Contemporary Artists - Post your favorites!

[JoshuaTheJames]

I'm thinking mainly outside the world of concept and illustration.


This Is Malcolm Liepke. I absolutely fell in love with his work.

Here are a couple links...

http://www.dianenelson.com/dnfagallery/1101-liepkeshow/liepke/liepkeshow.htm
http://www.buschlenmowatt.com/artists-liepke.html

-Joshua

[I.was.ink]

MAN!

that guy's stuff is great. I'll take a look at those links! I want to get together with you some day and pick your brain. I bet you know tons about so many artists.

I'll go look for some contemporarys I like!

-Iwasink-

[I.was.ink]

OMG!

I had to come back and post. His work is spectacular. Some of the faces remind me of leyendeckers stuff so much.

Did you see the prices he would sell some of those paintings for?:eek: Very well deserved though...

Thanks once again JTJ.

Do you have any more?

-Iwasink-

[ClocktowerArtworks]

Mark Ryden... www.markryden.com

don't feel right about posting his work here without permission...but definitely go to the site. disturbing, but beautiful stuff.

[strych9ine]

Nice links, guys. Joshua, that was a great find. I was just flipping through Ryden's book the other day and loved his work. If you pick up a copy of Juxtapoz you will see a host of artists trying to follow (a little too closely) in his footsteps.

You probably all know him, but he's to amazing to not mention.

Kent Williams (www.kentwilliams.com)

[mtw]

Wow. Malcolm Liepke is awesome.

[samwell]

Shawn Barber.
www.sdbarber.com (http://www.sdbarber.com)
This Guy is a teacher at Ringling School of Art.
Check out the FAQ section on his site, lots of good stuff we all need to hear there.;)
He's an illustrator, but I think the title of "artist" definately applies.

Mike Hussar.
Mike Hussar is another guy. He paints some fantastic pieces. check this out. http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/previousshows/2002/hussar.htm
If you live in the Pasadena Area, there is a few pieces of his hanging in a coffee shop off Colorado. The place is called The Equator, it's in the alley where Jake's is.

[gekitsu]

yoshitaka amano certainly has a high rank among my favs (www.amanosworld.com)

i always look at his work to remind me of sometimes say "fuck you" to rules :)

[jrr]

http://www.stevenassael.com/



http://www.annnathangallery.com/images/SAdoubleportrait.jpg

http://www.annnathangallery.com/images/SAdorisanddavid.jpg

http://www.annnathangallery.com/pages/steven_assael.htm


I am jrr and I hereby promise the entire world that I will apply my painting talents to create works of beauty such as these. I will follow my true path internet socializing be damned. I will paint figures such as these. i will paint figures such as these. i will paint figures such as these.






heheheh -jm

[Redder]

I'm going to say Emek since I heard him give a talk this week.

http://www.emek.net/mx_gallery/tool.gif

http://www.emek.net

[apb]

One of many: Bill Mather (http://www.matherart.com/)

[Isric]

Thank you SO much for posting that Liepke stuff!
I fell in love with his stuff in first year (looking through 'Illustrator').

*sigh* amazing work

[wes9000]

Mark Ryden? ugh...

I like Hussar and Liepke quite a bit though too. I like Assael too, formally...i'm not crazy about his content though. I'd love to take a class with him though.


heres a few more to add to the list-


Gerhard Richter (http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/richter.html#images)
more richter... (http://home.swipnet.se/~w-26153/art/richter/richtermain.htm)

Jerome Witkin (http://www.jackrutbergfinearts.com/JRutbergFile/JRutbergArtists/JWitkinFile/JWitkinPortfolio1.html) he's a bit harder to find work of online

Herbert Olds - I dont know of any of his work online

Ruprecht Von Kaufmann (http://www.annnathangallery.com/pages/ruprecht_von_kaufmann.htm)

Benjamin Edwards (http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/saltz/saltz10-3-01.asp)

Marc Trujillo (http://realart.com/hfg/html/archive-html/cont-11-03-html/tru-cont-11-03.html)

Brian O'Connor (http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/previousshows/2003/oconnor.htm)

Matthew Barney (http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/barney/)

Banksy (http://www.banksy.co.uk)

Lebbeus Woods (http://www.kmtspace.com/lebwoods.htm)

David Choe (http://www.davidchoe.com/)

Dave Kinsey (http://www.kinseyvisual.com/)

Steve Huston (http://www.eegallery.com/exh/02.04/inx1.html)

Morseburg Galleries (http://www.morseburggalleries.com/)

Ralph Woehrman - my main instuctor...

Daniel Dove (http://www.danieldove.com) - another one of my instructors

George Kozmon (http://www.ohioartists.com/kozmon.htm)



-wes

[Gunbu]

Here's one of my favorite illustrators.Daniel Adel (http://www.danieladel.com/)

[JoshuaTheJames]

Wow,

This is beautiful everyone. I think this is going to be a great thread for us all.


-Joshua

[Redder]

Originally posted by Gunbu
Here's one of my favorite illustrators.Daniel Adel (http://www.danieladel.com/)

Is it me or does Daniel Adel look like Mr. Smith?

http://www.danieladel.com/images/main/selfport.jpg

[geoffd]

man mr. wes9000 i was looking at Marc Trujillo's pictures and was like "uh, where are the paintings? all i see is these photos.... then i clicked on one and it said 'oil on board' OMG WTF!!!!" wow... this is an awesome thread thanks JTJ and all contributors.

