Steps Into the Dark: An Interview with J. Kirk Richards

"I look at art as a metaphor for faith."

Could you start by telling us a little about yourself?

Sure. The name I use with my art is J. Kirk Richards. I use the initial J, which stands for Joel, because there is another artist named Kirk Richards who's been in the art world a decade or more longer than I have. He's a Christian artist from Texas. 

I grew up in Provo, right underneath Y Mountain, a…