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.
Tag: Gary J. Kirkpatrick
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More drawings from my little notebook
Young Woman, ink, 13.8 c 8.5 cm, 4.5 inches by 5.5, inches, ink, 13.8 c 8.5 cm, 4.5 inches by 5.5, inches, ink 
Man Gazing, 13.8 c 8.5 cm, 4.5 inches by 5.5, inches, ink, 13.8 c 8.5 cm, 4.5 inches by 5.5, inches, ink 
Young Woman Smiling, 13.8 c 8.5 cm, 4.5 inches by 5.5, inches, ink -
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 a special exhibit that included some of Klimt’s famous paintings.
Go Figures , acrylic on paper, 13″ x 20″, 33 x 38 cm 
Go Figures Detail 
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Video: Paintings and Drawings Done at 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 of mind we experience as music transports us to a semi dream-like state. The music is Arco de Noe by Oscar Navarro, a Valencian composer. He was in the audience the day we heard this piece.
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In The Club
In The Club
A night club scene, in fantasy.
In The Club, acrylic 22 x 30 56 x 76, SOLD 
In The Club detail 
In The Club detail 
In The Club, pen and ink, A4, approx 8.25 x 11.5 -
Two Brown Bass Fiddles at the Palau
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 Brown Fiddles at the Palau, acrylics on canvas board, 40 x 50 cm, 16 x 20″ 
Contrabass at Palau de la Musica, the pen and ink done on site -
Self Portrait
Self Portrait of My Own Self With Shaved Head
Self Portrait of My Own Self With Shaved Head, A3, 29.7 x 42 cm 16.5 x 11.5″ 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.
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Portrait of Worry
Portrait of Worry
This is just a totally made up portrait. Pen lines, acrylic paints and washes make up the painting.
Worry- acrylics on panel, 18 x 32cm, 7.5″ x 13″ 
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Picasso Visit: Two Women Embrace
Continuing with the Picassoesque themes, here two women embrace before a blue sky, under a pale moon.
Picasso Visit: Two Women Embrace , acrylics, A4, 8.25 x 11.7″ 
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Couple Relaxing: Visit to Picasso
Continuing with the “Visit to Picasso” theme, this expands on the couple in the background in the original.
Relaxing: Visit to Picasso, acrylic on paper, A4, 8.24 x 11.5 -
Visit to Picasso
Currently there’s an excellent exhibit of Picasso drawings at Banc Caja in Valencia. I did this painting afterwards.
Picasso Visit, acrylic on Canson paper A3 , 8.25 x 11 
Picasso Visit, detail 
Visit to Picasso ink – this is the drawing for the acrylic
