valencia, Spain at El Cau del Roure https://elcaudelroure.com/exposiciones-2/ The paintings will be on display from March 25 until April 2, 2022. The hours are 19-21hours onThursday, Friday and Saturday, Sunday from 11-14 hours. The catalog is attached. Please come by. I plan to be there. The address
- [Fallas 2022- videos of the highlights](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/fallas-2022-videos-of-the-highlights/) - The first video is by Jenyne, our niece. The rest are professional jobs on Youtube. Wow!!!
- [Ghent Canal (watercolor)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ghent-canal-watercolor/) - This is a scene from our summer of 2021 visit to Ghent aboard Viking.
- [Art from Kiev](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/art-from-kiev/) - These are my paintings made from our visit to Kiev several years ago. The determination to be democratically ruled and independent was obvious from its extensive exhibit of the 2014 uprising. Its architecture is a world treasure. I can only hope that they come out on top of this terrible war with the Russian effort
- [Two Faces in Conte](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/two-faces-in-conte/) - Messing around on a Sunday afternoon While just about recovering from a mild round of Covid 19. I think the vaxes and booster did some good. Docs gave me some antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory. Back to normal in two days.
- [Adventures in Covid Travel](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/adventures-in-covid-travel-2/) - April 4, 2022 I was in Madrid on my way to Montreal via Heathrow. Just after passengers boarded the airplane in Madrid to go to Heathrow we had to disembark. There was something wrong with the plane. We got out an hour late. I had 2.5 hr layover at Heathrow so I figured I'd make my
- [Cappadocia, Turkey, rich in history and geological formations](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/cappadocia-turkey-rich-in-history-and-geological-formations/) - Cappadoccia, known as Hitti in the late Bronze age (circa 1500 BCE), is in the Anatolia region of present day Turkey. Once ruled by Alexander the Great, it later came under the influence of the Persians. Pompey, Caeser, Antony, and finally, Octavia fought for its control. By the time of the death of Jesus it
- [Skater Spins, conte drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/skater-spins-conte-drawing/)
- [Istanbul, where the Middle East meets the West](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/istanbul-where-the-middle-east-meets-the-west/) - April, 2022 As you may have noted from my previous post, I am in France not Turkey. However I have a special correspondent in Turkey at this very moment. I have adapted her notes and used her photos. Istanbul was once called Constantinople for the Roman Emperor who did much to open the door to
- [Ukrainian Bridge, Refugees.  Death and damage, escapes.](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/ukrainian-bridge-refugees-death-and-damage-escapes/)

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- [portraits of women](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/portraits-of-women/)
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- [Catherine the great](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/catherine-the-great/)
- [russia travel](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/russia-travel/)
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- [video of Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/video-of-church-of-the-savior-on-spilled-blood/)
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- [animations](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/animations/)
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- [Art Nouveau Museum of Riga](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/art-nouveau-museum-of-riga/)
- [travel posts](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/travel-posts/)
- [people painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/people-painting/)
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- [Artemesia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/artemesia/)
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- [band paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/band-paintings/)
- [brightly colored paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/brightly-colored-paintings/)
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- [eclipse painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/eclipse-painting/)
- [Nicolas Roerich](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nicolas-roerich/)
- [russafa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/russafa/)
- [folk music drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/folk-music-drawings/)
- [groove music drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/groove-music-drawings/)
- [Loving Vincent](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/loving-vincent/)
- [movie review](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/movie-review/)
- [animation](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/animation/)
- [film review](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/film-review/)
- [portrait in conte](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/portrait-in-conte/)
- [concert](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/concert/)
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- [digital portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/digital-portrait/)
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- [metro](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/metro/)
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- [charcoal drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/charcoal-drawings/)
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- [paintings of people](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/paintings-of-people/)
- [figurative art](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/figurative-art/)
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- [Emma Gonzalez](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/emma-gonzalez/)
- [Stoneman Douglas high school](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/stoneman-douglas-high-school/)
- [amma4change](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/amma4change/)
- [#MarchForOurLives](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/marchforourlives/)
- [withch hunt](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/withch-hunt/)
- [dup trump](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dup-trump/)
- [fauvism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/fauvism/)
- [drawings of girls](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/drawings-of-girls/)
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- [nazaret](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nazaret/)
- [Stormy Daniels](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/stormy-daniels/)
- [man sleeping drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/man-sleeping-drawing/)
- [prints](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/prints/)
- [krakow](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/krakow/)
- [poland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/poland/)
- [krakow tourist blog](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/krakow-tourist-blog/)
- [krackow](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/krackow/)
- [poland tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/poland-tourism/)