[OLSEN]

Andrew Gonzalez:
http://www.sublimatrix.com/

Odd Nerdrum:
http://www.nerdrum.com/

[*Kim-L*]

Great thread! :) I want to say thank you especially to Joshua for posting the links to Malcolm Liepke's works ... I never knew about them until now, and frankly, I've fallen in love with his work too. And Mike Hussar's stuff rock!

Anyways, my top fav contemporary artist has to be Katsuya Terada. The following are some pieces he made for X-Men Unlimited and Hellboy, and some from his various artbooks:

http://www.catsuka.com/interf/insolite/terada/terra_xmen_unlimited.jpg (This one's pretty big.)

http://www.catsuka.com/interf/insolite/terada/terra_hellboy.jpghttp://www.catsuka.com/interf/insolite/terada/terra010.jpg
http://www.catsuka.com/interf/insolite/terada/terra038.jpg

You can see more of his stuff here (http://www.catsuka.com/interf/insolite/terada/terada_illus.html).

[JoshuaTheJames]

Thats a lot of quality Terada!

Great thread guys...

-Joshua

[theincredibleandy]

Yeah, Skip Liepke is pretty sweet, as well as many of these other people. Here's a few people:

http://www.shannonassociates.com/artists/swearingen/fs/1.jpg
http://www.shannonassociates.com/artists/swearingen/fs/7.jpg
this guy is Greg Swearingen. I am mighty impressed with his work, especially his colors. His originals are every bit as immaculate as his prints, too. Cool stuff. You can find him on shannonassociates.com

This guy's a fine artist named Claudio Bravo:

http://www.kemperart.org/images/permanent/Bravolarge.jpg
http://www.puc.cl/faba/ARTE/FOTOS/FULL/CBRAVO/cb.29.jpg


Paints everything from the life, and it shows! See his work on http://www.puc.cl/faba/ARTE/AUTORES/BravoObrasI.html

Lot of good art on this thread. Me want more!

[JoshuaTheJames]

Cool,

Thanks Andy, I forgot about that illustrator.

-Joshua

[Sketch]

Awesome thread guys! Sean Barber is amazing! I also love the charictures that Daniel Aden does. Beautiful!

[tinyhands]

everyone needs to at least see these artists:

Morgan Weistling(morganweistling.com): he is above and beyond one of the best fine-art painters on the planet. Hes the youngest person ever to win the prix de west, which hopefully everyone knows about. Regardless of subject matter, hes a genuis.

Daniel F. Gerhartz: Another amazing painter. Study with schmid for a while. Now he can outpaint him any day of the week.

Harley brown:harleysworkshop.com) Hands down the best pastellist in the world.

Richard schmid: He's a phenomenal draftsman, but looking at his stuff gets old quick.

John Asaro: great loose painter, amazing colorist.

There are many more, but these few are really gifted people. Its not concept art, or fantasy or comic stuff. This is just good ol' fashioned fine art at its best.

-tiny

[Jason Manley]

im in agreement with tiny...richard schmid is amazing.

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/suzanne.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/snowmaples.jpg





http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/atchison.jpg


http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/baranoff.jpg

[Jason Manley]

nelson shanks....cant deny the skill...try to make one of these...just once. lol...aint easy at all.


there used to be larger reproductions of this stuff on the net. i need to dig out my cds of paintings. cant find larger than this.


http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/p_slipper.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/Shanks2.jpg

[Jason Manley]

richard maury aint half bad either. lol...anyone up for the challenge of pulling off oils like these? perhaps one of you have larger versions of these handy. Im on the laptop at the momento.

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/Maury-Anne.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/fg_maur2.jpg

[Jason Manley]

cant forget about this one....sheesh

jenny saville

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/Fulcrum-1999.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/Hyphen-1999.jpg



http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/cx.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/pause-20023.jpg



http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/reverse-20023.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/stillinstalation.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/Rubens-Flap-1999.jpg

[Jason Manley]

bump

[davi]

Jeffery jones. A god among insects.

http://ulster.net/~jonesart/armsupz.JPG

http://ulster.net/~jonesart/pianoman.jpg

http://ulster.net/~jonesart/ageofinnocence.jpg

[I.was.ink]

This thread just keeps getting better

Thanks for the Jenny seville pics Jason.
Wonderful work!

[JoshuaTheJames]

David R. Darrow

http://www.darrowart.com/index.html
http://www.darrowart.com/paintings/figures/image/reclining-nude-charcoal.jpg
http://www.darrowart.com/paintings/figures/image/security.jpg
http://www.darrowart.com/paintings/figures/image/elegance-at-rest.jpg

-Joshua

[JoshuaTheJames]

Tony J. Ryder

http://www.tonyryder.com
http://www.tonyryder.com/graphics/lancelot.jpg

http://www.tonyryder.com/graphics/potential.jpg

If you want to see some great hi-res images of his..Go to the Living Masters section of Art ReNewal.

-Joshua

[Jason Manley]

bump

[shyst]

davi yeah jeffs rockin'

david goines is pretty spiffy too...

http://www.goines.net/Poster_art3/index.html

[stephen]

great thread, i cant think of much more than who has already been mentioned

http://www.scottburdick.com/

[Main Loop]

Great stuff.. i never knew about david darrow or bill mather.. schmid is great.. morgan wiestling is awesome too... his tutorials, eh, ignore the text.. lol..

