Etchings – A Suit of Cards
I had been studying Tarot decks and contemplating a series of images based on them when I stumbled across an intriguing competition challenging artists to redo a work that they had done as a child. My mother had kept a crayon drawing of a cat dancing holding mice in its claws. The image “Free at Last” was my response. My studies of the Tarot encouraged the addition of suggestive symbolism, and the idea for the card series was born. Each of the images I felt should stand on its own, but in aggregate they should work as a whole as well. As I worked new ideas continued to evolve. The complexity is deliberate. New things should be discovered each time one looks.
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- Ace – Free at Last (5″ X 3″)
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- King – Oberon (5″ X 3″)
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- Queen – Titania (5″ X 3″)
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- Oísin – Etching (5″ X 3″)
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- Ten – The Fall of Man (5″ X 3″)
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- Seven – Attack at Dawn (5″ X 3″)
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- Six – The Citadel (5″ X 3″)
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- Four – Leap of Faith (5″ X 3″)
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- Three – Guardians (5″ X 3″)
Oil Paintings – Figure
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- The Art Book – Oil on canvas
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- Portrait of Sarah – Oil on canvas (18″ x 28″)
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- Girl with a Newspaper – Oil on canvas
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- Girl with a Lute – Oil on canvas
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- Under The Sheltering Wing – Oil on canvas
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- The Blue Robe – Oil on canvas (23.5″ x 10.5″)
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- The Gold Robe – Oil on canvas (23.5″ x 10.5″)
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- Girl Looking Left – Oil on canvas
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- Puppeteer – Oil on canvas (72″ x 36″)
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- Girl with an Instrument – Oil on canvas
Oil Paintings – Musical Instruments
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- Still Life with Lute – oil on canvas
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- Still Life with Mandolin and Table – oil on canvas
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- Still Life With French Horn – oil on canvas
Etchings – Animal Pleasures Series
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- Pig in Clover – Etching (5″ x 3″)
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- Skirmish – Etching (5″ x 3″)
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- Exodus – Etching (5″ x 3″)
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- Perils of Plein Air Painting – Etching (5″ x 3″)
Etchings
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- Tree Storm – Etching (10″ x 5″)
Pastels – Dressing Up Series
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- Big Boy – pastel (40″ x 30″)
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- Deadwood Doyle – pastel (40″ x 30″)
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- Ballet – pastel (40″ x 30″)
Oil Paintings – The Small World Series
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- Swept Away – oil on linen (20″ x 16″)
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- Chimera – oil on linen (16″ x 20″)
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- Like a Butterfly – oil on linen (20″ x 16″)
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- Apotheosis – oil on linen
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- East Meets West – oil on linen (16″ x 20″)
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- Pigs Can Dream – oil on linen (16″ x 20″)
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- Green Girl – oil on linen (16″ x 20″)
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- Lakmé – oil on linen (16″ x 20″)
Oil Paintings
Landscapes
Pastels
Lithographs
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- Birth of Madness
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- Revelations
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- The Rapture
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- Theatre
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- Premonitions
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- Easter Lilies
If interested in purchasing any of the work seen here, please send an inquiry to alanjlarkin@sbcglobal.net.
Please include the best method for contacting you as well as the name of the piece your are interested in purchasing.