- [woman portriat](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/woman-portriat/)
- [krackow tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/krackow-tourism/)
- [cracovia turismo](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/cracovia-turismo/)
- [turismo polnia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/turismo-polnia/)
- [Wawel Castle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/wawel-castle/)
- [Egyptian woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/egyptian-woman/)
- [gdansk tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/gdansk-tourism/)
- [polish travel blog](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/polish-travel-blog/)
- [Solidarity union](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/solidarity-union/)
- [malbourk castle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/malbourk-castle/)
- [torun tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/torun-tourism/)
- [lech walesa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/lech-walesa/)
- [lech walesa portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/lech-walesa-portrait/)
- [Solidarity](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/solidarity/)
- [Solidarity Museum](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/solidarity-museum/)
- [Krakow tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/krakow-tourism/)
- [turin tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/turin-tourism/)
- [visit Toruń](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/visit-torun/)
- [Poznan](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/poznan/)
- [posnan tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/posnan-tourism/)
- [poznan tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/poznan-tourism/)
- [ul. Śródka 3](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ul-srodka-3/)
- [digital painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/digital-painting/)
- [Poznan Cathedral](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/poznan-cathedral/)
- [Enigma machine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/enigma-machine/)
- [enigma](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/enigma/)
- [Polish history](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/polish-history/)
- [WW2](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ww2/)
- [wroclaw](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/wroclaw/)
- [St Elizabeth](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/st-elizabeth/)
- [University of Wroclaw](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/university-of-wroclaw/)
- [polish baroque](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/polish-baroque/)
- [brick gothic](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/brick-gothic/)
- [Jewish uprising](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/jewish-uprising/)
- [Warsaw tour](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/warsaw-tour/)
- [rembrandt](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/rembrandt/)
- [warsaw](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/warsaw/)
- [warsaw royal palace](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/warsaw-royal-palace/)
- [klezmer. warsaw](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/klezmer-warsaw/)
- [praga](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/praga/)
- [klezmer](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/klezmer/)
- [warsaw tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/warsaw-tourism/)
- [St Michael's Monastery](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/st-michaels-monastery/)
- [Kiev](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/kiev/)
- [Ukraine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ukraine/)
- [kiev tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/kiev-tourism/)
- [st. cyril monastery](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/st-cyril-monastery/)
- [ukraine tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ukraine-tourism/)
- [Russian aggression](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/russian-aggression/)
- [St. Cyril's Monastery](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/st-cyrils-monastery/)
- [ukranian woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ukranian-woman/)
- [bar scene](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bar-scene/)
- [cabañal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/cabanal/)
- [tourism france](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/tourism-france/)
- [peniche](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/peniche/)
- [barge](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/barge/)
- [polish art](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/polish-art/)
- [Santa Sofia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/santa-sofia/)
- [painting of kiev](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/painting-of-kiev/)
- [Kyiv](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/kyiv/)
- [Ukraine paiinting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ukraine-paiinting/)
- [st sofia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/st-sofia/)
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- [Sobor Sviatoyi Sofiyi (Собор Святої Софії)](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sobor-sviatoyi-sofiyi-собор-святої-софії/)
- [Sofiyskyi sobor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sofiyskyi-sobor/)
- [Софійський собор](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/софійський-собор/)
- [artcollector](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/artcollector/)
- [saatchiart](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/saatchiart/)
- [tourist](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/tourist/)
- [Seine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/seine/)
- [Paris tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/paris-tourism/)
- [Vernon](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/vernon/)
- [Vernon France](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/vernon-france/)
- [Normandy tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/normandy-tourism/)
- [Monet](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/monet/)
- [Giverny](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/giverny/)
- [chateau](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/chateau/)
- [french castle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/french-castle/)
- [Chateau des Tourelles](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/chateau-des-tourelles/)
- [Holland tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/holland-tourism/)
- [Nederlands tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nederlands-tourism/)
- [Friesland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/friesland/)
- [Nederlands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nederlands/)
- [Holland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/holland/)
- [Dokkum](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dokkum/)
- [boating](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating/)
- [Dutch canals](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dutch-canals/)
- [sailing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sailing/)
- [high school reunion](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/high-school-reunion/)
- [Pearl River](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/pearl-river/)
- [Pearl River Class of 68](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/pearl-river-class-of-68/)
- [geithoorn](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/geithoorn/)
