Richard A. Kirk

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For I Would Ride with You Upon the Wind Artwork

October has finally arrived and I have been in the studio working on a number of new pieces for upcoming shows and book projects. My most recent work is called For I Would Ride with You Upon the Wind. The piece is now available in an online show…

Excited to be part of this upcoming show!

This is my completed piece for the upcoming Monochrome Goddess show. “For I Would Ride With You Upon the Wind,” in which an apparition of the Owl goddess appears to her minions with the promise of Spring. #inveraritygallery #monochromegoddess

Here is a peek at a new piece I am working on.

This is a new piece I’m working on. You’re seeing about 1/2 of the composition. It will be a high contrast ink piece with some half tone shading.

This is my new piece “The Reading.” It’s part of the brand new show by WOW x WOW. Check out all of the amazing artists wowxwow.com/wow-squared-... #wowxwow_art

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

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My Productive Summer: New Novel and Art Revelations

It has been a quietly productive summer in the studio . I finally completed revisions on my new novel The Garden of Certhia, which was a great personal milestone and frees me up to tackle my next writing project called Scattered Ghosts.…

“Lookout” acrylic on watercolour paper. Available: richardakirk.bigcartel.com/product/look...

My latest completed work “To Wander Where I Will,” 24” x 18,” ink on 140lb Arches hotpress. Started on April 28 and completed June 23.

A section of my work in progress.

This Sunday’s art shop focus is 4 silverpoint miniatures (available separately). Drawn with silver wire on archival art board. richardakirk.bigcartel.com

I am fairly certain it sold.

This is my favorite picture of my dad, taken on a roadtrip in northern England in the early 60s. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!

Random art post for a Friday night. Here is an older piece called Hellbender. Diluted ink crosshatching on Arches hotpress.

Another random art post. This was an illustration done for a comic project published by IDW a number of years ago. The open space was left for text.

Tonight’s random art post is an old, unused illustration for a short story by Caitlin R. Kiernan called Houndwife. I always liked the implied, but structurally unlikely twist of the millipede behind the figure’s neck. Ultimately, I went with something else.

Progress/ process

It’s Sunday, which means I am highlighting one of my original works available for purchase. You can find “Red Bird and Troll” on my Etsy page www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4...

A glimpse of my current work in progress…

Starting something new. Every Sunday I am going to highlight a piece of work I have available in my webstore. In that spirit, today’s piece is “The Stranger’s Book,” ink on paper, 7” x 10.” richardakirk.bigcartel.com/product/stra... Shares appreciated!

I’ve been posting details of my work in progress. I thought it would be fun to zoom out and show the whole piece. The pen is there for scale. This is done on a 18” x 24” sheet of Arches hotpress paper.

A new beastie from my work in progress.

This evening’s entertainment.

The Plague Tree

A peek at my current work in progress.

Connective tissue. All of the pieces weave together.

A new element in my work in progress. Hope you are all having a wonderful day.

Another element from my work in progress.