"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 →
This is me from many years ago, sometime in the 1970s. I can't really articulate why but I've always liked this snapshot. I think because is foretells how important the visual would become in my life.
This is a picture of the postcard show at Alexi Era Gallery. The proceeds are going to Human Rights Campaign. Can you spot mine?
A few months ago I was invited to submit work for a show at the Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra California. The show's theme was Rock n' Roll. One of the options was to illustrate a song or a lyric. I chose to do The Fairy Feller's Master-stroke by Queen, which was itself a riff on... Continue Reading →
I'm very excited to be showing again at Art Clement. There is a great group of artists involved in this show. Click on the image to visit the Facebook event page and learn more.
I have a piece of art in this show. Click on the link to visit the Facebook event page for more details.
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.
Richard A. Kirk | Visual Artist | Author 