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
The thought behind this piece was to portray an entity that waits for the sleeper beyond the threshold of consciousness. The subtitle is "Awake for the Sleeper." Appearances aside, the creature is not meant to be unambiguously malevolent. It is meant to represent the great unknown of our unconscious mind. The elements from which this... Continue Reading →
This is my latest drawing, Earworm. I started out intending to finish this one as a graphite drawing but once I got into it I felt pointillism would bring out its true character. With the lack of background all of the focus is on the character. I wanted the silhouette to read as human but... Continue Reading →
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 →
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.
More ground covered on "Pins." The graphite might be challenging to see depending on your monitor but the ink should show up okay. My plan for this piece is to work my way around the background and then finish with the figures. There is no technical reason for that, its more of a motivational strategy.... Continue Reading →
I just finished this new work called Seven Sisters. The observant viewer will notice there were once eight sisters. Seven Sisters is available for sale in my Etsy store. Richard.
Another fast drawing in ink and charcoal.
Playing with ink this morning. How can a substance so simple give us such a variety of atmospheres to work with? This piece is called Apples, inspired by the apples that are still clinging to my neighbor's tree in the middle of a Canadian winter. The figures are courtesy of my over caffeinated brain!
I just finished this commission piece. It's my first completed piece of 2014, though strictly speaking it was started in 2013. Richard.
Richard A. Kirk | Visual Artist | Author 