Drawing and Printmaking
I was always interested in drawing, probably because my father Richard Kersting is a professional painter and printmaker (see his page here).
Traditional realistic Western art developed from the Renaissance (14th-17th cent.) came to emphasize the building up of tones to achieve realistic lighting effects. Light, shadow, reflection, etc. are all tricks of the eye one can simulate with some care and attention. The informational and aesthetic concerns differ from the ultra-linear Eastern art and even from earlier Western art as much as a photograph and an isometric drawing of a house would differ.
Your necessarily subjective informational and aesthetic purposes within your culture put your own random stamp on your work. That's the "art" of it. (further comments on this here)
Here's a very partial sample of my work:
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pen+ink |
graphite |
engraving |
mezzotint |
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etching |
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sketch |
conte on gesso |
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