who is your favorite artist and why?

[prosperity4all]

who is your favorite artist and why?

 

[bèlla]

I prefer Impressionists. I love their use of color and light. I feel brighter when I study the pieces and they add a noticeable cheer to a room.

 

[brinny]

Yelena Sidorova.....beautiful and joyful paintings that highlight the joy of simplicity, and reverberating with vibrant, glowing colors.

 

[Tone]

Music...Van Morrison--He did his own thing and never sold out...and he is a good shaman.

Poetry...Maya Angelou--She knows why the caged bird sings.

Writing...C.S. Lewis--He makes me believe in a multiverse...I think he has the inside scoop.

Painting...Henri Rousseau--Have you seen The Dream? Also, he captured the union of the subject/object in the New World.

*I will add more as I ponder further...good question!

**You?

 

[Tone]

who is your favorite artist and why?

Oh sorry, I just noticed that this was the "Visual Arts" section.

 

[A_Thinker]

who is your favorite artist and why?

I like Monet ...

 

[Lost4words]

My daughter. Great artist..

 

[Jamsie]

who is your favorite artist and why?

Could not name simply one...but clearly for me the Impressionists/Post-Impressionism - light, color, movement, passion...

 

[Dave-W]

I am a fan of Monet and most of the other impressionists.

As to current artists, there is an Israeli that I really like named Udi Merioz.

"Not by Might nor by Power, but by My Spirit says the Lord Almighty" (Zecharia 4:6)

By: Udi Merioz

 

[public hermit]

My favorite is Edward Hopper. For me, it's because of his use of light. It's all about the light.

Rooms by the Sea, 1951 by Edward Hopper

 

[prosperity4all]

yes

 

[The Barbarian]

I'm a photographer. So light is my thing. And I guess it's not surprising that the master of light would be my favorite artist.

Vermeer. Just amazing.

 

[Sunshinee777]

Daniel Merriam is my favorite and I just want to paint like him some day he is so amazing. And Picasso is another my favorite.

 

[prosperity4all]

yes

 

[RDKirk]

I'm a photographer. So light is my thing. And I guess it's not surprising that the master of light would be my favorite artist.

Vermeer. Just amazing.

I'm also a photographer, and I find Vermeer fascinating because he obviously used a camera (obscura) himself.

But I take more lighting inspiration from Caravaggio and more concept inspiration (for my particular work) from Sargent.