Some old-schoolers:

Robert Frederick Blum
Edwin Austin Abbey
Frederic Remington
Jules Guerin
Nicholai Fechin: www.fechin.com
Frank Brangwyn (this guy can do everything.. better than you)


more contemporary

Zhou Liang: www.liangstudio.com
Jeremy Lipking: www.lipking.com (only 27.. wow)
Zhaoming Wu
Larry Tan: www.zimoutan.com
Craig Nelson
jove wang (makes you wanna grab all your oils and dump em on your canvas, and hope you get something close)
Pino: www.pinoart.com

hmm ill come back to this later

[Main Loop]

http://motenai.com/

a friend of mine.. his stuff is quite good, but his links and list of favorite artists is a gold mine.. i learned about many artists just by following his links

[el coro]

i look to gottfried helnwein(love that feel) , tom lovell(illustration monster), harry anderson(look at the brushwork), not to mentioon dean cornwell(makes it look so easy), the ashcan painters(hopper's and bellows sense of light),burton silverman(so delicate and precise)... and of course, norman rockwell(the only contemporary so far to reduce me to tears upon seeing his originals)...there are too many to name...-c36

[stephen]

http://www.totalartsgallery.com/artist/Milt_Kobayashi.html

what the hell?

i guess if you cant afford a lipke, you can get something exactly like his, yet not nearly as great?

[Elwell]

In all fairness, Liepke and Kobayashi are comtemporaries and shared a studio for many years. Liepke always had a higher profile because of his illustration work, but it's more of a Picasso/Braque type situation than a simple case of imitation.

[stephen]

Ahhh thanks, i had no idea.

[Madman!]

This thread is amazing.

Deane G Keller

http://www.nathensprings.net/images/artists/keller4.jpg

http://www.nathensprings.net/images/artists/keller7.JPG

http://www.nathensprings.net/images/artists/keller12.JPG

maybe some people already have seen his stuff in the Oct American Artist magazine.

I bought his book and it's been really helpful Book Info (http://lymeacademy.edu/keller_book.htm)

[Mr. Teatime]

well I dont know who it is because I dont have the CD pamphlet with me at the moment, but the guy that did the paintings for the inside of AFI's "The Art of Drowning" album. The work is beautiful.

(edit) The guys name is Alan forbes and the only stuff of his that i like is the stuff he did for AFI.

[stephen]

For anyone that's interested. This months American Artist magainze has a bunch of steve huston paintings, and alot of good info.

peace

[Bombesei]

Amazing painter and teacher, Jacob Collins (http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=821).

Michael Grimaldi (http://www.arcadiafinearts.com/works_grimaldi.html), who studied with Collins. He makes combining graphite and charcoal look so simple, but it's so not!!


-Nick

[JoshuaTheJames]

bump!

:blue:

[I.was.ink]

bump!

Kent williams

http://kentwilliams.com/paintings/remember.jpg

http://kentwilliams.com/paintings/whiteflag.jpg

http://kentwilliams.com/illustration/kabuki@50%25.jpg

http://kentwilliams.com/illustration/batman.rez5.jpg

http://kentwilliams.com/illustration/pinky.jpg

[Hanuka]

An artist i really like is John Piampiano. His works maybe very strange, but I think hes amazing ;)

http://www.gtfineart.com/images/exhibition/piampiano/sore-thumb.jpg

http://www.gtfineart.com/images/exhibition/piampiano/surround-sound.jpg

a little obscene, so ill post a link instead:

http://www.gtfineart.com/images/exhibition/piampiano/playful-p.jpg

there are some more and better ones @ www.johnpiampiano.net
just couldnt copy the image links there.
I guess its not everybody's taste ;)


A must-checkout is Mark Ryden:
http://www.markryden.com/
some really weird but impressive art. such as http://www.markryden.com/paintings/bunnies/boyblue.html

[Tedsuo]

I enjoy so many of these artists.

Burt Silverman is another one, though there's not much of him on the web. I have a couple videos of him painting, they are excellent.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0942604687.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


What I really love are his drawings, but they're hard to come by. This is the only one I found:

http://www.rlfostergalleries.com/Images/SilvermanParis1.jpg



Also, in case you've been living under a rock, Dave McKean and Alex Ross paint excellent comic books.

:)

-T

[Aven]

Amano is a fantrastic artist.

The two artists that I really admire and really made me want to use painter are

Anry www.anry.ru/eng/index.htm
Linda Bergkvist www.furiae.com

[Hanuka]

these are amazing, aven.. :eek:

[JoshuaTheJames]

bump...

[illcap]

I really like Jeff Soto.

www.jeffsoto.com

[I.was.ink]

Jeff Soto's has some nice work.

thanks for the link illcap. Btw, he went to Art Center College of Design.

iwasink

[Sapphire]

Here's somebody I've come across whose art I now really love...

http://www.kyoht.com

Her colored pencil is amazing!

[DanSTC]

Originally posted by Hanuka


http://www.gtfineart.com/images/exhibition/piampiano/surround-sound.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/saintweb/danstc/Dobbs-scared.gif

Well, the pipe is on the wrong side. Close enough to be considered a Dobbs sighting/reference, I suppose.

[Dan.v.D.]

armin mersmann (http://nimra.deviantart.com/gallery/)

i haven´t completely given up to make him join here. yet.

[bfaubion]

was browsing around online... man, there are so many good artists. gahhh. http://www.morganweistling.com/

[JoshuaTheJames]

Bump...

[Matt Dixon]

Nice thread, Joshua! A couple of my favourites...

