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
Fish Scale was done as a personal piece, Night Flowers was a commission. Fish Scale may be an alien, walking a lonely shore on his first day on earth, or maybe he's a creature that coalesced out of the landscape. Night Flowers stands before her mist shrouded woods. Is she barring entry, or is she... 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 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 →
This fall I did some drawings mixing pointilism and ink wash. They were originally intended as illustrations but in the end I went in a different direction. Here are a couple of my favorites from the group. Both of these are available. Send me a message if interested. Richard.
I am happy to announce that I will be releasing a new print in early 2016. The image is called Amnesiac's Library. It will be printed by LUNA 7 on 17" x 11" 285 gsm Hahnemuhle Torchon paper. The first 25 prints will be signed, and accompanied by a small sketch on a blank card.... Continue Reading →
I've been working on silverpoint for the past few days. Today I thought I would share a new piece called Ptah, Lord of Eternity. It's the second in a cycle of images that started with Flowers of Wisdom (see my previous post). Richard
As you can see, it was a rainy morning and the light levels were low. Never the less, I thought I'd share this photograph of "Panspermia," framed and ready for its journey to the Alexi Era Gallery in Mascoutah, IL. Inquiries should be made to the gallery. The framing was done by Rivertown Galleries in... Continue Reading →
Richard A. Kirk | Visual Artist | Author 