Who are your favorite artists?

[LuvOrlando]

My DD is my favorite artist. I have several of her paintings in my house.

Aside from her, I love Seurat and Hans Holbein, both the Elder and Younger.

My family members artwork is the only work I have in my home, all sorts of mediums and also photos of the people I love.

Seurat, I love that the viewer needs to loose focus to see what is intended to be seen.
Hans Holbein, didn't realize this is who did that famous Henry VIII but the subtle colors of the work are amazing.
Do you mean pieter bruegel the elder & pieter bruegel the younger, if so I've never looked at the work before but it's familiar somehow with all the activity. Not sure if these are two different people or two different stages in the career. I've al;ways liked images with a lot of story going on in the space, it totally draws me into the work.

 

[RUDisney]

Seurat, I love that the viewer needs to loose focus to see what is intended to be seen.
Hans Holbein, didn't realize this is who did that famous Henry VIII but the subtle colors of the work are amazing.
Do you mean pieter bruegel the elder & pieter bruegel the younger, if so I've never looked at the work before but it's familiar somehow with all the activity. Not sure if these are two different people or two different stages in the career. I've al;ways liked images with a lot of story going on in the space, it totally draws me into the work.

Hans Holbein the Younger painted Henry VIII and many of the Tudors. His father was the Elder. I had to have the docent show me to Henry’s painting when I was at Windsor Castle. I thought it would be at eye level, but it was over a door.

My DD loves Breugel. She was the one who went to the information desk to find his work in the National Gallery.

 

[mmouse37]

While not a painter, I really enjoy Dale Chilhuly's work in glass. I love all his works, not just his stuff for Disney.




MJ

 

[bobbiwoz]

I enjoy P Buckley Moss’s work.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Renoir.

I like Renoir and always felt he was more after evoking an emotion or a mood from the viewer than capturing the subjects themselves, as if the lack of focus says it doesn't matter who this is, pay attention to the feelings.

 

[EMom]

Van Gogh, artful but always very heavy footed, immovable and devoid of emotion, always makes me sad, I think it's. the monotone and heavy strokes.
Monet usually strikes me as a bit wistful, I like the work.

When I look at a Van Gogh, I admit there is sometimes a sadness about it. But I find his work vibrant, alive, and full of movement. I often wonder if he SAW things the way he PAINTED.

 

[LuvOrlando]

As I sit and think about it, then only artwork that has ever made me cry was Michelangelo's Pieta in St. Peter's Basilica. Looking at that magnificent work, all I could think of was my own children. It could be any mother holding her child in her arms like that. His David made me just stand and stare in awe, so I guess he is also at the top of my list.

I agree with Michelangelo's work being breathtaking, I grew up with a mini Pieta in the house and it always gave me pause, so much emotion in the piece. To think this was all done in unforgivable marble is incredible. I would love to see his work in person, hope I can someday.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Really enjoying looking at everyone's favorites, I like getting lost in art as a pleasant distraction.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Of course, there is Banksy who needs no explanation IMO

I am also totally in love with Alexameadeart where she actually paints 3d people and places them so they look like 2d paintings.

My favorite is Monet

As for Bansky, was walking by Central Park one day and there was guy selling similar art.
And I was going to tell him it looked really good and like Bansky. I think it was a job interview so if so I definitely would have not bought a piece. However after hearing about him doing that one day, I am so curious f it was the day he did. I watched the video of the old dude selling and before I did I tried to picture what I saw. I was fairly sure there was one of Chi with his hands above his head - I didn't see that one in the video however there was one with a guy with flowers that looked close.
I keep telling myself it was an interview and I wouldn't have bought anything anyway, but OH man, I still wonder if it was the booth he set up.

