For some reason, I neglected to post the completed image of this piece. Here you go, along with a few details. This will be part of the Fiends of the DarkĀ online exhibition by WOW X WOW. Stay tuned for details! Richard
Magpies in October Country
It's October at last, my favorite month of the year. I have just added a small number of signed copies of Magpie's Ladder to my webstore. The constant reader will remember that Magpie's Ladder is my illustrated short story collection published by PS Publishing earlier this year. Get yours now! Also in celebration of October,... Continue Reading →
New Drawing: Heart Divided
I just finished this new drawing, Heart Divided. It is available for purchase. Inquiries and questions welcome. - Richard
Pollen
Pollen is a new drawing (personal work) that I finished towards the end of January. It was done using .13 & .18 Rotring Rapidograph pens. The image below is a quick iPhone shot of a new work in progress called Hearts Divided. I'm hoping to get it done in the next few weeks, working on... Continue Reading →
Darkness
This is a newly completed silverpoint drawing called Darkness. The under drawing was done in 2016, and it was intended to be the third in a series of three (Flowers of Wisdom and Ptah, also shown), but I ran out of time. I finally found some time to render Darkness this week. If you look... Continue Reading →
Antipodes Project
Hot off the drawing table, a new ink drawing for the Antipodes Project originally started by artist Ben Tolman. Visit Joe MacGown's blog for a good background on the project. I really enjoy creating these intensely packed drawings. I should also mention that my drawing Hypnos is on display this weekend at Copro Gallery as... Continue Reading →
New Drawings
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 →
Nocturnalogic Redux
Last summer I spent some time photographing things in my garden with a macro lens. Some of the pictures were put on a blog called Nocturnalogic, which I have since discontinued. I have salvaged the images and added them to a gallery as part of this blog. Simply mouse over "Gallery" in the header and... Continue Reading →
“Pins” Finished
These are images of my new drawing called "Pins." To see a larger view, click on the image. I'll be sending this one to a show in July called "of Beauties and Beasts" in Troy, New York at Clement Art Gallery. - Richard.