Title: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 12:17:35 PM
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 12:17:35 PM
Turner (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/turner/)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibiblio.org%2Fwm%2Fpaint%2Fauth%2Fturner%2Fi%2Ftemeraire.jpg&hash=3eca1384fc88ffa14127d02c89a7b8270269e903)
The way he expresses light in an oil painting just astonishes me. It is so much more emotionally real than any photograph could ever be. I don't know why but I can look at his work and just lose myself in what he produced.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibiblio.org%2Fwm%2Fpaint%2Fauth%2Fturner%2Fi%2Ftemeraire.jpg&hash=3eca1384fc88ffa14127d02c89a7b8270269e903)
The way he expresses light in an oil painting just astonishes me. It is so much more emotionally real than any photograph could ever be. I don't know why but I can look at his work and just lose myself in what he produced.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Asmodean on February 08, 2011, 12:23:11 PM
Post by: Asmodean on February 08, 2011, 12:23:11 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher
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Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 12:24:52 PM
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 12:24:52 PM
Quote from: "Asmodean"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._EscherWhat is it about his work make him stand out from the crowd as far as you are concerned. Why did he come to mind?
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Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Asmodean on February 08, 2011, 12:32:25 PM
Post by: Asmodean on February 08, 2011, 12:32:25 PM
Quote from: "Tank"What is it about his work make him stand out from the crowd as far as you are concerned. Why did he come to mind?When I was young, I used to study his works for hours, trying to actually make sense of the often impossible geometry. I don't know... I just get this feeling of looking at a 3D object and yet knowing that it can more often than not not actually exist as is in three dimensions. I's more or less all about this false feeling of depth that makes no sense... Fascinates me.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: The Magic Pudding on February 08, 2011, 12:42:40 PM
Post by: The Magic Pudding on February 08, 2011, 12:42:40 PM
Caravaggio, why? seems to do a good capturing the life of his subjects.
www.picturexl.com/albums/Fine_art/Paint ... 7judit.jpg (http://www.picturexl.com/albums/Fine_art/Paintings/Caravaggio/17judit.jpg)
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www.picturexl.com/albums/Fine_art/Paint ... 7judit.jpg (http://www.picturexl.com/albums/Fine_art/Paintings/Caravaggio/17judit.jpg)
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Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: hackenslash on February 08, 2011, 01:32:36 PM
Post by: hackenslash on February 08, 2011, 01:32:36 PM
My two favourites have already been cited, in Turner and Caravaggio. I'd add Picasso to the list as well. He didn't just paint pictures, he made statements.
Here's one about the Luftwaffe's bombing of Guernica:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2F7%2F74%2FPicassoGuernica.jpg&hash=fb3df7632f35190a4a98347b701e1fa8b04f3cf5)
It's worth reading the Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_%28painting%29) concerning the symbolism.
Higher res version HERE (http://www.jkrweb.com/art/images/guernica.jpg).
Here's one about the Luftwaffe's bombing of Guernica:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2F7%2F74%2FPicassoGuernica.jpg&hash=fb3df7632f35190a4a98347b701e1fa8b04f3cf5)
It's worth reading the Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_%28painting%29) concerning the symbolism.
Higher res version HERE (http://www.jkrweb.com/art/images/guernica.jpg).
