Your favourite artist?

[Talysia]

It doesn't have to be from fantasy or sci-fi, but who is your favourite artist of the moment?

If I had to name one, I'd say Yoshitaka Amano for his beautiful watercolour paintings of Japanese mythology. He also painted the illustrations for Neil Gaiman's The Dream Hunters novel.

[Allegra]

Wassily Kandinsky

[Dr. Atomic]

In genre:
Joseph Mugnaini, Richard Powers, John Harris, Frank R. Paul, Stanley Meltzoff, Virgil Finlay, Mars-1. Henk I. Gosses (a sculptor who recently passed away). Roy Squires, who made handmade letterpress books.

Out of genre:
Kaws (a.k.a. Brian Donnelly)
Gerhard Richter

[HappyHippo]

I've always really admired Geoff Taylor's covers. His scenery is amazing, but his people never look quite right.

For technique, Boris Vallejo. Although a lot of his stuff is what I remember from the early 80's; naked women and men with big...swords.

[The Ace]

Not much of an artist myself, but as a photographer, I greatly admire the work of Robert Capa, one thing he always said sticks in my mind, "If your work isn't good enough, you aren't close enough." He was following this advice when he trod on a landmine in (then) Indochina.

[BookStop]

Larry Elmore without a doubt.

I think.

There are a lot of really talented people out there.

[Kettricken]

Modern art: Kandinsky, Chagall
"Older" art: Hiëronymus Bosch
Fantasy art/illustration: Dave McKean

[Joel007]

I'm quite impressed with Geoff Taylor's book covers, I haven't checked much of his other stuff out though.

I really liked Paul Kidby's discworld art, he includes so many things which have a minor reference in an obscure book somewhere. Great atention to detail

[UltraCulture]

I own this


it's a numbered print,but i love it, her face shows so much feeling.

[UltraCulture]

I love this

[gigantes]

picasso, van gogh.

[Dreathan]

Too many movements and artists to list but the Pre-Raphaelites are way up there. I got to see "The Lady of Shallot" by Waterhouse a couple of years ago - I sat and stared at it for an hour. I also love Charles Vess. Wonderful clean lines and color, straight forward but very evocative and lovely.

[HardScienceFan]

In genre:Bok,Freas,Gaughan,Schoenherr,van Dongen,Powers.

other art:Japanes prints,glass by Galle,surrealism by Max Ernst,cubism by Braque,landscapes by the Haagse School,
architecture by that Finn Aalto?*google that one later*,Le Corbusier,von der Rohe;
basically anything Art Nouveau;
Miro,Kandinsky,Pisarro,Sisley,Pieter de Hoogh,Emil Nolde,Durer,Memlinck,
Grandma Moses,Edward Hopper;
scrimshaw,ethnic art
uhhhmm better stop now

[HardScienceFan]

Originally Posted by Talysia

It doesn't have to be from fantasy or sci-fi, but who is your favourite artist of the moment?

If I had to name one, I'd say Yoshitaka Amano for his beautiful watercolour paintings of Japanese mythology. He also painted the illustrations for Neil Gaiman's The Dream Hunters novel.

Is it allright to elaborate?I'd love the reason why people admire their particular favourite artists!Love the thread,being a bit of an art lover.

[Talysia]

It's fine to elaborate. I like Amano's art because of its ethereal nature. The way he captures his subjects with only a few strokes of watercolour or a couple of charcoal lines is something beautiful, and there's a strong sense of delicacy even in his boldest paintings. There's a lot of detail, too, but not so much as to look fussy. Not many artists can capture the essence of dreaming, but Amano manages it really well.