Exploring queer identity in contemporary portraiture and images, Kirk's paintings often begin as sumptuous, highly rendered works of art. This typically consists of queer bodies in fantastical spaces, adding a sense of surrealism to the work and enticing the viewer by using dreamlike imagery. By doing so, he transports the queer figure out of a fixed state of time and into a realm where it appears that they have always existed. This is primarily done by employing traditional symbols such as flowers to exaggerate and bring forward emotions related to the figure.
Using thick paint, graffiti-like content is placed over the composition resembling crayon drawings. By introducing these child-like shapes, colours, and symbols, he defaces the image and implicates new readings of his work.
