Richard A. Kirk | Visual Artist | Author
"there is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Sir Frances Bacon, Of Beauty, Essays" 1625
I thought it would be fun to show a few old pieces this week. Although this scan doesn't do the image as much justice as I'd like, the image still resonates with me. Compositionally, Wintersun was meant as a visual pun. My main impetus for creating the piece was to study the form of this... Continue Reading →
Most Sunday was spent working on this drawing. Enjoy! Richard.
Here is a new drawing that I did over the last couple of days. This one was going to be inked but I couldn't stop drawing it, and went for a graphite finish. Working on this made me want to do a bunch more drawing, so watch out. Richard.
This is a new drawing I did show opening in May. I'll say more about it later but for now I thought I'd share the image. Richard.
I now have 10 giclee prints of my drawing "The Drowned Library" available in my print webstore.
More ground covered on "Pins." The graphite might be challenging to see depending on your monitor but the ink should show up okay. My plan for this piece is to work my way around the background and then finish with the figures. There is no technical reason for that, its more of a motivational strategy.... Continue Reading →
I came across a few sheets of thumbnails that I did a couple of years ago. At the time I was just trying to generate a few ideas for monster characters that had a strong organic vibe. Last night I took one and developed it into this tinted ink drawing. I plan on doing more... Continue Reading →
Another fast drawing in ink and charcoal.
Playing with ink this morning. How can a substance so simple give us such a variety of atmospheres to work with? This piece is called Apples, inspired by the apples that are still clinging to my neighbor's tree in the middle of a Canadian winter. The figures are courtesy of my over caffeinated brain!
Richard A. Kirk | Visual Artist | Author 