Lucian Freud


Tor Lundvall

[U2DeathBear]

thanks for all the links!
here are some of my favorites:

James Jean (http://www.jamesjean.com)

Esao Andrews (http://www.esao.net)

Mu Pan (http://www.mupan.com)

John Copeland (http://www.johncopeland.com)

Christian & Rob Clayton (http://www.claytonbrothers.com)

Andy Howell (http://www.andyhowell.com/)

Justin Wood (http://www.singlecell.to/)

Damon Soule (http://www.damonsoule.com/)

oh yes...how can i forget this: http://www.slap-press.com/1anno.html

....i've got hundreds and hundreds of links...just too lazy today. enjoy

[artistanbul]

I was almost sure I would find him here..
anyway check

www.joesorren.com

I think he has been there and back a couple of times.
http://www.joesorren.com/paintings/images/afeatherinfor.jpg

he used to make realistic paintings a lot once.

can we also mention brad holland here? I definitely think his work can be defined as contemporary art. Be sure to check him out..

[Pit]

Very nice thread! Here´s a danish painter Michael Kvium:
http://www.artnet.com/ag/fineartthumbnails.asp?aid=9940

[artistanbul]

wow Pit. I like Michael Kvium a lot too. Thanks for reminding me..

[jetpack42]

Originally posted by el coro
i look to gottfried helnwein(love that feel) , tom lovell(illustration monster), harry anderson(look at the brushwork), not to mentioon dean cornwell(makes it look so easy), the ashcan painters(hopper's and bellows sense of light),burton silverman(so delicate and precise)... and of course, norman rockwell(the only contemporary so far to reduce me to tears upon seeing his originals)...there are too many to name...-c36

Norman Rockwell is my homeboy. Where did you see his originals at?

[lyon]

I think that Coro and I read from the same book.

Awhile back there was a traveling show on Norman Rockwell called "Pictures for the American People." The show came through the Phoenix Art Museum and I went to it a half dozen times. There is a book from the show that has some of the best reproductions of Rockwell I have ever seen. They are done directly from the paintings. Comletely amazing. Most of the time you see Rockwells paintings reproduced, they are taken from printed Saturday Evening Post covers and they are terrible. Seeing the real deal is hard to describe. I also had the good fortune of living by one of the best unknown museums in the country when I was in Utah. The Springville Art Museum. They had 27 Rockwells and 3 Bouguereaus at one point and the museum director let me and 2 others paint from the paintings for a week. It was like revelation from heaven.

Other great contemporary artists:

You all know this one, but I didn't see anyone list him
Phil Hale (http://www.grantbooks.com/phil-hale.html)

There used to be a gallery in Scottsdale, AZ that would carry his nudes, done in egg tempera. Amazing.
Robert McGinnis (http://www.mcginnispaintings.com/contents.html)

I am always in awe/envy of artists who can create a whole world like his and make a living from it.
James Gurney (http://www.dinotopia.com/)

One of my teachers at BYU. I had half a class from him. I wish I had more.
James Christensen (http://www.jameschristensen.com/)

[liquidwerx]

Holy shit Jason, those Jenny Saville pieces are freakin' nutz! I love em.


~Malachi

[bwkeough]

the norman rockwell museum at stockbridge, MA (http://www.nrm.org/)

Nothing but Norman Rockwell stuff. I believe it's on land he owned and they also have his preserved studio. Kind of barn-shaped with HUGE South-facing windows. It's kind of overwhelming; many of his paintings were huge.

my picks for favorite contemporaries:
Bill Sienkiewicz
Barron Storrey
Dave McKean
N. C. Wyeth

[hito]

lots of artists for me to look into.

this one I always liked alot. though hard to find his stuff online. No book that I know of either.

John Jude Palencar

http://www.arcadiafinearts.com/works_palencar.html
http://home.att.net/~shadowlandhome/palencar_frame.html

[marc_taro]

Anyone look at Odd Nerdrum?
http://www.nerdrum.com

[I.was.ink]

What happened to this thread?

It must not die!

Here's some of my faves by jeffrey "Catherine" Jones.

http://www.ulster.net/~jonesart/beautybeastc.JPG

http://www.ulster.net/~jonesart/pict.jpg

http://www.ulster.net/~jonesart/sacredrelics.jpg

http://www.ulster.net/~jonesart/foundwhole.jpg

http://www.ulster.net/~jonesart/asachildportfoliocvr.jpg

-Iwasink

[Aerythes]

...So many wonderful artists listed here. My favourite is Craig Mullins (www.goodbrush.com). His speed-paintings just give me this irresistable urge to paint.

[WillSchnevel]

indeed it must not.

I know this guy doesn't do much realistic stuff but i love his work nevertheless. too bad he doesn't have a website, all i could find were book covers!

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1581345011.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1581343973.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0891079319.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[jetpack42]

Alexey Steele

Featured in the current issue of American Artist Drawing

http://www.morseburggalleries.com/Steelegal.html

[JoshuaTheJames]

bump.

[dusty imp]

John Nava
http://www.johnnava.com/

http://www.johnnava.com/Figure%20Comps/F00003.JPG

[H.Evans]

Lisa Yuskavage http://www.greengrassi.com/previous/99_lisa_yuskavage/

http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/FALLon/Images/fallon1-8-9s.jpg http://www.askart.com/photos/CNY11142002/332.jpg
http://www.corcoran.org/biennial/IMAGES/ARTISTS/MAIN/yuskavage.jpg

more to come

[jrr]

I am jrr and I hereby promise the entire world that I will apply my painting talents to create works of beauty such as these. I will follow my true path internet socializing be damned. I will paint figures such as these. i will paint figures such as these. i will paint figures such as these.






heheheh -jm


harrrrrr!