- [pen and ink drawings holland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/pen-and-ink-drawings-holland/)
- [water color paintings holland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/water-color-paintings-holland/)
- [geithoorn paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/geithoorn-paintings/)
- [figurative painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/figurative-painting/)
- [solitude](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/solitude/)
- [loneliness in painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/loneliness-in-painting/)
- [Zamba](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/zamba/)
- [toruism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/toruism/)
- [San Giovanni](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/san-giovanni/)
- [San Giovanni in Laterano](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/san-giovanni-in-laterano/)
- [illustrated book](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/illustrated-book/)
- [ukranian architechture](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ukranian-architechture/)
- [interior scene](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/interior-scene/)
- [banister painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/banister-painting/)
- [spiral staircase painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/spiral-staircase-painting/)
- [train drawings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/train-drawings/)
- [charcoal portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/charcoal-portrait/)
- [fiddler on the roof](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/fiddler-on-the-roof/)
- [art pun](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/art-pun/)
- [Madam X](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/madam-x/)
- [John Singer Sargeant](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/john-singer-sargeant/)
- [pastel portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/pastel-portrait/)
- [canals](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/canals/)
- [Shtisel](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/shtisel/)
- [The Favorite](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/the-favorite/)
- [Reviews](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/reviews/)
- [Rubens](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/rubens/)
- [Fallas2019](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/fallas2019/)
- [Crida](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/crida/)
- [Fallas 2019](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/fallas-2019/)
- [sagrada familia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sagrada-familia/)
- [casa mila](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/casa-mila/)
- [Artemisia Gentileschi](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/artemisia-gentileschi/)
- [lute painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/lute-painting/)
- [woman plays lute](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/woman-plays-lute/)
- [music drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/music-drawing/)
- [Selinunte](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/selinunte/)
- [Greek temples](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/greek-temples/)
- [archaeology](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/archaeology/)
- [Partanna](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/partanna/)
- [Santa Ninfa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/santa-ninfa/)
- [Museo Regionale di Preistoria del Belice.](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/museo-regionale-di-preistoria-del-belice/)
- [Sicily tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sicily-tourism/)
- [Palermo tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/palermo-tourism/)
- [Mercato Ballarò](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mercato-ballaro/)
- [Russian paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/russian-paintings/)
- [Sana Ninfa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sana-ninfa/)
- [Chiesa Santa Ninfa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/chiesa-santa-ninfa/)
- [necropolis](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/necropolis/)
- [Norman church](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/norman-church/)
- [model](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/model/)
- [Tall Ships](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/tall-ships/)
- [boating in Holland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-in-holland/)
- [Nederland boating](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nederland-boating/)
- [Oratorio Santissimo Rosario in Santa Cita blog](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/oratorio-santissimo-rosario-in-santa-cita-blog/)
- [Serpota](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/serpota/)
- [stucco statue](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/stucco-statue/)
- [Dutch culture](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dutch-culture/)
- [Settimana Santa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/settimana-santa/)
- [Holy week Italy](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/holy-week-italy/)
- [Holy week](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/holy-week/)
- [Modica](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/modica/)
- [Stroboilm](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/stroboilm/)
- [Serpotta](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/serpotta/)
- [boating in Europe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-in-europe/)
- [Dutch tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dutch-tourism/)
- [cultures of the world](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/cultures-of-the-world/)
- [Dordrecht](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dordrecht/)
- [Dutch Reform Church](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dutch-reform-church/)
- [Willemstad](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/willemstad/)
- [portrait of girl](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/portrait-of-girl/)
- [delft](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/delft/)
- [vermeer](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/vermeer/)
- [netherlands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/netherlands/)
- [gouda](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/gouda/)
- [wheat field](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/wheat-field/)
- [starry night](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/starry-night/)
- [Frank Zappa](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/frank-zappa/)
- [Haarlem](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/haarlem/)
- [Nieuw Church Delft](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nieuw-church-delft/)
- [St Bevo](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/st-bevo/)
- [water color portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/water-color-portrait/)
- [baby portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/baby-portrait/)
- [den helder](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/den-helder/)
- [North Holland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/north-holland/)
- [West Friesland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/west-friesland/)
- [Medemblik](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/medemblik/)
- [Radboud Castle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/radboud-castle/)
