Armin Mersmann was born in Remscheid, Germany, in 1955. Along with his parents, he immigrated to the United States in 1962. He grew up in an artistic environment and was greatly influenced and tutored by his father, Fritz Mersmann, a successful oil painter. 
 
 Although Mersmann is mainly known for his intense naturalistic graphite drawings, he works in iPhoneography and digital montage. “My interests have become exceedingly experimental, experimenting with abstraction symbolism and the surreal.    Discovering and rediscovering my chosen medium is the everlasting stimulus that keeps me interested and excited. Accidental processes and meticulous planning co-mingle in all my work. Texture, either real or illusionary, and that one ever-elusive brushstroke, the one that says it all, this keeps me searching and exploring.