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
My final drawing of the year is "Gatekeeper". This is a companion piece to another drawing I did this year called "Extremophile." Sincere thanks to everyone who has taken the time to look at my art this year and to those that were able to support it with a sale, mention, share or "like." Richard... Continue Reading →
I just finished rendering this new piece. Below the final image, you can see the graphite underdrawing. I changed little of the composition as I inked beyond removing the line on the right that was intended to signify distant clouds or trees. It felt like a distraction from the flow. During the rendering of the... Continue Reading →
I love drawing on cards and other scraps of paper. Here are 4 new ones that I quite like. They are all available in my shop. Twilight Hunter, 2022, ink on cardstock, 5" x 7" Woodland Enchantress, 2022, ink on cardstock, 5" x 7" Listener, 2022, ink on cardstock, 5" x 7" Daydreamer, 2022, ink... 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 →
This progress shot represents several hours of cross hatching using very fine brushes with diluted ink. It looks a little stark without the framing background elements but so far so good. My main goal for this building was to capture the weathered, patchy elements. I always forget how grotesquely time consuming this technique is, but... Continue Reading →
The Bird of Ill Omen, was finished earlier this year. Even though it's only the end of March, the time spent on this drawing already seems long past thanks to the dramatic events in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The first tentative lines for this piece were drawn many years ago: the creature with the... Continue Reading →
This is a new drawing called Pale Agent - evolved to peer through knotholes. I'm currently working on illustrations for a new book, which this has nothing to do with. Later in October I will be at a local event called Art O' Con, with some new prints. For those that might be interested, Pale... Continue Reading →
Richard A. Kirk | Visual Artist | Author 