Troels Kirk, artist painter

Red Barn by Troels Kirk

2010-06-21T18:59:00.000+02:00

Forgive me, for I have been lazy" ;-) Not by the easel, but at updating this blog... Busy preparing a show...

Here's a recent painting of a red barn in the vicinity... I love these unpretentious, simple buildings... and age has a way of adding beauty. The swedish "faluröd" red house paint is a sludge paint that gradually washes off the building, giving all kinds of wonderful tones.

acrylic on canvas 130x100 cm / 52x40 in

Another painting in the same spirit... A trio of "faluröd"... Very early spring with it's fresh green grass...

acrylic on canvas 120x160 cm / 48x64 in

For price and purchasing and other info, please email me at info@troelskirk.com

Morning, Valhalla

2010-03-12T11:37:00.001+01:00

Valhalla was the residence of the ancient nordic gods Thor, Odin etc... It is also the name of a cliff near where I live, with a wonderful view of the lake and rolling hills of dense forest, especially in the late autumn mornings.

In the old times poor people would let their really old relatives either jump or get thrown over the edge, to ease the economy... and the old folks were promised they would go to valhalla for eternity as a reward...

(click image for larger size!)
acrylic on canvas 160x120 cm / 64x48 in

for price and purchasing info please send me a mail at info@troelskirk.com

Twins, Blistorp

2010-02-25T12:38:00.000+01:00

These siamese twin beech trees grow in a beautiful sheep pasture of lush grass, birches and junipers. They are joined, literally grown together, by the roots and "arms". The Blistorp area, close to where I live, is a piece of Sweden as it used to be...

acrylic on canvas 130x100 cm / 40x52 in

for price and purchasing info please mail me at info@troelskirk.com

Summer, River Holje

2010-02-06T16:00:00.000+01:00

Another big canvas... summer by the local River Holje. A good place to go stalking with a dry fly for brown trout, wading through dark amber coloured water in this lush green tunnel of trees is an early summer treat. A fierce winter outside, it has been an equal treat to slowly convert summerly sketches to this painting.

acrylic on canvas, 100x160 cm / 40x64 in

for price and purchasing info, please visit my website www.troelskirk.com or mail me at info@troelskirk.com

November morning, Sibbarp

2010-01-21T17:43:00.000+01:00

Long time no post ;o) Well... a belated happy new year to everyone!

I haven't been idle though (especially since december saw a strong increase in sales, hopefully a sign that the finance crisis is lightening the grip...).

I made a lot of the small ink-and-watercolors for the christmas exhibition, and really enjoyed the simplicity of these small paintings. But the first painting finished in the new year is this big panoramic of a wonderful valley just north of where I live. I had kept an eye on the valley as there are some spectacular mornings there, with these mists along the river shrouding everything in a silky softness . And in november things were suddenly just right one morning. After two hours of watching, the wonderful, cool morning, it was burnt well into the harddisk of my brain....

acrylic on canvas, 100x160 cm / 40x64 in.

For price and other info, please send me an email at info@troelskirk.com

Harvest

2009-12-13T18:41:00.000+01:00

One more of the christmas show local watercolors. A little ink and watercolor of a simple newly harvested wheat field outside Näsum where I live. I love to paint these quiet almost unicolored scenes of nothing, really.

ink and watercolor on arches paper, 16,5x24,5 cm / 6.5x10 in

for price and purchasing info please send me an email at info@troelskirk.com

Näsum Church

2009-12-11T09:29:00.000+01:00

Sorry for not posting for a long time... doesn't reflect the hectic activity here... I've been finishing all these smal ink-and-watercolors for the christmas show...
Another sample from that collection, and very christmassy, is this little one of the local church in a dark, late autumn/early winter morning light. No snow yet to reflect some light.... just the bare soil with it's wonderful browns.

ink and watercolor on arches paper, 16,5x24,5 cm / 6.5x10 in

for price and purchasing info please mail me info@troelskirk.com

Old Larch

2009-11-19T08:36:00.000+01:00

Although I haven't posted new stuff here recently, I've not left the easel!

