Roar Kjernstad

Roar Kjernstad is a Norwegian painter (born 1975). In his view painters and artists in general should be craftsmen. He is a part of the traditional figurative school of painting wich is related to the kitsch movement of Odd Nerdrum and the retrogard movement. But unlike Nerdrum and according to the retrogardists, Kjernstad still believe that traditional and figurative artists should claim the term "art" rather than to use the name "kitsch" for their work. The use of the term "kitsch" shows no respect to the skills traditional and figurative artist need to have and to the eternal values of beauty they are believing in.

The paintings are the excellent portrayal of the events and scenes that we see around us. The painters are the best cameras of the world. They reproduce many different types of pictures. They even draw imaginary pictures that do not exist in this world. We tend to use both thinned oil paints and dense oil paints. Masterpieces can be dyed more than once, but each time it may be different from the existing paintings.h

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