Dialogue, Volume 25, Number 2 - Dialogue – A Journal of Mormon ...

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Brian T. Kershisnik holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from BYU
and an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. He, his wife,
Suzanne, and his son, Noah, live in Kanosh, Utah, where Brian paints
full time.
Kershisnik says about his work, "In a metaphorical way, I would
like ray art to be initially beautiful and inviting but to have its full
effect through digestion. Artwork should be beautiful, and I seek beauty
in my work. Beauty affects me very much like truth. In my mind the
search for beauty is a search for wholeness. It is a search for God. I
want my artistic efforts to be part of my objectives as a Christian: to
search for and serve my God. Each aspect of my work is part of my
search for this ultimate, beautiful thing. The hints I find that persuade
me to continue in the search are at times unexpected. Sometimes these
hints are frightening; sometimes they are funny. I continue searching
because I desire to build something lasting —a home, a story —to make
things that teach me and make me laugh, and someday to find the
unexpected God."
ART CREDITS
Front cover: "Two People," 19" X 15", oil on paper, 1989
Back cover: "Swimmers," 19" X 15", oil on paper, 1990
p. 12: "Tall Dog," 13" X 10", drawing, 1990
p. 39: "Abram in the House of His Fathers," 19" X 15", oil on paper, 1989
p. 72: "A Fire," 19" X 15", oil on paper, 1990
p. 105: "A Man Unaware of an Angel Visiting," 14" X 11", lithograph, 1989
p. 106: "Just Before the Annunciation," 14" X 11", lithograph, 1989
p. 127: "Just Before the Annunciation," 19" X 15", oil on paper, 1989
p. 136: "Two Men Walking, Walking" 14" X 11", lithograph, 1989
p. 164: "Dog," 9" X 6", transfer print, 1990
p. 176: "Still Life with a Confused Servant," 19" X 15", lithograph, 1989
All artwork courtesy of Dolores Chase Gallery, Salt Lake City,
Utah.