I've been working on a series of small ink-and-watercolors of local subjects for the christmas open studio sale... Here's a sample... a wonderful old larch tree standing by the nearby lake looking like a tree out of Tolkien's world. It's fun to work in a smaller format from time to time, and doing the pen drawing too...

watercolor and ink on Arches paper 16,5x24,5 cm / 6.5x10 in

price and purchasing info at info@troelskirk.com

Starch Factory II

2009-11-03T17:05:00.001+01:00

Fresh from the easel today... This is my second visit to this derelict starch factory near where I live. My first painting of this old building was a huge one, and a snow scene. This time it's autumn, the first beams of morning sun filtered through an apple tree. The remnants of the swedish traditional house paint "faluröd" gives the wall it's wonderful deep red color tone. One of those magic places...

acrylic on canvas 50x70 cm / 20x28 in

price and purchasing info: info@troelskirk.com

Nigtfall, Teal's Light

2009-10-24T10:34:00.000+02:00

Fresh from the easel... another in the series of watercolors from the fictive Maine Coast Line Railroad. I've been drawn to lighthouses all my life (was even named after a lighthouse-keeper). That magic moment when the sun dissapears under the horizon and the beam of light begins to rotate in the lighthouse....

watercolor on Arches 850gr/400p paper, 75x55cm/30x22in

Summer fog

2009-10-17T08:55:00.002+02:00

A newer painting... and a variation on a favorite subject. A magic place in norway, a place the sun never reaches, in the shadow of a mountain ... A quiet, cool cove to rest on a hot summers day, with the summer hidden in the fog.

acrylic on canvas, 120x160cm/48x64in

Teal's Cove

2009-10-12T11:16:00.000+02:00

This is a new fictional watercolor from my Maine style 1930'ies modeling world... the Teal's Cove is a quiet place. A weavery behind the Coast Line narrow gauge evening train leaving the depot bound for Convers and Cranberry... Teal River under the bridge.

watercolor on Arches 850g/400p paper, 55x75cm/22.5/30in

Also available as a limited edition (50) signed giclée print in size 30x40cm/ 12x16in plus white edge for framing.

From Alltidhult, Sweden

2009-10-07T17:22:00.000+02:00

My newest acrylic. The Alltidhult is a small gathering of houses along a gentle stream, deep in the woods. A favorite place of quietness...

acrylic on canvas 40x50cm/16x20in

Morning, Cranberry Wharf

2009-10-07T16:54:00.000+02:00

A newer watercolor. Pure fiction, set in the 1930'es Maine, this huge wharf is a smelly, slightly dangerous place, a sailors delight. Closely linked to my passion for model building, this watercolor illustrates a place I'm building as model as well.

watercolor on Arches 850g/400p paper, 55x75cm/22.5/30in

Also available as a limited edition (50) signed giclée print in size 30x40cm/ 12x16in plus white edge for framing.

Skinsagylet

2009-10-06T15:18:00.001+02:00

Yet another not fully fresh, but still recent painting! And another tranquil setting. A local nature reserve, a gorge where the moisture is heavy in the air in early spring. Southern Sweden at it's very best...

acrylic on canvas 100x70cm, 40x28in

Midnight Sun

2009-10-06T06:59:00.002+02:00

The special bluish light of the northern scandinavian midnight sun never ceases to fascinate me. And in the Salten area of Norway the northern sky can look like this at midsummer.

acrylic on canvas, 120x160 cm/48x64in

From Näsum

2009-10-04T22:23:00.002+02:00

This painting is from the town where I live, an abandoned old starch factory down by the river. A lonely, beautiful and tranquil spot.

acrylic on canvas, 120x160 cm /48x64 in

Welcome!

2009-10-04T21:52:00.003+02:00

Welcome to my new blog! Here I will present the new acrylic paintings and watercolors I make, fresh from the easel! Since this is a new blog, and I'd like to have something to show immediately, I'll begin by introducing some of the latest arrivals, although the paint isn't still wet ;)