Dale Chihuly (glass artist)
 

http://www.leftyrodriguez.com/images...0-edit-2-1.jpg

Blowing glass is an intricate process and I once saw an exhibit of his at the Bellagio in Las Vegas (couldn't find the photos I took of it, but found this one online). Dave Chihuly is a fabulous artist! I love the rich depth of colors he uses when he creates glass works of art.

Takashi Murakami (2002) | Tan Tan Bo Puking (aka Gero Tan)
 

http://img.artknowledgenews.com/file..._Bo_Puking.jpg

Takashi Murakami - as an artist and his genre - is new to me: I came across his acrylic painting while browsing the Guggenheim Museum website. I love the futuristic theme of this peice of art and the bright colors - it feels freeing to me.

Ilya Repin (1870-73, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg) | Barge Haulers on the Volga
 

http://img.artknowledgenews.com/files/repin.jpg

Ilya Repin's oil painting of Barge Haulers on the Volga is beautiful to me. I know nothing about him at all (will do a bit of research on him when I get the time), but this painting spoke to me in ways that touched my heart deeply. I felt the struggle, hardship, and desolate atmosphere that this painting seemed to convey through the illustrative framwork evoked in this painting.

Mauarizio Cattalan | "I heart You" | Photo Art artwork @ The Guggenheim Museum in NY
 

http://www.globalgraphica.com/wp-con...-new-york1.jpg

The indexicality and iconicity expressed in this multi-mixed media presentation of art work, is amazing to me! The doubling of entendre's - the many messages one could possibly get from this work of art, seems to me, provocative by nature: it's mesmerizing, soothing and yet provokes and invokes specialized ways in which humans communicate what's on our mind. I love the semotic visualization process this peice of work evokes for those who appreciate this type of art.

My friend, photographer Andrew Kaiser. Because in my opinion, he truly sees all that is beautiful in women...

Unfortunately, I can not show many here, because they are mostly works of art that are nudes. But Google him and you'll find much better examples of what I am talking about. He is incredible.

http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/enterta...toDay4-625.jpg


http://media.allnegative.com/artwork...5x1500_q85.jpg



https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...68514548_n.jpg


This is one of me, taken in September 2011...Not my favorite, but he loves it.



https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-K...u2nw/photo.jpg


The artist himself...

corneille
 

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...corneille1.jpg

not my favorite but an awesome artist !

Edward Hopper
 

Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967)...American Painter

He is best known for his work "Nighthawks". The effective use of light and shadow to create mood is central to Hopper’s method and has been compared to the cinematography of film noir. I find the 'starkness' of it appealing.

Most of Hopper's figure paintings focus on the subtle interaction of human beings with their environment...carried out with solo figures, couples, or groups. His primary emotional themes are solitude, loneliness, regret, boredom, and resignation. He expresses the emotions in various environments, including the office, in public places, in apartments, on the road, or on vacation. As if he were creating stills for a movie or tableaux in a play, Hopper positioned his characters as if they were captured just before or just after the climax of a scene.

"Nighthawks"
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/...2/nighthwk.jpg

"Morning Sun"
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/...morningsun.jpg

Paul Klee
 

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...the-sailor.jpg

Paul Klee is an amazing artist and extremely prolific !

Russian Surrealist | Vladimir Kush
 

http://artstyleonline.com/wp-content...erfly-ship.jpg

http://www.artcentergallery.com/gall...ingblossum.jpg

http://www.spiritofspider.com/wp-con...rrealism-.jpeg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yRQ1YydGYK...ir-kush-01.jpg

A fave-"The Date" by Ty Wilson.
 

I purchased a copy of this, not long after it was released. I was a teenager. I still have it. Currently it is not hanging up but I plan to frame it and hang it in my room at some point in the future-when I find my new comforter set etc...



http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OHX9B86MTP...n+the+date.jpg

And I want a copy of "Promenade" by Ty Wilson.
 

Birth of Venus (Botticelli)
 

Virgin & Child (Leonardo Da Vinci - Milan)
 

Folk Artist: Gregory Warmack (aka, Mr. Imagination)
 

http://www.trbimg.com/img-4fc7e178/t...120531-001/600

I met him by complete accident, years ago, when my son was training on a base in N. Carolina for a special assignment. My love for bottle caps and making works of art from them were largely inspired by Mr. Imagination. He was a wonderful person and he recently passed away earlier this year in May.

Mosaic Art
 

http://artbygayleanita.com/pb/wp_c1a...8a0d24a1ad.jpg

I came across Gayle Anita one day while browsing the web for mosaic art. << LINK >>


I am totally drawn to this art form; possibly because of item connections to sustainable forms of reclaiming items that are broken or neglected or even the idea that this particular art form is semiotic by nature in capturing abstract shapes, thoughts, ideas or any type of process (we could say) and utilizes that type of intersection where a beautiful collision melds into something entirely beautiful.