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Whitney on February 08, 2011, 02:32:41 PM
Post by: Whitney on February 08, 2011, 02:32:41 PM
Not classic...but, Surly Amy
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fny-image1.etsy.com%2Fil_570xN.205918289.jpg&hash=e75024f14cc5f585dace31bb8174fde8834d8bfd) (http://www.etsy.com/listing/65343523/the-scarlet-letter-ceramic-atheist)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fny-image1.etsy.com%2Fil_fullxfull.208878677.jpg&hash=30ff214b2a8d0bd5507317e7d98c8fe83bb68591) (http://www.etsy.com/listing/66081652/a-section-of-space-ceramic-pendant-with)
http://surlyramics.com/ (http://surlyramics.com/)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fny-image1.etsy.com%2Fil_570xN.205918289.jpg&hash=e75024f14cc5f585dace31bb8174fde8834d8bfd) (http://www.etsy.com/listing/65343523/the-scarlet-letter-ceramic-atheist)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fny-image1.etsy.com%2Fil_fullxfull.208878677.jpg&hash=30ff214b2a8d0bd5507317e7d98c8fe83bb68591) (http://www.etsy.com/listing/66081652/a-section-of-space-ceramic-pendant-with)
http://surlyramics.com/ (http://surlyramics.com/)
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 02:38:34 PM
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 02:38:34 PM
Quote from: "Asmodean"They're mesmerising in a way in that they draw one in and then fool one's sense of perspective, they demand to be studied.Quote from: "Tank"What is it about his work make him stand out from the crowd as far as you are concerned. Why did he come to mind?When I was young, I used to study his works for hours, trying to actually make sense of the often impossible geometry. I don't know... I just get this feeling of looking at a 3D object and yet knowing that it can more often than not not actually exist as is in three dimensions. I's more or less all about this false feeling of depth that makes no sense... Fascinates me.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 02:42:10 PM
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 02:42:10 PM
Quote from: "The Magic Pudding"Caravaggio, why? seems to do a good capturing the life of his subjects.More capturing the 'death' in that one
http://www.picturexl.com/albums/Fine_ar ... 7judit.jpg (http://www.picturexl.com/albums/Fine_art/Paintings/Caravaggio/17judit.jpg)
Pic is too big to embed.
But the lighting is wonderful. How artists can capture the effects in paint is beyond me, I'd love to understand how they do it.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 02:51:06 PM
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 02:51:06 PM
I've never got Picasso in the way some do. I can appreciate his work but being a bit of a realist it never seems to have the Wow! factor it does for some.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 02:52:48 PM
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 02:52:48 PM
Quote from: "Whitney"Not classic...but, Surly Amy
http://surlyramics.com/ (http://surlyramics.com/)
You can put 50% of the commission check in the post
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Whitney on February 08, 2011, 03:04:31 PM
Post by: Whitney on February 08, 2011, 03:04:31 PM
Quote from: "Tank"You can put 50% of the commission check in the post lol I don't think she makes enough off them to pay anyone commission. She also does paintings (like of James Randi and such). Pretty well known by active skeptics in the states.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: LARA on February 08, 2011, 04:40:43 PM
Post by: LARA on February 08, 2011, 04:40:43 PM
The Classics- Salvadore Dali, M.C. Escher (though he did not consider himself an artist) for their intellectual coolness, Mary Cassat for her so alive and beautiful renderings, Monet for his calmness, Vincent van Gogh, for his wild technique and startling originality.
Animation- I love Pixar animation studios later work. At about the time they did Monsters, Inc., they really nailed it. Genndy Tartakovsky, for Samurai Jack and The Clone Wars, and whoever heads up the animation in Courage the Cowardly Dog (sorry I'll have to internet this one later!) And more...I love the art of animation.
Architecture- Frank Lloyd Wright, sure we live in buildings, but they are still art, too.
There are probably a ton of other 3-D and 2-D artists, animators, photographers, cinematographers, graphic artists, game designers, architects etc. whose work I love and whose names I don't know or can't think of right now who really speak to me, inspire me or are just a delight that I would love to include or find the names of. I'm very particular in my taste in art, but I really just love art in general, love the creative process, and appreciate all levels of art from the very uneducated, to the primitive, to the classic, to the high tech.
Oh yeah, and a plug here for my kid. This isn't just nepotism here. I really love the character of her art and as young as she is, she is really amazing me with her ability and insight as a visual artist.
Animation- I love Pixar animation studios later work. At about the time they did Monsters, Inc., they really nailed it. Genndy Tartakovsky, for Samurai Jack and The Clone Wars, and whoever heads up the animation in Courage the Cowardly Dog (sorry I'll have to internet this one later!) And more...I love the art of animation.
Architecture- Frank Lloyd Wright, sure we live in buildings, but they are still art, too.
There are probably a ton of other 3-D and 2-D artists, animators, photographers, cinematographers, graphic artists, game designers, architects etc. whose work I love and whose names I don't know or can't think of right now who really speak to me, inspire me or are just a delight that I would love to include or find the names of. I'm very particular in my taste in art, but I really just love art in general, love the creative process, and appreciate all levels of art from the very uneducated, to the primitive, to the classic, to the high tech.
