Mormon artist J. Kirk Richards says leaps of faith, prayer helped him find success
DESERET NEWS
By Trent Toone
UTAH---It’s taken more than a decade of leaps of faith, frugal living, earnest prayer and hard work, but things are working out for artist J. Kirk Richards. The soon-to-be 39-year-old Provo native and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has quietly and steadily carved out a full-time art career despite being a one-time college dropout, having long stretches when his work didn’t sell and focusing on Christian imagery, a subject some in the art world don’t find interesting. [link]
By Trent Toone
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| Artist J. Kirk Richards works in his studio in Woodland Hills Wednesday, April 15, 2015. (Chelsey Allder, Deseret News) |
“I kept falling back on my patriarchal blessing (which mentioned nothing about being an artist) but promised if I produced where I had the opportunity to produce, doors would be opened to do what I wanted to do.”