[darth massacre]

I don't get it Jrr :teeth:



Most of my faves are already mentioned, but I kinda liked comic book artists more than any category of artists. Gimenez, Manara, Shirow and so on.

[NoUseFrAName]

Steve Hanks is one of my faves:
http://www.steve-hanks.com/archives/index.php
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2167

-Rob

[Sandy]

Who's your favorite contemporary artist/illustrator/designer?


Don't bash the noob! :dur:
I'd have to stick with Roy Lichtenstein because I love pop art. <3

[jrr]

roy is your contemporary? what are you 80?!?


;)

OMG william stutte!
www.stutte.com

[stutte]

Oh, this guy named Jiaxing Rong. man....just....wow.

http://www.jrtistic.com/

recommended 100%

[Dan.v.D.]

frazetta! are there other artists out there?

[oracrest]

I would have to say for painting, Wayne Barlowe. Sammy showed me some of his stuff a few years back and Ive been hooked ever since. His Inferno paintings are great. More artists should do the kind of things he has done with his Inferno Project.

[davi]

Malcolm Liepke
( http://www.arcadiafinearts.com/works_liepke.html )

[brokk]

too many to name... I'm gonna make a list someday though, in alphabetical order. Probably starts with John Avon, ends with Feng Zhu.

I like Mark Tedin's art a lot, he's probably one of my strongest favorites.

[loomer]

I'm just gonna list a few quickies because this thread would explode if I kept going:

Odd Nerdrum
Anne Harris
Jeremy Lipking
James Jean
Phil Hale
Steve Huston
Steven Assael
Jon Foster

[tinyhands]

Oh wow, from a fine-art standpoint, its a short list....

Mian Situ- His large illustrative paintings have to be seen to be believed. This guy is tops in the country, and you'd be hard pressed to prove otherwise.

Morgan Weistling-His subject matter is a little sugary, but this guy is one of the best draughtsmen on the planet.

Schmid- Love/Hate kinda thing, he's just damn good tho.

Harley Brown-Definately the best pastelist around, great colorist too.

Dan Gerhartz-Another AMAZING painter!

I could go on and on... but these are some of the best/favorite artists of mine.

-tiny

[evildisco]

Uhm that would be,
H.R. Giger,
Ragnar Johnson,
Jason Brooks,
Yojii Shinkawa,
Masamune Shirow,
Hajiime Soroyama,
Tanino Liberatore

And I forgot

Brokencow and Bengal.

[the_blur]

Who's your favorite contemporary artist/illustrator/designer?
Don't bash the noob! :dur:
I'd have to stick with Roy Lichtenstein because I love pop art. <3

David Carson -- http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/

Stefan Sagmeister -- http://www.sagmeister.com/

Neville Brody -- (No website -- This man's reach as a designer can be felt everywhere)

Adrian Frutiger -- (No website -- no fan website can do justice to this man)

Erik Spiekermann -- http://www.metadesign.com

God I'll be editing this post later so I don't forget anyone.


--Edit: I should have read DiscoVolante's pwnage post. H.R Giger is absolutely excellent, especially his early sketchbooks.

[Groover McNab]

David Carson -- http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/

Stefan Sagmeister -- http://www.sagmeister.com/

Neville Brody -- (No website -- This man's reach as a designer can be felt everywhere)

Adrian Frutiger -- (No website -- no fan website can do justice to this man)

Erik Spiekermann -- http://www.metadesign.com

God I'll be editing this post later so I don't forget anyone.


--Edit: I should have read DiscoVolante's pwnage post. H.R Giger is absolutely excellent, especially his early sketchbooks.

:jawdrop: Ooooh nice list. Glad to see other designers here. We are a minority :)

[the_blur]

:jawdrop: Ooooh nice list. Glad to see other designers here. We are a minority :)


Damned straight =) That's why I squirm when people say Where's your art at!

How many page thumbnails can you really give them before they're satisfied?

[Dan.v.D.]

wasn't it spiekerman who always wears 2 different shoes?

[the_blur]

wasn't it spiekerman who always wears 2 different shoes?

lol, I never heard that one, but you never know.

[wes9000]

off the top of my head..

jerome witkin
alex kanevsky
gerhard richter
nicolas uribe
chad robertson
david altmejd
benjamin edwards
jenny saville
marc trujillo
banksy
neckface
david lee
ashley wood
michael hussar
matthew barney
ralph woehrman
daniel dove

[jetpack42]

Bill Waterson. The one artist I truely grew up on. His work has inspired me for the better part of my life.

I'm also a big fan of Nelson Shanks. His portrait of the pope is sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttt

[JoshuaTheJames]

Merged threads...

-JtJ

[LaPalida]

David Carson -- http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/

Stefan Sagmeister -- http://www.sagmeister.com/

Neville Brody -- (No website -- This man's reach as a designer can be felt everywhere)

Adrian Frutiger -- (No website -- no fan website can do justice to this man)

Erik Spiekermann -- http://www.metadesign.com


*Vader's voice*: "Impressive"

Stefan Sagmeister for sure! You forgot "Buro Destruct".

[the_blur]

*Vader's voice*: "Impressive"

Stefan Sagmeister for sure! You forgot "Buro Destruct".

omg, yeah I can't believe I forgot that.

btw, the Apple juice you bought (the brown one) is the shizzle. You should try it.

