"there is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Sir Frances Bacon, Of Beauty, Essays" 1625
A Few of My Favourite Things (photo © Richard A. Kirk 2021) I took a much longer hiatus from this blog than intended! I was surprised/ not surprised to see that my last post was back in April. Yikes. So far 2021 has been a bit of a slow burn for me creatively. I've been... Continue Reading →
I just finished these two decorative ink drawings. They were done with carbon black acrylic ink on heavy artboard. They are available for sale (and on sale!) on my webstore. Just a reminder that I have a selection of larger works done over the past year available for viewing, and sale on my website. Check... Continue Reading →
Among other things, I've been working away at a new fantasy novel. Looking back, it appears I started it in 2018. Lately I've taken it up in a more focused way. The first draft is now sitting at about 30 thousand words, which means I have quite a bit more bridge to build. With this... Continue Reading →
For something different, here is a short fairytale I wrote earlier in the year for a story writing contest called NYC Midnight. The rules required the story to be no longer than 2500 words. There was once an old town that rose from the tip of a peninsula, a forgotten place, overlooking a vaporous sea.... Continue Reading →
Lander 1, 2021, ink on 140lb Arches hotpress, 18 x 24 inches Lander 1 detail Lander 1 detail The inspiration for Lander 1—and yes, expect a Lander 2 and 3—came from watching the Perseverance rover descend on Mars in February. I started thinking about humans being sole explorers/ representatives from earth. This piece imagines a... Continue Reading →
Mascot, 2021, ink & watercolour, 6"x5"Crustacean, 2021, ink & watercolour, 5"x5"Flora, 2021, ink & watercolour, 5"x5"Tangent, 2021, ink & watercolour, 5"x5"Venom, 2021, ink & watercolour, 5"x5"Witness, 2021, ink & watercolour, 5"x5" I've had a very busy few days with non-art related things, so it was fun to have these little pieces to work on. They... Continue Reading →
Over the weekend, I created a new series of miniatures. They were created on acid free art board with ink and brush and then tinted with watercolour. This grouping is the first six of twelve. All six of these pieces are available on in my webstore. Android, 2021, ink, 5" x 5"Bark & Bone, 2021,... Continue Reading →
Witch of the Wormwood, 2020, oil on panel with handmade stained pine frame. Solitudes, 2020 oil on panel with handmade stained pine frame I took some time today to update my webstore on Big Cartel. I added a stippled ink drawing called Scout (not shown) and two small oils completed at the end of 2020.... Continue Reading →
Munchfish, 2021, charcoal and watercolour on hotpress watercolour paper, 9 x 6" approximate Gap, 2021, watercolour on 300lb coldpress paper, 11 x 7.5" Two slightly different watercolour techniques on different papers, with the same palette. These pieces are available in my webstore.
Scout, 2021, ink on 140lb Arches hotpress paper, 10 x 7 inches
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