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…

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.”

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!

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

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.…

“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

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.