I like this particular piece of hers in that even though she titled this work of art: a Crawdad. To me, it reminds me of lobsters... or any ocean or river animal whose makeup includes a shelled body. I like how the Coors can interrupts the flow of dynamics and calls attention to the ways in which humans have thoughtlessly polluted the seas, oceans, rivers (water resources in general). In addition, I also like the cherish how she borrows conceptually the idea of indexicality and iconicity: The dangling of hook and bait in the water. :)

From what I gather from her website, she's a west coast native and her own profession took her to the east coast and where she practices her craft is unknown to me but I she possesses a gift for mosaic art form.

http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-conte...graffiti21.jpg

http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-conte...iti-durban.jpg

I came across a web page while surfing for architectural design and in the case of a band of students from South Africa, they create art by cleaning the surface of structures - known as, Reverse Graffiti.

http://inhabitat.com/reverse-graffit...ng-them-clean/

I love art.
All kinds.
Music. Dance. Paint. Photograph.
Crayon. Tile. Graffiti. Song.

2 women that I studied well in college a few semesters ago -- who I absolutely fell hard for in their work. I thought powerful, deep, connected, pissed off, soft, and burned.

Catherine Opie

&

Ana Mendieta

Rob Gonsalves
 

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5...place.ru23.jpg

Magical Realist
One of my favorite

G Rodo Boulanger
 

http://www.artbrokerage.com/artthumb...a_Campagne.jpg

In 1979 UNICEF designated her as their official artist for her “Year of the Child” poster.

She has created an abundance of children's art and this girl loves to collect them

Joan Miro
 

http://www.dogstuff.com/bmz_cache/d/...ge.350x350.jpg
http://imgc.artprintimages.com/image...3-ML9I000Z.jpg
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image...._AA240_.L.jpg

Etherial, sepia, deep yet bathed with light. I like Wyeth for his eye for the grey in a grey day that is so rarely captured by art yet is so often what the eye truly sees.

I'll be back! Have some wonderful NZ artists to share :)

another I enjoy. <-- clicky.

Frida Khalo - self portraits - she was an incredible artist and woman. Her colors and style gives me so much to think about and love.

Brought me to tears
 

Renoir's "Wave".....I was fortunate enough to view it years ago in LA....amazing....absolutely amazing !

http://www.encore-editions.com/pierr...nal-size-25x39

had the luxury of visiting her home and was incredably touched by her life.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVd7bFD2hi...efepoppies.jpg

http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/

http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...ances-kuta.jpg

Afternoon Rest ~ Frances Kuta

A cachet of unusual art & photography
 

Celyn Brazier
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4...cporo1_500.jpg





Ruben Brulat

http://surfaceandsurface.files.wordp...pg?w=545&h=435


Steven LaRose
(his weblog title is: Fish and Cut Bait)

http://d3oeu2l8qd7s1b.cloudfront.net...-7999438-7.jpg


Steven LaRose was formerly my art teacher, but currently he teaches art privately in his studios in southern Oregon. LaRose's genre of art spans nudes, photography, oils, watercolours and other types of artistic interest.

Brazier and Brulat are relatively new to me - I found both artists while browsing gallery art via open-network resources.

I like all three artists - the visual cachet that each artists brings into their form of art.

In memory of Charlie
 

Endless Summer by Wyland

Miss you Charile

http://www.wylandgalleries.com/image.../wy17969gc.jpg

a collage of postcards (art)
 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ELNxmhKT3U...rd+Collage.jpg


Today, while wandering the internet in search of ideas for artistic ways of using postcards to form a work of art (a collage), I found the above hand-made postcard that was given to someone on their birthday. I love postcards and have quite a few that I have given to friends and family and have recieved numerous postcards, over time.

Once in a great while, I actually happen to come across exhibits of postcards as an art form: There's an interesting place to dine in the Hawthorne area (Nick's) and along the wall of the business, postcards to the business owner (over the years) appear alongside of other exhibits of art.

I think the thing I like about a collage of postcards is that each post card tells about a specific time someone took the time to express something particular (or even peculiar) between the sender and sendee. I have a friend who saved every single post card they got from someone they knew from years ago (I think they attended art school together, at one time) and I even have a friend who uses photographs, sent to them, as a means to create an exhibit of art - either at home or wherever their form of art is displayed (museums or galleries or places where art like this is found).

Given that I like postcards and have quite a few, I was thinking of making my own collage of postcard art.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Phh1IryN94...v-the-kiss.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q7eDK3k7Km...g+on+beach.jpg

http://dyn-images2.hsni.com/is/image...87~1006558.jpg

http://home.grandecom.net/~dkbeers/X..._delaroche.jpg

And of course Susan Seddon Boulet
 

For watercolor
 

Paintings and Illustration, Watercolors
 

Reposting these watercolors under the correct profile name, "Jet." These are

I know this is waay from the original posting date, but, do you remember WHICH version of Pride and Prejudice, by any chance?