This is the first of a couple videos I will be posting showing the development of a new silverpoint piece. Silverpoint is a technique where a drawing is created using a silver stylus on a prepared surface. #silverpoint #metalpoint #technique #drawing

A small watercolour, just finished, called “Best Self.” Ink & watercolour on hotpress paper, 10” x 7.” Available richardakirk.bigcartel.com

Next up in the studio. Trying some mould made watercolour paper I haven’t used before. #workinprogress💪 #insects #darkart #preliminarydrawing

“Star” a new miniature (ish). 7” x 7”

This is my latest painting called The Window Book. Just finished today. 20” x 16,” ink and watercolour on paper.

Here’s a close up look at my latest watercolour piece “Oneironaut.” #illustration #darkart #watercolor #ink #monster

I finished this piece today. It is called “Oneironaut”. Ink and watercolour on paper. 20”x15.” I’ll post some details soon.

Spent the morning looking at some past watercolour work and found this one that I haven’t thought about in a while. I did a video instead of a photo because I think it gives a better impression of the surface. #Eyes #watercolor #coral #flowers

Here is my last painting for February. It’s called “Folio.” 12” x 9” ink and watercolour. I hope you enjoy it. Now, time to clean the house and crack a bottle of red, not necessarily in that order.

A new watercolour tinted ink piece I finished this afternoon, called Aellai (storm witch). 12” x 16.”

Ending the week with this new watercolour called “Cluster.” Hope you are all having a Good Friday! Watercolour on artboard, 12” x 9.”

Some details of my latest, GERMINATION

This piece is called “Germination.” 16” x 12” watercolour tinted ink drawing on artboard.

Busy this week with multiple projects but making time for this one every afternoon. Hope you like this peek. #ink #crosshatch #workinprogress #darkart

A peek at something new I am working on.

This new piece is called “Twilight of the Stone Men.” Acrylic ink in on artboard, 12” x 9.” #twilight #liminal #sentinel #meditative #rockformations

This is an interior illustration I did for Mia Dalia’s new novella “A Song for the End of the World” forthcoming from @earthlingpub shout out to Paul Miller for his enduring commitment to support authors and illustrators. Truly a creator friendly publisher.

A new ink & watercolour piece completed just today. “The Head of Collections.” 12” x 9.” An ode to all those curators and archivists that work so hard behind the scenes. #museums #naturalhistory #ink #curators #archives

This is a recent cover I did for a new Mia Dalia novella called “A Song for the End of the World” published by Earthling Publications . The final cover design incorporates text.

A newly finished watercolour tinted ink drawing called “Final Transmission”. 12” x 16.”

Here is a peek at what I am working on today. It’s called “Final Transmission.”#pen #dippen #monster #astronauts #beautifulbizarre

A new ink and watercolour painting called “Explorers.” 2026, 18” x 12.” This piece was done as a dip pen drawing on watercolour board and then tinted with watercolour. Available in my shop richardakirk.bigcartel.com

Enjoy this minute or so of chill inking with a dip pen. I’ll reveal the finished piece in a few days.

Sketchbook is the drawing without end.

Pumpkin giving me notes.

In honour of @officialjonathandavis birthday, here are three pieces of art I did for the KoRN Untitled vinyl rerelease a few years ago.

A new piece called “Symbiote,” 12” x 9”. Ink and watercolour. Available. richardakirk.bigcartel.com More robots?

Happy Friday, friends! Here is a new ink and watercolour piece called “The Witch’s Garden,” 12” x 9.” Watercourse tends to suffer a bit in the image compression, so I’ve added a couple of details.

The view from my studio window this morning.

Every now and then I repost my favourite images from my past body of work. This one from 2008 is called Iconoclast.

A corner of my studio in September.

Here a peek at a piece I’m working on this week called “Symbiote.” This is the intermediate stage. The final will be in coloured.

A portion of a work in progress. About 1/4 of the full drawing depicted. This is a dense piece with an interconnected surface, I think of it as a kind of skin made of dots where forms shift and meld. The Drawing is called “Book of Flies.”

Here is a new piece called “Agitator.” 2026, watercolour & ink, 12” x 9.” Available now on in my shop. richardakirk.bigcartel.com. It was developed from a thumbnail sketch I did several years ago when I was illustrating Weaveworld by Clive Barker.

A small taste of my art before I move into 2026! Thanks to everyone who supported my work this year. I really appreciate it! Lot’s of new stuff on the way.

Excited to be showing next to so many great artists! My last show of 2025. Check it out!

I haven’t posted much this week, so here is a corner of one of the things I am currently chipping away on. Stay warm.

I just finished this graphite piece called “Mockingbird,” which will be featured in a December WOWXWOW online show in December. 2025, graphite on Arches hotpress, 12” x 9”.

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…

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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!

Newly completed graphite piece called “Art of Dreaming,” 2025, graphite on 140lb Arches hotpress, 10” x 7”

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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!