Articles tagged with: art

8 Jun 2010 | 3 Comments | Books | Art | Misc »

A nice mention of my cover art for Cory Doctorow’s latest collection
of short stories, ‘With a Little Help’ on Rick Kleffel’s Agony Column blog.
 

The book will be out in all its various editions later this year, and I’ll have prints available.
Contact me for more print info.
 

“When is a book not a book? When it’s Cory Doctorow’s
‘With A Little Help,’ which manages to be a book,
a dreaded, copyright-killing e-book,
and about seven different kinds of publishing experiments
all of which will be extensively documented in
successive printings of the book itself.”
 

“Doctorow will also offer a POD trade paperback edition,
with one of four (I believe) covers by artist friends of his,
including Rick Lieder, who did the cover for the trade paperback
proof that the ever-generous Doctorow graced me with
during our interview. This is a very nicely printed book,
as fine as an trade paperback you’re going to get
“straight outta New York,” as it were.”

 
Cover art for Cory Doctorow's collection 'With a Little Help'

27 May 2010 | 7 Comments | Books | Art | Misc »

A long forgotten relative of the Hippogryph,
a sprightly denizen of deep sea hydrothermal vents,
a stargazing imp cavorts in a cozy labyrinth
with everything in the right place.

 
A stargazing imp cavorts in a cozy labyrinth
 

27 May 2010 | No Comment | Books | Art | Misc »

Spent some time this week with the Beehive Project
at the Russell Industrial complex,
a community of artists in Detroit building a human-sized
beehive sculpture which will debut at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival
at Hart Plaza this weekend.

The Beehive Project
The Beehive Project
The Beehive Project

My wildlife art just had its debut at the Bees in Art Gallery in the UK,
sister gallery to The Land Gallery, exhibiting artwork by leading artists
inspired by bees and other insects.

Information on my prints at the Bees In Art website.
 

 
The center of the bee universe finds a group of foraging bees
jumping the sun on their return to the hive,
phantoms eclipsing the golden portal to eternity.

 
A group of foraging bees jump the sun

I’m happy to announce I’ll be joining Bees in Art Gallery in the UK,
sister gallery to The Land Gallery, exhibiting artwork by leading artists
inspired by bees and other Hymenoptera.
 

Bees in Art is curated by Andrew Tyzack, graduate of The Royal College of Art,
London, UK and third generation beekeeper. Andrew runs several beehives and
paints in the East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.
 

More gallery information and my Bees In Art news announcement.
 

Here’s a tiny insect Olympian, small enough
to use a blade of grass to do chin-ups,
ghosts of other bees pass by in the background.
 

This little athlete also appears in my book featuring the world of bees, Bee Dreams.
 
Tiny honeybee Olympian, small enough to use a blade of grass to do chin-ups,

24 Dec 2009 | 4 Comments | Books | Art | Misc »

A small reveler dances away the year,
whirling to a wild piper’s rhythm,
chasing the last hours into the
fading moon’s shadow.
 

Holiday greetings from Rick at Wild Light
 
A small reveler dances to a wild piper's rhythm

24 Oct 2009 | No Comment | Books | Art | Misc »

I’ve done the cover art for an upcoming book
by best-selling writer Cory Doctorow.

Cory’s has a Publishers Weekly column about his unique project.

I’ll post more as Cory reveals all the details.

5 Jul 2009 | 2 Comments | Books | Art | Misc »

While out searching for fireflies, as the last light faded on a summer evening, I came across a small race past the moon.
Racing past the moon

31 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | Books | Art | Misc »

I have a couple paintings in the “Targets and Trajectories” exhibition at the Cass CafĂ© in Detroit.

A cropped, work-safe image of one of the paintings, “Siren”, was reproduced in last weeks Mirror newspaper.
Mirror newspaper review

Aerial Acrobats is now available, in time for the holidays. Aerial Acrobats is my first collection, a 40 page hardcover book (7×7 inches with dustjacket) of some of my favorite images of birds in flight.
Bird Book Cover

From the introduction by Kathe Koja:
Because they are so lovely, and seem so fragile – they *are* fragile – we tend to think of birds as delicate creatures, literally above the fray of the earthbound existence the rest of us live. But in these photographs, we can see the bird’s-eye view for what it is, and how tough and resilient these animals are, and have to be.

A preview of some of the page spreads:
Book preview

A softcover edition is also available. More information and reviews here.

12 Aug 2008 | No Comment | Books | Art | Misc »

Sparrows and other small songbirds were scarce here for awhile, but it appears a gang of sparrows is back in force, along with some house finches.

Maybe I’ll have more luck with some lessons from Lesbia, as painted by Edward John Poynter.
Lesbia and her Sparrow

Another Poynter, The Cave of the Storm Nymphs, from 1903.
Cave of the Storm Nymphs