Kershisnik: Painting from Life
This is not so much an instruction book on painting as an  exploration of the work of a particularly gifted artist.  Kershisnik works in a small Utah town, creating images of people  in quiet, evocative moments of their lives. With wry humor, he  paints young musicians asleep in a landscape, three girls  watching a fourth fly an unseen kite, and a child cavorting  delightedly in a graveyard. His style calls on Chagall, Blake's  mysticism, and the portraitists of the Renaissance. Three  writers add text to this collection of more than 100 Kershisnik  paintings. Novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard provides an introduction,  poet and short story writer Leslie Norris describes a visit to  the artist's studio, and art historian Mark Magleby interprets  the work. In the same genre as Paul Hogarth's autobiographical  Drawing on Life, this book will enlighten and inspire rather  than offer specific advice on brushstrokes. Recommended for  larger collections.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.