-- edit: It's behind the 2 pepsis -- :perv:

-- Second Edit: Buro Destrukt linkypoo: http://www.burodestruct.net

[nicolas]

not my "fav", but great nevertheless.... Horst Janssen

http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/departments/ingenieurmathematik/Pesch/PrivPages/HorstJanssen_Amaryllis.jpg

http://www.oldenburg.de/horst-janssen-museum/janssen/werk/abb_Werk/werk14_2gr.jpg

http://www.kunst-edition.de/images/pre/2157.jpg

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/3791316931.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[JohnnyTightlips]

Here's a few favorites from a long time lurker:

Coro-http://www.coro36ink.com/main.htm
Ryan Wurmser-http://www.ryanwurmser.com/
Sean Cheetham-http://www.seancheetham.com/
Kevin Llewellyn-http://www.kevart.com/
Justin Sweet-http://www.justinsweet.com/
Ashley Wood-http://www.ashleywoodartist.com

Robert McGinnis, NC and Jamie Wyeth.......

Many of these guys I know because of the fine folks at conceptart.

[ARTOONATOR]

Thanks for all the great links people, my inspiration just hit the roof.

Here's a few of my contemporary favorites:

Lawrence Alma Tadema
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/artists/Sir%20Lawrence%20Alma-Tadema/The%20Roses%20of%20Heliogabalus.jpg
J.W. Waterhouse
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/fine-art/theory/analysis/waterh.jpg

And some from the present:

Sebastian Kruger
http://www.krugerstars.com
http://www.krugerstars.com/extract/Images/1DD608CB1C95CE6485256E9B000D10D6_Image.gif
http://www.krugerstars.com/extract/Images/DA19F84E44D887E485256EA700735356_Image.gif

Wouter Tulp
http://www.woutertulp.nl/img/paintingpage/09large.jpg

Keep this thread up!

[JoshuaTheJames]

Woww. That grey Kruger Head is soo cooll.

Thanks for sharring!

-Joshua

[nicolas]

dont know if they've been mentioned, and they're not outside of the conceptart scene....but whatever. ya cant mention jeff jones without the rest of the "studio"...

http://www.lambiek.net/artists/windsor_smith/bwsmith_goddess1.jpg

Barry Windsr-Smith (http://www.barrywindsor-smith.com/menu.html)

http://www.crescentblues.com/11issue/bernie_2243_060_1_ab_net.jpg

Bernie Wrighston

http://www.kaluta.com/pages/metropolis/metp116big.jpg

Michael Kaluta (http://www.kaluta.com/)



and also great.....Bill Sienkiewicz (http://www.billsienkiewicz.com/menu.html)

http://www.billsienkiewicz.com/gallery/picadillyangel.jpg

[Dizon]

let's see....

Anthony Ryder
Ted Seth Jacobs( he taught Tony Ryder)
oh and David Leffel

I have some potential faves but haven't really seen most of their stuff. I can't seem to find their works on the net.

There are alot of young talented painters today but they haven't really had any impact on me so far. I still look at masters of the past for inspiration.

[ozan]

i like sculpture

dan webb

http://www.howardhouse.net/artists/webb/01118d.jpg

http://www.howardhouse.net/artists/webb/01119d.jpg

richard deacon

http://www.sculpture.org.uk/images/525016521067/640x480/75.jpg

http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag99/nov99/deacon/deacon8.jpg

http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag99/nov99/deacon/deacon5.jpg

i saw this rosenquist painting in houston, it's almost 50 feet long. i kept thinking about that show for months.

http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/kuspit/Images/kuspit11-17-6.jpg

[Prometheus|ANJ]

I got into problems thinking of any artist I really like. This wasn't a problem 10 years ago when all I wanted was to paint just like Bisley. It's the "I want to paint just like..." phase everyone goes through I guess.

There's certainly a lot of artists that are good at painting, but referenced realistic paintings with an artsy touch bores the bejesus out of me to be frank. Personally I learned to draw so I could do vengence crazed planet smashing battle droids and girls in huge mechaboots.

Basically the only artists that comes remotely close to my preferences of subject and style are a bunch of obscure japanese artists and... well, myself. Unfortunately I can never appreciate my own art, being my own worst critic and all that.

There's a lot of stuff in this thread I like though.

[Tigermilk]

hum.. some artists that have inspired me alot ::

Alvaro Tapia
Niklas Brandt
Peter Bergting
Larry Macdougall
Wesley Burt
Justin Sweet
Jakob Tuchten
Nivbed

There's alot of other artist that I adore too, but for now these are those who inspires me the most.

Happy drawing.

[RefrigeratorCo]

Graham Little
http://www.aspreyjacques.com/grahamlittle/work.html

Tim Hawkinson
http://www.fantasyarts.net/Tim_Hawkinson_artwork.htm

Tim Gardner
http://www.offoffoff.com/art/2001/gardner.php3

Jane Callister
http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/faculty/janec/callister-master2.htm

[Prehistoric]

i love the works of Egon Schiele.

http://www.stmk.gv.at/verwaltung/lmj-ng/97/schiele/osen.jpg

Egon Schiele (http://www.netmint.com/~albina/schiele/)

and for amazing still lifes. . . .

http://sfraser.com/images/fourpomegranates.jpg

Scott Fraser (http://www.sfraser.com/)

[Dizon]

Yuqi Wang


www.yuqiwangart.net

[JackalAnubis]

I really like Barbara Krueger, although her stuff is just collage really, or maybe graphic design?.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v357/Doobers/barabra2.jpg

[pvrhye]

"This Is Malcolm Liepke. I absolutely fell in love with his work."

I kinda enjoy the same thing about this guys work that I like about Geztar's.