 

[LuvOrlando]

My favorite is Monet

As for Bansky, was walking by Central Park one day and there was guy selling similar art.
And I was going to tell him it looked really good and like Bansky. I think it was a job interview so if so I definitely would have not bought a piece. However after hearing about him doing that one day, I am so curious f it was the day he did. I watched the video of the old dude selling and before I did I tried to picture what I saw. I was fairly sure there was one of Chi with his hands above his head - I didn't see that one in the video however there was one with a guy with flowers that looked close.
I keep telling myself it was an interview and I wouldn't have bought anything anyway, but OH man, I still wonder if it was the booth he set up.

That is such a cool story, how amazing!

I've seen some of the most talented people living on the streets in NYC, one man in particular had a ballpoint pen and plain paper but the work he would draw with just dots was staggering. He was shading with the heaviness of the pen dots nothing else. I didn't buy because I was a poor college student visiting Washington Square and probably had just enough for Mamoun's on MacDougal but I still remember it.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Many already mentioned, including the French impressionists. I’ll add Maxfield Parrish.

I don't think I've looked at Parrish's work for a long time. Such vibrant color and whimsy, sort of looks like he is using two different styles (or blending two different mindsets maybe) in the same work & this keeps my interest.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Seurat. All those little tiny dots to make a beautiful painting. Love it!

I agree, the haziness the style gives the work is sort of soothing.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Monet, Shag, and Tom Everhart

Monet paints with such a delicate hand, so pretty.
Shag, I wasn't familiar but the bright stylized work is interesting.
Tom Everhart, don;t think I've seen this before but I like the street artist versions of Snoopy a lot! Something pop culture like in it that reminds me of Warhol.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Elena Madden

I am not an art person, but her work catches my attention and makes me want to actually purchase a piece.

I love looking at water too so I get her fascination, very pretty.

 

[thewishfire]

Alphonse Mucha
Alex Grey
Mark Ryden
Dali

 

[LuvOrlando]

Old time black and white photographer, and amazing force for the creation and expansion of our national park system. I have a big Ansel Adams print of Half Dome (Yosemite NP) on my office wall.

On another office wall, I have a Walter Marks picture. Walter was a good friend of ours, and a photographer for Miami-Dade County for 40+ years. The picture I have is of a Chalks seaplane (an old PBY) landing on Government Cut a little after sunrise with 7 cruise ships in port next to the landing area. Incredible picture.

More currently, one of our faves is another local hero -- Romero Brito.

I like Ansel Adams.
Didn't have much luck finding Walter Marks
Romero Brito, I like the bright block colors.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Ansel Adams. Inspired me to learn the craft and enjoy a brief career as a photographer. I dream of someday owning an original.

That's fantastic

 

[LuvOrlando]

When I look at a Van Gogh, I admit there is sometimes a sadness about it. But I find his work vibrant, alive, and full of movement. I often wonder if he SAW things the way he PAINTED.

I was thinking the same about if he saw things the way he paints them, that's the part that makes me so sad.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Georgia O'keefe...several reasons

*andy warhol had a one on one discussion with me about her artwork in the Whitney Museum of American art 1984
* her art is how I see my SW border garden influencing folks today
* all those decades of her artwork in high school literature anthology textbooks.....I had no idea.

I love the flowers and landscapes, so pretty.

 

[JimMIA]

I like Ansel Adams.
Didn't have much luck finding Walter Marks
Romero Brito, I like the bright block colors.

You won't find Walter Marks because all of his work was done for the county, and never published in his name. It's in decades of tourism and business promotional materials from our county -- but nothing in Walter's name. And that's the way he wanted it. He could have continued to shoot when he retired, but he preferred a much more simple life with the love of his life instead.

I don't have any of Walter's pictures in digital format, but below is a cell phone pic of the one hanging in my office. (@zoo2tycoon will appreciate this look at our cruise port in the old days, with what today would be considered little ships.)

It's print #3, and I only know of 3 pics (all this one) that he ever signed. #1 was his love's, #2 was for DW's office, and #3 was for my office.

I'm actually going to have DW check with his partner to see if she has a collection of his works. They can't be published, but they should be given to our historical museum because they really capture Miami as it once was, in transition, and the early part of what it became. We should preserve that, and it will be a good project for DW and Faye to work on.