"there is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Sir Frances Bacon, Of Beauty, Essays" 1625
Over the weekend I did a couple of line drawings, which seemed to cry out to become a series of some kind. I am calling it Arthropod. I have arthropods somewhat on the mind as I have been in the garden a fair bit lately; trying to beat back the weeds that got a foot... Continue Reading →
Catapult 0613 v22 FEATURING: Richard A. Kirk, Blaine Fontana, Brett Amory, John John Jesse, Paul Rumsey, Kevin Peterson, Dan Barry & Jana Brike, Troels Carlsen, Kazuki Takamatsu, Patricia Ariel...PLUS MANY MANY MORE!!! Thena Cartwright has put together an amazing collection of artists in this month's Catapult. Check it out and support this great work. -... Continue Reading →
In order to maintain the highest level of creative control, I have decided to publish my illustrated novel Necessary Monsters through Radiolaria Studios, my independent press. The book will be financed through a combination of crowd sourcing and money raised through special, limited print offerings. Please consider "liking" the Radiolaria Studios Facebook page to stay... Continue Reading →
I love this piece but don't know anything about the artist. Thought I'd share some random inspiration.
A small line drawing I did tonight for fun.
A new graphite drawing finished today! This is available for purchase on in my webstore.
I like to keep my macro lens close to hand for shots like these. These were a couple of air plants that were put in a bowl of water in the sunlight. After a few hours the surface of the plants became covered in tiny bubbles. - Richard
The traycased version of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Weaveworld arrived at my house today. Opening these books was one the proudest moments of my career as an illustrator. Paul Miller at Earthling Publications has done an absolutely spectacular job at realizing this production. My photographs can't do it justice, but you should be able... Continue Reading →
Digging around in my drives I came across this piece from the mid-90s. It was one of a number of images that I created for a collectible card game (CCG) based on Clive Barker's novel Imajica. The project was created by Zehrapushu, a company co-founded by my good friend Hans Rueffert. This was the first... Continue Reading →
I threw on some Radiohead tonight and finished this little silverpoint commission. It is part of a series called The Iconoclasts, which is in turn part of a larger series called the Human Organizations Project. Tomorrow this guy will be packaged up and sent over the pond to Denmark to join his family. Compositionally I... Continue Reading →
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