Who is your favorite artist?

#41

I like Luis Royo’s style (www.luisroyo.com/). I actually own most of his books.

#42

I like Ver Meer and Dali too. A long time my favorite artist was H. R. Giger. I like his dark visions.

#43

Classical: Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Reuben
19th century: Gerom, Ilya Repin
Sculptor:Rodin, Bernini, Michelangelo
20th century: Lucian Freud, some early Picasso, Mucha
Illustrators/designers: Moebius, Syd Mead, Beksinski, Virgil Finlay, Joseph Clement Coll, N.C. Wyeth, Leyendecker

Off the top of my head…I am sure there are others. :slight_smile:

#44

mine is more down to earth

alex alvarez

#45

I’m with MadCat on this one… Luis Royo rocks hard! His style is distinct. I really like his post apocalyptical settings as well as his Beauty and the Beast themes… (not the Disney version either… we are talking beautiful vixens and barbaric creatures)

Cheers,

NRG

#46

Albrecht Durer
Leonardo Da vinci
Gianlorenzo Bernini
M.C.Escher
Yoshitaka Amano
Akira Toriyama
Samwise Didier(blizzard)
Satoshi Urushihara(langrisser and other)

theres my list :slight_smile:

#47

Escher has been a long time favorite…
And once I got into CG art/animation, I discovered Neil Blevins who would also be one of my favorites. :smiley:

#48

well everyone has a favourite artist, and in my case theyre also my heroes.:love: i look up to them, especially the ones who are probably like the majority of us - struggling to make it big and get into the art industry.

my fave artists include John John Jesse, [google him] he’s amazing, his works are based on sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. his works are quite graphic, and alot of people dont aprrove, claiming its a bit pornographic, but on a deeper level you can see the satirical message he’s making, he’s a genius.

how can you not love Ashley Wood, awesome comic work, excellent style

H R Giger, his creations [Aliens the movie] are so fantastic, they go beyond sublime, theyre just so enticing and simply kickass!

#49

My personal all time favorite artist is Alex Grey. ( http://www.alexgrey.com )

I absolutely love the extremely vibrant colors that Alex Grey uses in his paintings. I love how he portrays energy throughout the colors in his paintings. Whether it be physical, emotional, mental, spiritual or sexual energy, Alex Grey shows that energy in his painting and I love it.

Other than Alex Grey, I would have to say I also love Dali, of course, HR Giger, and MC Escher.

I’ve attached a few of my favorites of Alex Grey. Lightweaver, Kissing, and Artist’s Hand… Check 'em out!

#50

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Annunciation - Abdul Mati Klarwein - 1961

Maybe an inspiration to Alex Grey too.

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My comments HERE.

#51

If you hadn’t guessed by my earlier posts, J.W.Waterhouse is my favourite, closely followed by Sargent.

I dig the way that Waterhouse has all the technical skills of a classically trained painter but he slaps paint on with a looser, more painterly feel- it’s still very much classical representational painting but it’s a bit more alive.

Sargent, well he just rocks. 
    
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Others I like a lot…

     Whistler
     Vermeer
     Klimt
     Hokusai
     Leighton
     Burne-Jones
     Rossetti
     Ed Hopper
    The Scottish colourists - Caddell, Ferguson, Peploe, Hunter.
     Turner
     Alma Tadema
 Jeremy Lipking
 Jack Vettriano
#52

Well I strongly admire Gustave Dore, Katsuya Terada, Frank Miller, Jhon Howe and Caravaggio… Lots of ink and color masters on my faves, uh? :smiley:

#53

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