[mintyfreshdoom]

cant forget about this one....sheesh

jenny saville

http://www.conceptart.org/schmid/Fulcrum-1999.jpg


Ohhhh! I saw her paintings in a gallery in Soho many years ago and I was so bowled over by her work, I had to drag more people to see it. I never could remember her name though, I thought I'd never be able to find her art again. Thanks so much for posting that.

[loomer]

Oh - I thought this was focusing on specifically living artists. These are a few obscure (semi-obscure) artists from back when that deserve some attention.

P.S. Kroyer - amazing painter who resided in Norway .. You can see how he influenced Nerdrum's "daylight" paintings

Ilya Repin - Probably one the greatest Russian painters ever

Ivan Serov - I think he was a student of Repin's ...looser style...

Corneliu Baba - very hard to find info on. Romanian artist who has a somewhat unbalanced body of work..which probably prevented him from reaching higher levels of noteriety. He did some really excellent paintings worth checking out.

Frederick Lord Leighton - If you like Alma tadema you should like this guy

Maxfield Parrish - I'm surprised no one has mentioned this guy. from those awesome old days of Illustration - unique technique and picture making skills. Check em out

Daniel Merriam - He's actually alive! Odd watercolorist - but his paintings don't look like normal watercolors. Fun, whimsical stuff...he has weakpoints, but I think he is a unique talent

If anyone wants me to scan in images and post them, let me know...I have books on all these guys

Steve Hanks...ugh

[LaPalida]

Alan Lee (http://images.google.com/images?q=alan%20lee%20art&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wi) and Brian Froud (http://www.worldoffroud.com/) . I used to just love their watercolors. I really like MC Escher (http://www.mcescher.com/) work too.

[Venndetta1]

Let's see... artists & designers who inspire me.

- Designers
David Carson
Nevill Brody
(I'd love to work for both of these designers, being that I'm a graphic design major myself. I know Carson has a studio here in NYC... Brody is my favorite of all Graphic Designers. I love his style.)

- Illustrators
Alot of Japanese illustrators really... and Hyung-Tae Kim. I love his Oxide 2 book. I wish I could paint like him. I'm just so bad at coloring, lol.

[Dizon]

comic book artists/illustrators

Mike Mignola

Tim Bradstreet

Alex Ross


More Faves :

Han Wu Shen http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=4968

Nelson Shanks http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=15521

Daniel Greene http://www.danielgreeneartist.com/portraits/hale.htm

Robert Liberace http://robertliberace.com/figuredrawing/acrobat.htm

Michael John Angel http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=6760

Daniel Graves http://www.florenceacademyofart.com/Alumni%20Gallery/Graves%20Daniel.htm

Igor Babailov http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=5847

[Gregory Wohlwend]

Ohhhh! I saw her paintings in a gallery in Soho many years ago and I was so bowled over by her work, I had to drag more people to see it. I never could remember her name though, I thought I'd never be able to find her art again. Thanks so much for posting that.

I agree, by far the strongest work in this thread I've seen so far. Really stunning and an incredible comment on society and the perception of beauty.

[Prehistoric]

just discovered this artist, Jia Lu. she's amazing.

http://www.sensual-arts.com/images/variousarts/modernarts/jialu/jl-embroideredlightcropped.jpg

http://www.naturesscene.com/artists/jia-lu/jia-lu-completeness.jpg

http://www.naturesscene.com/artists/jia-lu/jia-lu-mandala.jpg

[Prehistoric]

here's another one. Zhi Lin, one of my painting professors at the University of Washington. couldn't find bigger images.

his paintings are huge. these are from his "Five Capital Executions in China" series, each about 12 feet tall.

decapitation and starvation.

http://www.uniteddivas.com/events/koplin_lin.jpghttp://www.fryeart.org/images/zhilin2.jpg

detail from "starvation".

http://www.seattlefineart.org/instructorimages/locals/lin1-500T.jpg

detail from "firing squad".

http://www.artsjournal.com/man/images/FiringSquadDetail3.jpg

and one of his sketches.

http://www.seattlefineart.org/instructorimages/locals/2001826977.jpg

[Dizon]

AMAZING!!! Thanks dude! I remember my art instructor showing us Zhi Lin's work from a catalog. Truly amazing.....I wonder how he does all that work to keep it organized and structured.

Oh wait...He's one of your instructors?!?! If I were you, I would take apprenticeship under him haha.

[Prehistoric]

patdzon - he was my teacher. i graduated last year. he has amazing drawing skills that were probably beaten into him at the China National Academy of Fine Arts. he does so much life drawing he practically had an open casting call for asian people in seattle to model for him. sometimes he's left without a model and uses himself. i think there's at least a couple of him in each painting. those paintings take a long time. i think he told me it took him almost 10 years to complete the 5 huge paintings in the series. i know he worked on other stuff too, but that's a hell of a long time to invest in a project.

[Dizon]

does he have a website? Can you also give me a link to the other painter above?

[John]

Zhi Lin looks really good.

Gerhard Richter was already mentioned, but i thought i'd post some pics:

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/r/richter/richter_meadowland.jpg

http://www.kanazawa21.jp/en/07collect/colleimage6/0177.jpg

Luc Tuymans:

http://www.likeyou.com/gfx/luc_tuymans_k21_04.jpg

http://www.artnet.de/Images/magazine/features/henninger/henninger01-20-05-2.jpg

http://www.artnet.de/Images/magazine/features/henninger/henninger01-20-05-3.jpg

If this post takes up too much space, tell me and i'll edit it.

[Slash]

Im pretty sure this fella hasnt been mentioned yet. If he has, just shoot me.

www.goodbrush.com

[Prehistoric]

and now, for a kick ass sculptor.

