Hello! My name is Rick Kitagawa,
and I like painting and drawing monsters.

Thanks for stopping by. I make paintings of monsters, illustrate creepy things, and make prints on the side as well!
You can check out all the paintings here, digital illustrations here, or the prints over here.

I also created an interactive gallery show called "The Undiscovered: The Secret of Deadbrook." I've translated it best I can into an online adventure. Start HERE.

Recent(ish) News

5/15 - For all you out in the midwest area, I'll be showing new work (via prints and ties) at Spectrum Live! in Kansas City. Legendary artists will be there, so be sure to check it out!

5/1 - Sorry for the lack of updates! I've been painting like a fiend, and updated a bunch of new work, and have been doing more short story writing. Hope to revamp the site and get stuff up soon!

1/27 - I'll be in the SF Raw Artist Showcase on Thursday, February 16th, showing all new work. Come check it out! Buy tickets HERE!

12/30 - So the site update is delayed until I find the right solution. What I had was cool, but it didn't allow me to have the captions for each painting show up. Being that the story behind each painting is important (at least to me), I've put off the site update for a while. Sorry.

11/29 - Upcoming plans for the site: a better integrated blog, a section for my short stories, and an updated illustration portion. Oh yeah, and a store. Already here: a twitter feed and email list sign-up (now both separate from Monkey + Seal!) Go go sign up now!

11/14 - I survived Indonesia with only about a bajillion insect bites. Let's all cross our fingers that I don't get malaria.

10/21 - Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Salon! You rock!

10/20 - I'll be talking about some of my Bestiarum paintings and might be doing a reading of my new illustrated short story "The Drowning of Jun Wakayama" at Eth-Noh-Tec Studios on the 29th as part of the Salon! You're On!: Tales of Terror. Hope to see you there!

10/18 - New paintings up in the painting section.