Oh yeah, and a plug here for my kid. This isn't just nepotism here. I really love the character of her art and as young as she is, she is really amazing me with her ability and insight as a visual artist.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Cecilie on February 08, 2011, 04:46:57 PM
Post by: Cecilie on February 08, 2011, 04:46:57 PM
My 2 year old niece.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Tom62 on February 08, 2011, 07:58:53 PM
Post by: Tom62 on February 08, 2011, 07:58:53 PM
I like Rembrandt van Rijn, Vincent van Gogh, Jan Steen, Jan Vermeer, Claude Monet, Wassily Kadinsky, M.C. Escher, Salvador Dali, Carel Willink and many other artists.
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[youtube:65r6590l]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvCBdBLuodI[/youtube:65r6590l]
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: hismikeness on February 08, 2011, 08:17:22 PM
Post by: hismikeness on February 08, 2011, 08:17:22 PM
Julian Beever. He does the 3D sidewalk art. I find it fascinating. I would like to watch him create one to see exactly how he does it. Here's some examples:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dullsheep.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F12%2FJulian-Beever-20.jpg&hash=54b65d03893c9c0e26ae22d3c648c8df56535e14)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fglobe.jpg&hash=883e7989c3340ea5102d10957bf6ca1521536bea)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fswim2.jpg&hash=70a3d02d968db9db651d735e326331ae2e1d115a)
And the wrongview of this one:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fwrongview-pool.jpg&hash=7be5a6b21740147a6cdee3e2508304883685e957)
Link to Julian Beever's (http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm) site.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dullsheep.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F12%2FJulian-Beever-20.jpg&hash=54b65d03893c9c0e26ae22d3c648c8df56535e14)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fglobe.jpg&hash=883e7989c3340ea5102d10957bf6ca1521536bea)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fswim2.jpg&hash=70a3d02d968db9db651d735e326331ae2e1d115a)
And the wrongview of this one:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fwrongview-pool.jpg&hash=7be5a6b21740147a6cdee3e2508304883685e957)
Link to Julian Beever's (http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm) site.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 08:19:17 PM
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 08:19:17 PM
Quote from: "hismikeness"Julian Beever. He does the 3D sidewalk art. I find it fascinating. I would like to watch him create one to see exactly how he does it. Here's some examples:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dullsheep.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F12%2FJulian-Beever-20.jpg&hash=54b65d03893c9c0e26ae22d3c648c8df56535e14)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fglobe.jpg&hash=883e7989c3340ea5102d10957bf6ca1521536bea)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fswim2.jpg&hash=70a3d02d968db9db651d735e326331ae2e1d115a)
And the wrongview of this one:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fwrongview-pool.jpg&hash=7be5a6b21740147a6cdee3e2508304883685e957)
Link to Julian Beever's (http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm) site.
Those are very impressive works of perspective!
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 08, 2011, 08:23:13 PM
Post by: LegendarySandwich on February 08, 2011, 08:23:13 PM
This one is amazing:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fwaterfall.jpg&hash=d7ba0922b894199970654170fcde9aed794b66d0)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fwaterfall.jpg&hash=d7ba0922b894199970654170fcde9aed794b66d0)
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: hismikeness on February 08, 2011, 08:26:48 PM
Post by: hismikeness on February 08, 2011, 08:26:48 PM
My favorite:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fselfportrait.jpg&hash=414c99c4a62283b1e8a8d115c4bcbe3d7c1fcc3a)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fselfportrait.jpg&hash=414c99c4a62283b1e8a8d115c4bcbe3d7c1fcc3a)
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 08:27:09 PM
Post by: Tank on February 08, 2011, 08:27:09 PM
Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"This one is amazing:That's just mind blowing!
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusers.skynet.be%2FJ.Beever%2Fimages%2Fwaterfall.jpg&hash=d7ba0922b894199970654170fcde9aed794b66d0)
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Tank on February 10, 2011, 06:58:31 AM
Post by: Tank on February 10, 2011, 06:58:31 AM
Canaletto
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faultmagazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F01%2Fcanaletto_piazza_san_marco.jpg&hash=94b544cb5fc2567b1a05928920bd0af4c75ad1f0)
For his realism and technique.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faultmagazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F01%2Fcanaletto_piazza_san_marco.jpg&hash=94b544cb5fc2567b1a05928920bd0af4c75ad1f0)
For his realism and technique.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: februarystars on March 25, 2011, 05:54:44 AM
Post by: februarystars on March 25, 2011, 05:54:44 AM
Some of my absolute favorite artists who are a huge influence on my own art are:
László Moholy-Nagy â€" This painting in particular is heavily influential in a lot of my graphic design work
[spoiler:3bt0qyz7](https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F24.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_l5v38lC2Nk1qzn0deo1_500.jpg&hash=a2b470ea8c620378448af75819cefb119a20a4fe)[/spoiler:3bt0qyz7]
Claes Oldenburg â€" My favorite sculptor. I've seen a lot of his stuff in person, but I haven't seen this one yet. He has a giant safety pin at the sculpture garden here.
