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
The Shadowood Collective based in London, Ontario is opening a new show on Tuesday, February 6. I am really pleased be showing my drawing "Foundling," at this event. I'll also have numbered editions of 3 miniature prints available at the show. If you are in the area, don't miss this one. Any prints remaining after... Continue Reading →
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 →
Hot off the drawing table, a new ink drawing for the Antipodes Project originally started by artist Ben Tolman. Visit Joe MacGown's blog for a good background on the project. I really enjoy creating these intensely packed drawings. I should also mention that my drawing Hypnos is on display this weekend at Copro Gallery as... Continue Reading →
Here is a new piece that I finished this afternoon called VOICES DRY AND HOLLOW. The title comes from lyrics of a song by Team Sleep called Tomb of Liegia: "Hear the crowd of ghosts, Their voices dry and hollow, Can't you hear their calls? They cheer me to the gallows." The art has no... Continue Reading →
This is a new drawing called WATER COLUMN. It is available for sale on my webstore. WATER COLUMN is an original pen and ink pointillism drawing by Richard. It was created with .18 & .25 Rotring pens on 200 G Cranson Watercolour Paper. The page size is 8.5" x 11." This piece, FORAGER, is also... Continue Reading →
I am shocked to see that I haven't updated my blog since May. On the other hand, I don't feel too bad because I stuck pretty much to my work plan for this year. This summer saw the release of my fantasy novel Necessary Monsters. The earliest drafts of NM go back a few years,... Continue Reading →
Foundling is a new drawing that I completed for the inaugural online group exhibition by WOWXWOW called Lightning Bolts and Little Sparks. In honour of the show the site has posted a new interview with me. I hope you'll take the time to check out this incredible show featuring the works of a truly diverse... Continue Reading →
New work! This is the most recent of a series of small pen and ink drawings of board. Now, it's time to return to my large drawing Foundling. I'll return to these little guys later. Richard.
This is a new piece called Search Party. I'm taking a break from some large pieces to execute some smaller ideas. For this drawing I used brush and ink for the main subject and a dip pen for the background. It was done on archival Cranson board. I'll probably do a few in this vein.... Continue Reading →
I just finished this new drawing. It was originally intended to be called Neume (see earlier post) but a different character emerged in my mind as I worked on it. I've added a few details for a closer look. This work will be for sale on my webstore shortly. If you are interested, hit me... Continue Reading →
Richard A. Kirk | Visual Artist | Author 