MR

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:57 pm**

Jacek Yerka - polish surrealist

http://www.yerkaland.com/preview.php

Kit Williams - English artist/sculptor/woodworker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrABx1D3Bm0

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:19 pm**

Norman Lindsay - early 20th Century Australian artist - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lindsay

Alfonse Mucha - inspired my love of Art Nouveau and had a huge influence on my own style for years - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Mucha

Bert Flugelman - an Australian sculpter who works mainly in stainless steel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Flugelman

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:19 pm**

I love that! I have to check that out! I love surrealism and illustration on the fantasy/surreal bend.

Favorite artists:
Salvador Dali
Rene Magritte
Graeme Base~illustrator ,see other thread about artwork
James Christensen~ illustrator, see other thread about artwork

Rene Magritte: above painting

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:21 pm**

SM thanks for turning me on to the Surrealist! His work is great!

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:24 pm**

No prob.....glad you like him!

BTW, your first picture looks like the cover of 'Grand Illusion' from STYX....

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:30 pm**

StocktontoMalone wrote:No prob.....glad you like him!

BTW, your first picture looks like the cover of 'Grand Illusion' from STYX....

Thats because it was. It was done by the artist Magritte. He also did this pic.

I think your artist must have been inspired by his work. The one with the stove on the link is very Magritte with a twist.

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:40 pm**

Some of my favourite art works...

'Circe Invidiosa' - which is in the Adelaide Art Gallery, and the prints never get the colours right - the liquid glows an unearthly green!

Albrecht Durer - one of the first surrealists, in my opinion! Not quite sure why his interpretation of a rhinocerous has always appealed to me...

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Alan Aldridge - first found his work in "The Illustrated Beatles Lyrics" and I've been a fan ever since. This one has a lushness I can just stare at for hours...

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Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:44 pm**

Giuseppe Arcimboldo "Water"

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:53 pm**

All great artists!

Not to be forgetting the genius of M.C. Escher

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:55 pm**

artist4perry wrote:All great artists!

Not to be forgetting the genius of M.C. Escher

How could I forget Escher! I considered getting one of his pieces as a tattoo for years!

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:58 pm**

HR Geiger

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:05 pm**

Wow! Nice!
Tomasz Setowski

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:09 pm**

Georges Seurat "Sunday in the park on the Island of La Grande Jatte"

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:13 pm**

sadie65 wrote:Georges Seurat "Sunday in the park on the Island of La Grande Jatte"

When I look at his work I see spots! :shock:

LOL!

Great artist

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:16 pm**

artist4perry wrote:
sadie65 wrote:Georges Seurat "Sunday in the park on the Island of La Grande Jatte"

When I look at his work I see spots! LOL!
Great artist

I remember seeing this at around 15 and being amazed at how big the canvas is, after being used to seeing it as a poster print or in a book.

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:16 pm**

artist4perry wrote:
sadie65 wrote:Georges Seurat "Sunday in the park on the Island of La Grande Jatte"

When I look at his work I see spots! LOL!
Great artist

LOL. Every time I get to the Art Institute in Chicago I HAVE to see this painting. It's estimated that it has 3,456,000 "points" on it. I cannot imagine conceiving, let alone executing this.

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:17 pm**

Ansel Adams for Modern Art:

...my favorite periods are Gothic, Roccoco, and Baroque.

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:21 pm**

John Singer Sergent

I have had the privilege to see one of his paintings. I stared at it for almost an hour. How lovely each stroke was. I was truely inspired!

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:23 pm**

Rhiannon wrote:Ansel Adams for Modern Art:

...my favorite periods are Gothic, Roccoco, and Baroque.

Awsome artists Rhi! I studied Gothic in an advanced history class. Also the Roccoco and Baroque periods.
I saw some Baroque work in Germany. Beautiful.
Remember if it aint Baroque, don't fix it! :wink:

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:25 pm**

artist4perry wrote:
Rhiannon wrote:Ansel Adams for Modern Art:

...my favorite periods are Gothic, Roccoco, and Baroque.

Awsome artists Rhi! I studied Gothic in an advanced history class. Also the Roccoco and Baroque periods.
I saw some Baroque work in Germany. Beautiful.
Remember if it aint Baroque, don't fix it!

Love them. And remember..."you are Baroque when you are out of Monet"

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:27 pm**

Painters are all wet! :wink:

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:28 pm**

Pool players get felt on the table..... :wink:

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:29 pm**

StocktontoMalone wrote:Pool players get felt on the table.....

So, SM when do we get to see some of your work?

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:30 pm**

artist4perry wrote:
StocktontoMalone wrote:Pool players get felt on the table.....

So, SM when do we get to see some of your work?

Are you serious? Or just being funny?

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:32 pm**

Totally serious, didn't you say on the other thread you did artwork? Maybe I am confused..........I don't make fun of people about their art. I encourage people to be creative.

I just checked the other thread, I was right, you said something about you did dragons! I was completely serious. SM I am an art teacher. I love to see people do art. I am not highly critical because artists are at all stages. It takes years to become a master. I am far from there!

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:34 pm**

I'm no artist....I used to try and draw those monster cards from TSR(Dungeons & Dragons) back in '82, '83.....but it was just pencil stuff.

:lol:

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:38 pm**

StocktontoMalone wrote:I'm no artist....I used to try and draw those monster cards from TSR(Dungeons & Dragons) back in '82, '83.....but it was just pencil stuff.

PM me if you have some that you can photograph. I promise I am just wanting to see your creativity. Mostly what I do is pencil stuff...... :wink:

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:42 pm**

I am off to bed. I have work in the morning. Please keep up the art on this thread. It is fun to find out what art appeals to what member on this site! Wonderful stuff so far!

Good "Starry Starry Night" ~Van Gogh

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:48 pm**

Ever hear about the artist who suffocated? Yeah, terrible story......he couldn't draw his own breath.

Yeah I know, but I couldn't help it. :oops:

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:53 pm**

Here is mine,a masterpeice

MR

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