Richard A. Kirk
@richardakirk.bsky.social
Artist | Illustrator | Author of The Lost Machine, Necessary Monsters, Tailor of Echoes, Magpies Ladder.
Exploring Graphite Artistry: Techniques and Inspirations
I've been working in graphite for the last couple of weeks, playing with line and values. Graphite is wonderfully suited to working out visual ideas without distraction. These two pieces are quite small, but incorporate a lot of detail. The…
I've been working in graphite for the last couple of weeks, playing with line and values. Graphite is wonderfully suited to working out visual ideas without distraction. These two pieces are quite small, but incorporate a lot of detail. The…
Exploring Graphite Artistry: Techniques and Inspirations
I've been working in graphite for the last couple of weeks, playing with line and values. Graphite is wonderfully suited to working out visual ideas without distraction. These two pieces are quite small, but incorporate a lot of detail. The end result is not unlike my silverpoint work, probably due to my use of a very narrow gauge 0.3 lead on 140lb Arches hotpress paper.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Exploring Graphite Artistry: Techniques and Inspirations
I've been working in graphite for the last couple of weeks, playing with line and values. Graphite is wonderfully suited to working out visual ideas without distraction. These two pieces are quite small, but incorporate a lot of detail. The…
I've been working in graphite for the last couple of weeks, playing with line and values. Graphite is wonderfully suited to working out visual ideas without distraction. These two pieces are quite small, but incorporate a lot of detail. The…
This piece and many other available in my shop. Check it out! If you’ve purchased from me in the past please consider leaving a review. Thanks! richardakirk.bigcartel.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This piece and many other available in my shop. Check it out! If you’ve purchased from me in the past please consider leaving a review. Thanks! richardakirk.bigcartel.com
I just finished this graphite piece, “Lilly of the Underworld,” 2025, graphite on 140lb Arches hotpress, 7” x 10.”
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I just finished this graphite piece, “Lilly of the Underworld,” 2025, graphite on 140lb Arches hotpress, 7” x 10.”
Check out all the work for the SCARED STIFF show at the Benz Gallery: www.thebenzgallery.com/current-exhi... There are all kinds of Halloween themed drawings, paintings, posters and sculptures. I have 3 pieces in the show, including this one!
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Check out all the work for the SCARED STIFF show at the Benz Gallery: www.thebenzgallery.com/current-exhi... There are all kinds of Halloween themed drawings, paintings, posters and sculptures. I have 3 pieces in the show, including this one!
Newly completed graphite piece called “Art of Dreaming,” 2025, graphite on 140lb Arches hotpress, 10” x 7”
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Newly completed graphite piece called “Art of Dreaming,” 2025, graphite on 140lb Arches hotpress, 10” x 7”
New Blog Update richardakirkblog.com/2025/10/01/f...
October 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New Blog Update richardakirkblog.com/2025/10/01/f...
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…
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…
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 presented by Inverarity Gallery called “Monochrome: Goddess.” You can check out the amazing selection of works…
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October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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…
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!
September 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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
September 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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.
September 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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.
September 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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
September 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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
A new blog update! richardakirkblog.com
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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August 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A new blog update! richardakirkblog.com
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.…
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.…
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. Naturally, I haven't been neglecting my drawing table, and I have posted some recent works below. …
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August 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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.…
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...
July 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“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.
June 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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.
June 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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
June 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This Sunday’s art shop focus is 4 silverpoint miniatures (available separately). Drawn with silver wire on archival art board. richardakirk.bigcartel.com
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!
June 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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.
June 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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.
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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.
June 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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
June 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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...
June 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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…
June 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A glimpse of my current work in progress…