Your favorite artist and work of art

My favorite non-musical artist is Vincent Van Gogh, and my favorite painting is Starry Night. Share yours!

-Julie

I have so many favorites, that I wouldn't even know where to start. Here is a short list:

Chuck Close - Self Portrait

Andres Serrano - Semen and Blood II

Chris Ofili - Madonna

Jean Basquiat - Faringe

Bill Waterson

Any artist who sculpts or paints naked lesbians is cool with me 8)

I like me.

Ambition, by me.

Dennis.. that's amazing.. do you have anything else?

Personally, I admire my artwork.

One of my last coaster drawings of my favorite SFMM ride, Goliath.

Computer art...(Hey, it won me a DVD )

Well, I like my art too, don't get me wrong

Still looking for a compelling name for this photo. He's a fledgling artist from NYC, and he's on the Ryman steps.

i dont really get art. that stary night piece just doesnt look like it took that much talent. i see unknowen artists paint things that look life-like. to me those are the good artist.

here are some examples. they are just some pictures i pulled off of yahoo...

here are the ones i dont get how people like.

here are the ones i think should be famous.

Dennis.. that's amazing.. do you have anything else?

Thanks (blush)

I have many, I'm hoping to release a full line of works for display here locally. We have a couple art organizations I'm talking with now...

Here's a couple more...

Alone

Heaven Calling

Separation

Shine

That separation pic is almost scarey, Thats something I would put on my wall !!

Jim Booth, he paints pictures of the SC coast, particularly around Charleston.

Here are the old Cooper River Bridges...

And the Morris Island Lighthouse which they are currently trying to save from falling into the ocean...

www.Jimbooth.com

^ That reminds me of some other guy that paints landscapes with lighthouses in them.

// Bring me the head of Thomas Kinkade!

I like this painting.

Surf Boards.

That separation pic is almost scarey, Thats something I would put on my wall !!

The only thing touched up on that picture is the color. It was the 1st time I experienced Florida's "coast effect", and it was quite spooky. (Right now, I would welcome and rain, it's been so friggin hot down here. LOL)

Norman Rockwell

I'm a huge, huge fan of An Experiment on a Bird in an Air-Pump by Joseph Wright of Derby.

So much so, made a trip out to the National Gallery (London) to see it. Its just awesome -- so relevant for today and my hands down favorite (by a landslide) painting.

better lighting:

My favorite contemporary artist is Heidi Hesse:

I effing love her earlier work!!! I want to buy this piece: Its amazing. There is a tiny little fountain installed above a plate of glass (filled withabout an inch of water) and it makes the greatest space (inside). Her whole show was friggen amazing. Check out her website for this earlier archived work.

'mAzing.

Not far from my house and even closer to PCW is the McMichael Collection gallery. It primarily holds the collection of the Canadian artists the Group of Seven.

A.J. Casson is one of the artists.

http://www.mcmichael.com is the link for the Collection.

White Pine by A.J. Casson

My uncle married the daughter of a group of seven artist (i'm from winnipeg).

That picture is AWESOME^^ I love that style, all the colors seem to blend, and then its like the tree, Its great!

Surrealism has always been fascinating to me. Salvador Dali is easily my all-time favorite artist. BTW...this thread is way too sweet to let die with out more posts...cheers to USRoadTripper! 8)

Christ (one of his most beautiful works, IMO)

Elephants Reflecting Swans

My favourite work of art is "The guitar lesson" by Balthus. I love it because it's shocking. Too shocking to post here, most likely.

My favourite artist is Odilon Redon. All of the attached images are his, and in the collection of MOMA.

The window.

The windmill.

The trees.

The teeth.

The masque of red death.

The fight of the centaurs.

The fairy.

The eye, like a strange balloon, mounts towards infinity.

The eye flower.

The accused.

Silence.

Christ.

I honestly admit, I have no real fave amongst all the artists and illustrationists in the world, past and present/future....

But, this TPR Art Gallery is most enjoyable to 'stroll thru.'

And I fully agree with Teddymonster - keep this 'gallery' alive and pulsing with art and art projects. Old and new. Favorites, and...debatables.

Nuthin'likes a bit'o cultcha, eh?

And to RoadTripper for the thread's start. Yay.

I love Salvadore Dali's works. They are so surreal, they make you look hard at them, trying to find the details of the painting. He was such an amazing artist. For some reason, I love this one:

Awesome picture...