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
This is an illustration for one of Caitlin R. Kiernan's short stories in the recently published Houses Under the Sea (Centipede Press). I'm showing the image in its original state because I like the warmth of the off white Arches paper (the file submitted to the publisher was altered for printing). The finished book is... Continue Reading →
The good folks a PS Publishing posted an announcement in this week's newsletter for a new edition of To Charles Fort With Love by CRK. It included my cover art - Entomologist's Daughter. Richard.
This is a second illustration for Caitlin R. Kiernan's Houses Under the Sea, forthcoming from Centipede Press, and the last that I can show for now. It goes with a story called Houndwife and was also done with carbon pencil. In this post, I also want to give a shout out to my friend Steve... Continue Reading →
I am showing you an illustration I did for the forthcoming Houses Under the Sea by Caitlin R. Kiernan (the image is shown as a crop in the link). This is the first time I have illustrated a book using carbon pencil instead of ink. It was an interesting process as the medium took the drawings... Continue Reading →
These are two personal works.
Haverhill House Publishing is putting out a new edition of Christopher Golden's Strangewood. I produced illustrations for an earlier edition (Earthling Publications, 2008). I love the colours on this cover by Michelle Madsen. Richard
Further to my last post, PS Publishing has just posted its December newsletter. It includes the full wrap around illustration for Odin's Girl by Kim Wilkins, which I share here. It also shows a little of an interior illustration, which you can see by following the link. I am currently hard at work/ play creating... Continue Reading →
PS Publications will be publishing my illustrated short story collection Magpie's Ladder in 2018! I'll post news about that project here as details become available. In the meantime, have a look at these two forthcoming titles from PS featuring my artwork and great cover design by Michael Smith. Give the PS site a visit if... Continue Reading →
The following text is a chapter deleted from my novel Necessary Monsters during the editing process. For those who have read the book, it describes an incident upon Irridis's arrival in the City of Steps. During the revision it was apparent that it wasn't essential to the story, but I thought readers might enjoy it... Continue Reading →
I am very excited to show you the cover of my new novel Necessary Monsters, which will be published this May and is now available for pre-order. I can't wait to share this novel with readers. I re-wrote the book many times over the last few years, refining it to the book I saw in... Continue Reading →
Richard A. Kirk | Visual Artist | Author 