Gary J. Kirkpatrick

Tag: acrylic painting

  • 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.

    In Vincent's Field
    In a Van Gogh Field, acrylics on Arches, 57 x 76 cm, 22.5 x 30”

  • Tubas at the Palau, acrylics

    Tubas at the Palau, acrylics, 57 x 76 cm, 22.5″ x 30″ Arches paper

    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.   

    tubas sm
    The original drawing. Contact me for availability

  • 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.  

     

    At The Bakery, acrylics, 30 x 40 cm/11.8 x 15.7″

  • From the Banister

    “From the Banister” acrylic painting

     

    From the Banister, acrylics on paper, 11.5 x 16.5″, 30 cm x 40 cm

  • Close up

    Close Up, acrylics,
    Close Up, acrylics, 40 x 30, 16.5 x 11.25″

    We move in on the eye, it’s shimmering reflections, fluidity, how it conveys awareness.

  • Egyptian Woman

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  • Peg in Scene from ‘Water’

    Peg in Scene from ‘Water’

    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.  

    Peg in a Hopper Scene,
    Peg in a Hopper Scene, 11.5*16.5′, 30*42 cm acrylics on paper.  SOLD

     

     

     

  • Eclipsing Couple (in chiaroscuro)

    Eclipsing Couple (in chiaroscuro)

    Couple looks out of windows as the solar eclipse reaches its apex

     

    Couple Views Eclipse in chiaroscuro.
    Couple Views Eclipse in chiaroscuro, acrylics on paper 22″ x 30″, 56cm x 76 cm

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • 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 portrayed the irony of this apparent contradiction through the unusual placement and distortion of the spires, which serve at once to unite and divide the couple.

    Couple in Vilnius, acrylics on paper, 11.7 x 16.5", A4 30 x 42 cm
    Couple in Vilnius, acrylics on paper, 11.7 x 16.5″, A4 30 x 42 cm

     

  • Young Chechen Man

    Young Chechen Man

    In the streets of St Petersburg you see people from all over Russia.

    Young Chechnyan Man
    Young Chechen Man, acrylics on acrylic paper, 21 x 29.7 cm, 8.3