Your favorite artists? (page 3)

doodle-v

No, the question is who is your favorite artist?

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Doodle-V

Regular Wine-eer

Thanks Aztec Baby... I would not have placed Royo as A 'Fauvist' ...He does emphasize his brushstrokes a fair bit.. but i thought it was a touch rather Impressionistic... I didn't know he was a wild beast! lol

A guy I know at Centuar Art Gallery did tell me once that guys like Wyland, Lassan, and especially Kinkade (who he was actually talking about) make their prints practically from laserjet... they will barely last your lifetime before they fade...

I'd view these guys as artists of a sort - but in this case, ones that have COMPLETELY gone the way of being commercial and forsaken the 'artistic' side.... I don't care for this sort of extreme either... Because in a way - They're just businessmen and not artists who happen to do good business.

A good artist, to me, always strives to expand and better his work - always changing & reaching deeper and deeper into his own life or soul to express himself and how he or she views the world around them (Even Warhol did this well) ....But guys like Kinkade or Wyland really don't do this... They just keep making slight variations on the same damn theme... over and over... and sell them in mass production.

to me, they're all about money.. not art... Even Picasso, the wealthiest most famous artist of his time never did this - With him, the art came first, and damn all else...

tinkerbell82

hey paul, did you ever read 'the secret life of salvador dali'? it's fascinating. if i could meet any one person in the whole world face to face, i'd pick dali.

wasasister

You mean, besides seven006?

Edward Hopper

nilfun

hmmm..not sure...but here's a couple of paintings that have made an impression on me:

Winslow Homer, The Gulf Stream:

Gustav Klimt, The Kiss:

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Surreptitious

COMF,

I'm not sure if that's a flutist or a "blow dartist"! hehe

Syrup

SixofNine

lol, can't help but get a kick out of artist being discussed in exactly the same tones as sports figures.

Sir Paul

Tink: Yes, I've read that and just about every book on Salvador except one - called I think 'The Shameful Life of Salvadore Dali' LOL (or something like that - I saw it at a library recently... I'll have to get it!) as well as a large number of Picasso books.. (and there are TONS of those!)

Yes I love Dali's work AND his character... He was really a pretty humble guy, especially when comparing himself to past masters, and also was very dedicated to Gala... which unlike Picasso and his 'Goddesses & Doormats' attitude.. was pretty admirable. But he also knew how to be spontaneous and extravegant and entertaining AS A PERSON in public...

Like Picasso, he could be quite a charmer and entertaining - to me, this is one of the very best traits a real artist can have... The idea of the brooding, sulking, wierd son of a b... that sit's in his room all day and can't relate well to anybody - doesn't sit too well with me... these types usually (in most cases) don't do all that well... until after they're dead that is, and what good is that?

For myself, having had a touch of acting in my background and a natural like for people (and a penchant for suddenly breaking into song or dance or some other nonsense)... I don't have much problem there... I can't even get through the mall where I used to work without having at least 10-20 people come up for a long chat.. LOL (Takes a long time to shop these days!) ...

NEWWORLDSLACKER

I would have to say HR Giger is great , Adam Jones of TOOL who does the videos has a great vison of the macabre. and I also really enjoy Pablo Picasso his work and the life he lead .

here is one of my pics

NwS

Aztec

Six,

"lol, can't help but get a kick out of artist being discussed in exactly the same tones as sports figures"

I discuss sports figures with far less passion!

Nilfun, you have excellent taste.

Paul, I so agree with you. You made my point better than I could!

~Aztec

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