Frederick Hart. probably most well known for his creation series on the national cathedral in D.C.

this is "ex nihilo" from above the main entrance.
http://www.artsacred.com/statues/SXNihilo.jpg
also used, illegally i might add, in "the devil's advocate" movie.

another of his most famous works is from the Vietnam Memorial in D.C.
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hartwhole.jpg

[Main Loop]

what i'm looking at right now:

alberto breccia
doug higgins
frank stockton (http://frankstockton.com)
Hollis Dunlap
Kim Cogan (http://www.kimcogan.com)
robert jennings (great gouache plein aire)
Ron Hicks
Sergio Toppi
sophie jodoin (http://sophiejodoin.com/)
Alex Kanevsky (http://www.dolbychadwickgallery.com/art_kanevsky.html)

[Bojee]

what i'm looking at right now:

alberto breccia
doug higgins
frank stockton (http://frankstockton.com)
Hollis Dunlap
Kim Cogan (http://www.kimcogan.com)
robert jennings (great gouache plein aire)
Ron Hicks
Sergio Toppi
sophie jodoin (http://sophiejodoin.com/)
Alex Kanevsky (http://www.dolbychadwickgallery.com/art_kanevsky.html)

You've got great taste.

[Bojee]

Prehistoric- I'm surprised you didn't mention Ann Gale.

http://www.realart.com/hfg/images/contemp-img/gale-img/GAL-011-OM-lrg.jpg

http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/cassidy/Images/cassidy1-23-9.jpg

http://www.realart.com/hfg/images/contemp-img/gale-img/GAL-008-lrg.jpg

http://www.debellefeuille.com/gale/Rachel_-_email.jpg

Great thread by the way. :)

[Prehistoric]

well bojee, i'm glad you did!

[Main Loop]

heh thanks bojee

[Spacemanchuck]

If you are ever in New York go to the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors! Blew my fucking dome off my neck!



Alex Grey- http://www.alexgrey.com/

[Hunger_Artist]

bump.

http://www.lindadorn.com- Linda is awsome.. check out her animations. She was one of my teachers at CSSSA and still inspires my philosophy on drawing.

Imperial boy(yeah, even when published he wont give his real name) does envirionments like no other. the level of complexity and detail amazes me:
http://www.justbecomplex.com/catalog/images/ART/fifteen/big/imperial-boy_02.jpg

unfortunately, his(or her?) main site seems down right now :(

theres tons and tons of super-talented contemporary artists and illustrators out there that are under the radar.. please keep postin them as you find them!

also cant forget miyazaki, and koji morimoto
and then theres tanaka..who I really should get to know better..


http://www.stuartngbooks.com/tanaka1.jpg

heinrich kley too, but pretty sure hes not contemporary

[Unregistered User]

You guys have posted lots of artists I hadn't discovered, so I'll contribute my link to Jimmie Arroyo, who is just starting to get recognition.

www.jgarroyo.com

He's a tattoo artist by day, and building a serious portfolio in his off hours.

http://tinypic.com/6772bb

[s.ketch]

I dont know about a whole bunch of different contemperary artist, my answer will probaly reflect that but..

www.artbyfeng.com
Feng Zhu- I like his style, he has inspired me to really learn to draw well.

Mark Jones- You havnt heard of him yet, but you will. Hes a great artist, I wish i had some of his work to show.

Stan Lee, David Saylor, Tim Burton, Ryan Church, There are some painters that I really like, but I cant find their names.

[daqu]

more sites
please?
and yes i understand this thread is old

[Pixeldragoon]

Don't you understand how old this thread is daqu?





.... :D Some of these sites are pretty good.

[Blahm]

Andy Goldsworthy

http://www.sculpture.org.uk/artists/AndyGoldsworthy

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Goldsworthy/roof2004_images.htm

im not sure if he is contemporary ( not sure what contemporary means anyway). I saw a documentary about this guy and was pretty inspired by his approach to art. you cant really get a good idea of what he does by looking at pictures on the internet, you have to see his movie or something.

[Jason Manley]

Don't you understand how old this thread is daqu?




you were right...you are on markos list.

keep posting artworks and working in this thread even if it is ten years from now. this is good stuff.

[Profil]

Ok, he has already been mentioned, but I don't see any drawings by him, so here's some.
James Jean
http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload2/fd009.jpg
http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload2/fd008a.jpg

And these were made in like, 2-15 mins. Awesome.

[Cthogua]

My small contribution

Hongnian Zhang (http://www.zhangwoolley.com/html/zhang_frameset.html)

http://www.zhangwoolley.com/zhang/05dream_of_summer_full.jpg

[Vincent Hammet]

My god, Samura Hiroaki:

http://webs.ono.com/usr022/pillows/samura1.jpg

http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/b/boitpb2.jpg

http://webs.ono.com/usr022/pillows/samura.jpg

Haven´t web, but a comic.

http://www.darkhorse.com/search/search.php?sstring=Hiroaki+Samura&match=all&scope=products

[Arctis]

Ok, he has already been mentioned, but I don't see any drawings by him, so here's some.
James Jean
http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload2/fd009.jpg
http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload2/fd008a.jpg

And these were made in like, 2-15 mins. Awesome.

He's the best I've seen in that exercise. Hard to believe... and he's probably very young.

[RefrigeratorCo]

Mathew Ritchie (http://artnet.com/artwork/424383446/matthew-ritchie-installation-view-remote-viewing-whitney-museum-of-american-art.html)