- [portriat](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/portriat/)
- [Hoorn](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/hoorn/)
- [Dutch](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dutch/)
- [steam locomotive ink drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/steam-locomotive-ink-drawing/)
- [boat drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boat-drawing/)
- [Dutch canal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dutch-canal/)
- [Zwartsluis](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/zwartsluis/)
- [Zwartsluice Holland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/zwartsluice-holland/)
- [tourism Holland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/tourism-holland/)
- [Batavialand](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/batavialand/)
- [de flevowand](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/de-flevowand/)
- [tapestry](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/tapestry/)
- [doomsday tapestry](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/doomsday-tapestry/)
- [Bayeaux Tapestry](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bayeaux-tapestry/)
- [Sneek](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sneek/)
- [Waterpoort](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/waterpoort/)
- [tour Holland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/tour-holland/)
- [boating Holland](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-holland/)
- [Chop Suey](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/chop-suey/)
- [Cafe Don Lito](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/cafe-don-lito/)
- [Zwolle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/zwolle/)
- [boat](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boat/)
- [waatercolor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/waatercolor/)
- [Agia Sophia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/agia-sophia/)
- [Thessaloniki](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/thessaloniki/)
- [Greece](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/greece/)
- [Manet](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/manet/)
- [Bar at the Folies](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bar-at-the-folies/)
- [bakery](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bakery/)
- [Acropolis](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/acropolis/)
- [Athens](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/athens/)
- [National Archaeological Museum in Athens](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/national-archaeological-museum-in-athens/)
- [Parthenon](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/parthenon/)
- [Arcopolis](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/arcopolis/)
- [art prints](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/art-prints/)
- [Ancient Greece](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ancient-greece/)
- [Greek cuisine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/greek-cuisine/)
- [baklava](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/baklava/)
- [spanakopita](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/spanakopita/)
- [St Nicolas](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/st-nicolas/)
- [Piraeus](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/piraeus/)
- [Greek Orthodox](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/greek-orthodox/)
- [pencil portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/pencil-portrait/)
- [obstruct congress](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/obstruct-congress/)
- [Bolivian dance](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bolivian-dance/)
- [female painters](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/female-painters/)
- [Italian painters](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/italian-painters/)
- [cave paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/cave-paintings/)
- [nude female](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nude-female/)
- [acrylic painting of nude](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/acrylic-painting-of-nude/)
- [Valencia mussels](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/valencia-mussels/)
- [Clóchinas](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/clochinas/)
- [La Cabina film](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/la-cabina-film/)
- [film festival](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/film-festival/)
- [short movies](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/short-movies/)
- [croquis cafe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/croquis-cafe/)
- [Kirkpatrick](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/kirkpatrick/)
- [genealogy](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/genealogy/)
- [Y DNA](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/y-dna/)
- [Nefertari](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nefertari/)
- [Egytian art](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/egytian-art/)
- [vibrant colors in paintings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/vibrant-colors-in-paintings/)
- [mediometrajes](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mediometrajes/)
- [banda de Valencia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/banda-de-valencia/)
- [Covind 19 Spain](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/covind-19-spain/)
- [Valencia lock down 2020](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/valencia-lock-down-2020/)
- [COvid 19](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/covid-19/)
- [Covid19 Spain](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/covid19-spain/)
- [covid-19 Spain](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/covid-19-spain/)
- [A Bar at the Folies-Bergère](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/a-bar-at-the-folies-bergere/)
- [turron](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/turron/)
- [turron de Jijona](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/turron-de-jijona/)
- [sole mio](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sole-mio/)
- [drawing of dog](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/drawing-of-dog/)
- [drawing of Chihuahua](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/drawing-of-chihuahua/)
- [Unorthodox Netflix](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/unorthodox-netflix/)
- [corona virus](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/corona-virus/)
- [Morris Minor 1000 painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/morris-minor-1000-painting/)
- [Spain opens up](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/spain-opens-up/)
- [easing restrictions](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/easing-restrictions/)
- [Picard](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/picard/)
- [Jean Luc](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/jean-luc/)
- [Patrick Stewart portrait](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/patrick-stewart-portrait/)
- [Frankenstein](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/frankenstein/)
- [National Theater](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/national-theater/)
- [valencia corona](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/valencia-corona/)
- [lockdown](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/lockdown/)
- [Dutch boats](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dutch-boats/)
- [portrait of a teenager](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/portrait-of-a-teenager/)
