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Richard A. Kirk

"there is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Sir Frances Bacon, "Of Beauty, Essays" 1625

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Author: richardakirk

I am a Canadian artist, illustrator and author. This blog is where I talk about projects that am working on. I show finished works, but I also show works in progress and things that inspire me along the way. Feel free to leave a comment or ask a question. Thanks for dropping by.

The Mourning Dove

For something different, here is a short fairytale I wrote earlier in the year for a story writing contest called … More

Fairytale, Mourning Dove, NYC Midnight, short fiction

Lander 1

The inspiration for Lander 1—and yes, expect a Lander 2 and 3—came from watching the Perseverance rover descend on Mars … More

birds, exploration, eyes, lander, organic, plants, probe, pupa, sowbugs

Mascot

I’ve had a very busy few days with non-art related things, so it was fun to have these little pieces … More

botanical, crustacean, eyeball art, flowerhead, inkandwatercolour, mascot, petals, skull, spider, venom

Android and Friends

Over the weekend, I created a new series of miniatures. They were created on acid free art board with ink … More

android, fungus, Lovecraft, Mythos, superhero

Shop Update

I took some time today to update my webstore on Big Cartel. I added a stippled ink drawing called Scout … More

birds, Crows, meditation, Scout, solitude, Witches, Wormwood

Two New Watercolours

Two slightly different watercolour techniques on different papers, with the same palette. These pieces are available in my webstore.

beastiary, fantastic animals, fish, munch, scream, stump, tree

Scout

alien, android, cyborg, ecology, econaught, eye, Scout, tree

Tailor of Echoes – Teaser

I posted this image on my social media accounts to tease my forthcoming illustrated novel Tailor of Echoes (PS Publications, … More

Fairytales, NYC Midnight, PS Publishing, Tailor of Echoes, Writing Contests

Cardinal

Oil paintings are notoriously difficult to photograph and even worse to scan due to reflective properties. Fortunately, my printmaker has … More

Cardinal, Darkling Lands, newsletter

Drowned Library Greeting Cards

January 26th and this is my first blog post of the year. I guess the month got away on me! … More

Drowned Library, Greeting Cards, prints

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