[spoiler:3bt0qyz7](https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnsm.uh.edu%2F%7Edgraur%2Fimages%2Foldenburg.spoonbridge.jpg&hash=26596c2fe7f55fbfd62f7a5f26355bc8b285157f)[/spoiler:3bt0qyz7]
Saul Bass â€" I like to incorporate a lot of hand-drawn elements in my graphic design, and Bass did it with such panache. I'm also really fond of hand-lettering.
[spoiler:3bt0qyz7](https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.designer-daily.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F11%2Fsaul-bass-poster.jpg&hash=7325e7e63ad2aea028d5a1134510d2934006ddb2)[/spoiler:3bt0qyz7]
I love artists and designers who challenge conventional rules. The Bauhaus crowd and Pop artists just blow me away.
László Moholy-Nagy â€" This painting in particular is heavily influential in a lot of my graphic design work
[spoiler:3bt0qyz7](https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F24.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_l5v38lC2Nk1qzn0deo1_500.jpg&hash=a2b470ea8c620378448af75819cefb119a20a4fe)[/spoiler:3bt0qyz7]
Claes Oldenburg â€" My favorite sculptor. I've seen a lot of his stuff in person, but I haven't seen this one yet. He has a giant safety pin at the sculpture garden here.
[spoiler:3bt0qyz7](https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnsm.uh.edu%2F%7Edgraur%2Fimages%2Foldenburg.spoonbridge.jpg&hash=26596c2fe7f55fbfd62f7a5f26355bc8b285157f)[/spoiler:3bt0qyz7]
Saul Bass â€" I like to incorporate a lot of hand-drawn elements in my graphic design, and Bass did it with such panache. I'm also really fond of hand-lettering.
[spoiler:3bt0qyz7](https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.designer-daily.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F11%2Fsaul-bass-poster.jpg&hash=7325e7e63ad2aea028d5a1134510d2934006ddb2)[/spoiler:3bt0qyz7]
I love artists and designers who challenge conventional rules. The Bauhaus crowd and Pop artists just blow me away.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Sireal on March 26, 2011, 01:00:34 PM
Post by: Sireal on March 26, 2011, 01:00:34 PM
My favorite artists, Austin Osman Spare, Felician Rops, HRGieger, Robert Mapplethorpe, Myself, Boyd Rice, William Blake, Mozart, Don Webb, Anton LaVey, the stone carvers of ancient egypt, Lalique, Tiffany, Fabrege, Rosaleen Norton, Stanley Kubrick, Coen Bro's. David Lynch, Enki Bilal, Alan Moore, HP Lovecraft, Aliester Crowley, Alexander of Macedonia, Michael Aquino, Vincent Price, David Bowie, Bram Stoker, Ozzy Osbourne.........and many many more wonderfully talented beings.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: The Magic Pudding on March 26, 2011, 01:50:13 PM
Post by: The Magic Pudding on March 26, 2011, 01:50:13 PM
Quote from: "Sireal"Alexander of Macedonia,
How's that? We're not talking art of slaughter are we?
Henry VIII get's credited with Greensleaves sometimes, that's my childhood ice cream van music, I'm a bit sceptical Henry really made that music.
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: Sireal on March 26, 2011, 04:08:10 PM
Post by: Sireal on March 26, 2011, 04:08:10 PM
Quote from: "The Magic Pudding"No, the art of living/acting as a god.Quote from: "Sireal"Alexander of Macedonia,
How's that? We're not talking art of slaughter are we?
Title: Re: Artists you like/admire.
Post by: YaarghMatey487 on March 27, 2011, 08:46:15 AM
Post by: YaarghMatey487 on March 27, 2011, 08:46:15 AM
Bllaaarggh! I still can't figure out how to post pics! So... I'll just tell you. I love explodingdog.com (hey, I call it art). Also Exupery's watercolor illustrations.