- [travel during lock down](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/travel-during-lock-down/)
- [Almere](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/almere/)
- [Holland Covid19](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/holland-covid19/)
- [Meppel](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/meppel/)
- [Nederlands boating](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nederlands-boating/)
- [paiting of woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/paiting-of-woman/)
- [painting of woman reading](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/painting-of-woman-reading/)
- [portrait of young woman](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/portrait-of-young-woman/)
- [Gronigen](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/gronigen/)
- [Netherlands canals](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/netherlands-canals/)
- [German canals](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/german-canals/)
- [Mittlelland canal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mittlelland-canal/)
- [Lingen](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/lingen/)
- [Mittelland Kanal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mittelland-kanal/)
- [boating Germany](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-germany/)
- [Minden](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/minden/)
- [biergrten](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/biergrten/)
- [Schiffmühlen Gastronomie](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/schiffmuhlen-gastronomie/)
- [Europe boating](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/europe-boating/)
- [Hannover](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/hannover/)
- [museums Germany](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/museums-germany/)
- [Wolfsburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/wolfsburg/)
- [boating in Germany](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-in-germany/)
- [Pergamom Panorma](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/pergamom-panorma/)
- [Potsdam](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/potsdam/)
- [boating in Potsdam](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-in-potsdam/)
- [boat handling](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boat-handling/)
- [male figure](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/male-figure/)
- [Brandenburg drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/brandenburg-drawing/)
- [Bremen](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bremen/)
- [Bremen tourism](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bremen-tourism/)
- [Kunsthalle Bremen](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/kunsthalle-bremen/)
- [Munster Cathedral](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/munster-cathedral/)
- [Sabelspoort](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sabelspoort/)
- [Arnhem](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/arnhem/)
- [Bridge too far](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bridge-too-far/)
- [Arnheim](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/arnheim/)
- [Hanover](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/hanover/)
- [Moon painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/moon-painting/)
- [Blokzijl](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/blokzijl/)
- [Vollenhove](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/vollenhove/)
- [nederlands canals](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nederlands-canals/)
- [Queen Wilhamena](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/queen-wilhamena/)
- [Netherlands boating](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/netherlands-boating/)
- [Deventer](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/deventer/)
- [Doesburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/doesburg/)
- [Kalenburg](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/kalenburg/)
- [Sloten](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sloten/)
- [Franeker](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/franeker/)
- [Harlingen](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/harlingen/)
- [Hasselt Netherlands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/hasselt-netherlands/)
- [boating Europe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-europe/)
- [boating Netherlands](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-netherlands/)
- [Gorredijk](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/gorredijk/)
- [Ciampino airport](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ciampino-airport/)
- [Mario Andretti](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mario-andretti/)
- [Pieta](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/pieta/)
- [palazzo Venezia](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/palazzo-venezia/)
- [Mussolini](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mussolini/)
- [Pope Pius](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/pope-pius/)
- [Caravaggio](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/caravaggio/)
- [Roberto Longhi](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/roberto-longhi/)
- [Il Tempo di Caravaggio](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/il-tempo-di-caravaggio/)
- [Museo Nazionale](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/museo-nazionale/)
- [Bronze statue](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bronze-statue/)
- [Seated Boxer](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/seated-boxer/)
- [anti Trump](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/anti-trump-2/)
- [biergarten painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/biergarten-painting/)
- [Minden painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/minden-painting/)
- [dining painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dining-painting/)
- [seascape](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/seascape/)
- [Oscar Navarro](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/oscar-navarro/)
- [mixed media](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mixed-media/)
- [nude models](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nude-models/)
- [Michelangelo](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/michelangelo/)
- [Steve Huston](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/steve-huston/)
- [Glenn Vilippu](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/glenn-vilippu/)
- [conte crayon drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/conte-crayon-drawing/)
- [train travel painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/train-travel-painting/)
- [Trump loser](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/trump-loser/)
- [Biden](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/biden/)
- [study of nude](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/study-of-nude/)
- [artforsale](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/artforsale/)
- [anti Trump poster](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/anti-trump-poster/)
- [Impeach again](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/impeach-again/)
- [Sedition](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sedition/)
- [Mr. Ed](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mr-ed/)
- [night painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/night-painting/)
- [Paris Climate Accord](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/paris-climate-accord/)
- [Global warming](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/global-warming/)
