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 am really thrilled to be showing my work with this diverse and exciting group of artists. If you are in the area don't miss a chance to check it out. This kind of show is rare in London. I have 3 miniature prints available and 5 original works. This afternoon I had a chance... 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 →
I just finished this piece. Love drawing on heavy paper. It feels so damned decadent. Richard
Following a very busy autumn, I'm now finally sitting down to plan creative work for 2017. My new novel Necessary Monsters is scheduled to be published by Resurrection House/ Arche Press in May. I thought I'd share the description from the distributor's website. Lumsden Moss is an escaped thief and an unrepentant bibliophile with a... Continue Reading →
Caitlin R. Kiernan has posted this illustration to her blog, so I guess I am okay to share it here as well. This is for the forthcoming Houses Under the Sea, Mythos Tales. Caitlin has provided details about this book on her blog. The book also features amazing art by John Kenn Mortensen and Vince... Continue Reading →
This is a new drawing just finished today. I've had this creature in my head for the last couple of weeks and needed to let it out. What interested me about this subject was the questions between the main figure and the weird cyclopean pupa thing on its back. Is it a child of the... Continue Reading →
I've decided to start an irregular category on this blog called Walking Backwards. It's like a Throwback Thursday thing but it will appear as the mood suits. Walking Backwards will feature works, dug from my groaning hard-drive, which I created in the past but haven't posted in a while. How far back I go will... Continue Reading →
Bestowed Upon Us is my last show for 2015. I will be exhibiting my drawing titled Panspermia. For me, one of the rewards of exhibiting work in galleries is seeing the show poster for the first time. In small act of magic, the poster pulls the show together and gives it a unique identity, especially... Continue Reading →
I woke up yesterday morning to the news that Ernst Fuchs had passed away. Fuchs' influence on fantastic art is incalculable and mirrored in the works of innumerable artists. Like Salvador Dali, Zdzislaw Beksinski, and Hans Rudolph Giger, Fuchs' work became a touchstone for visionary and fantastic artists everywhere, a gateway into a realm of... Continue Reading →
Richard A. Kirk | Visual Artist | Author 