- [Climate change](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/climate-change/)
- [antri-Trump poster](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/antri-trump-poster/)
- [study in sanguine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/study-in-sanguine/)
- [Guillaume Guillon Lethiere](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/guillaume-guillon-lethiere/)
- [Rome Italy](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/rome-italy/)
- [Cevezeria Alhambra](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/cevezeria-alhambra/)
- [tortilla española](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/tortilla-espanola/)
- [Valencia urban landscape](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/valencia-urban-landscape/)
- [dance painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dance-painting/)
- [painting violin](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/painting-violin/)
- [mahjohg players](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mahjohg-players/)
- [mahjong painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mahjong-painting/)
- [piano player painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/piano-player-painting/)
- [pianist painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/pianist-painting/)
- [opera singer painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/opera-singer-painting/)
- [forest painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/forest-painting/)
- [Covid travel](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/covid-travel/)
- [corona vaccine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/corona-vaccine/)
- [Kampen blog](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/kampen-blog/)
- [Koppelpoort](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/koppelpoort/)
- [Amersfoort](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/amersfoort/)
- [Vishpoort](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/vishpoort/)
- [Harderwijk](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/harderwijk/)
- [Muiden Castle](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/muiden-castle/)
- [Bruekelen](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bruekelen/)
- [Weesp](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/weesp/)
- [Dutch windmill](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dutch-windmill/)
- [Oudewater](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/oudewater/)
- [Nederhorst](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/nederhorst/)
- [Zwammerdam painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/zwammerdam-painting/)
- [Old Rhine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/old-rhine/)
- [Oude Rijn](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/oude-rijn/)
- [Bodegraven drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bodegraven-drawing/)
- [Bodegraven](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/bodegraven/)
- [Old Rhine drawing](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/old-rhine-drawing/)
- [Oude Rhine](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/oude-rhine/)
- [Oude Rhin](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/oude-rhin/)
- [Holland watercolor painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/holland-watercolor-painting/)
- [Dutch rural watercolor](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dutch-rural-watercolor/)
- [Dutch landscape painting](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dutch-landscape-painting/)
- [Leiden](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/leiden/)
- [tour Leiden](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/tour-leiden/)
- [sail Netherlands canals](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sail-netherlands-canals/)
- [Voorschoten](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/voorschoten/)
- [Den Haag visit](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/den-haag-visit/)
- [Maurithaus](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/maurithaus/)
- [Binnenhof Den Haag visit](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/binnenhof-den-haag-visit/)
- [tour the Hague](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/tour-the-hague/)
- [Rembandt](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/rembandt/)
- [Girl With Pearl Earings](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/girl-with-pearl-earings/)
- [delft pen and ink](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/delft-pen-and-ink/)
- [Antwerp visit](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/antwerp-visit/)
- [Lier visit](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/lier-visit/)
- [Dendermonde visit](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dendermonde-visit/)
- [Belgium canals](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/belgium-canals/)
- [European canals](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/european-canals/)
- [Ghent visit](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ghent-visit/)
- [Flanders Field Memorial](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/flanders-field-memorial/)
- [Kortrijk](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/kortrijk/)
- [Afghans](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/afghans/)
- [Taliban](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/taliban/)
- [anti-Taliban](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/anti-taliban/)
- [Mons](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/mons/)
- [Belgian beer](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/belgian-beer/)
- [Thieu](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/thieu/)
- [Blaton-Ath canal](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/blaton-ath-canal/)
- [Boating in Belgium](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-in-belgium/)
- [Abbaye d’Aulne](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/abbaye-daulne/)
- [boating Sambre](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-sambre/)
- [Sambre River](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sambre-river/)
- [watercolor of boat](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/watercolor-of-boat/)
- [Namur](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/namur/)
- [Dinant](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/dinant/)
- [Belgium boating](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/belgium-boating/)
- [Boating Belgium](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/boating-belgium/)
- [Canals Europe](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/canals-europe/)
- [Sicily art](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sicily-art/)
- [Sicilian landscapes](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/sicilian-landscapes/)
- [Agrigento art](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/agrigento-art/)
- [Travel blog Sicily](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/travel-blog-sicily/)
- [Villa Romana del Casale](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/villa-romana-del-casale/)
- [Siracusa tour](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/siracusa-tour/)
- [Noto tour](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/noto-tour/)
- [Modica tour](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/modica-tour/)
- [Ragusa tour](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/ragusa-tour/)
- [Valley of the Temples](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/valley-of-the-temples/)
- [Agrigento](https://garyjkirkpatrick.com/tag/agrigento/)