Name An Artist On Faa Whose Work You Admire

There are too many really wonderful artists here for me to name just one. I would feel I am slighting the others...But since you asked here are just two....
Carolyn Weltman and Mike Savad...
But believe me I can name many others who I truly respect for their talents, both in the art of photography and painting.

I really admire Alfred Ng. Not only is his work exceptional but he has a great attitude too as shown in his posting on the forums. Plus he does a lot of work in watercolor which is a medium I've never been good at.
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/alfred-ng.html

It is really a difficult decision from the hand-full on my Favorites. I would have to say Mia Tavonatti.

http://pixels.com/profiles/mia-tavonatti.html

SO many. But I have to go with JL Meadows first. As a child, my first goal in life was to illustrate children's books, and JL has exactly the style I always wanted to do. : )

I would have to say John Beckly and Micheal Lang because they inspired me to start my journey.

There are so many that it is difficult to name just one. Like the show, "Family Feud"... if I had to rattle names off in so many seconds, I'd say the work of these artists are outstanding in every way:

Alphabetically....

Vivian Anderson, JC Findley, Mike Savad and Harold Shull.

It pays to post in this forum because you do get noticed.

This is a very good post simply because we can find new work to look at by naming our favorites. I looked up a few mentioned and they don't appeal to me but art can be very subjective at times which makes it that much more interesting.

Graham Gercken http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/graham-gercken.html You can almost feel the temperature of the place he was painting.

Dan Carmichael http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/dan-carmichael.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=313074 His ethereal shots are magic.

Mario Sanchez Nevado http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/mario-sanchez-nevado.html among others proves you don't have to have a million images to make a sale.

Peter Tellone

Roz good choice for a thread! Two amazing sculptors, Dan Earle and Adam Long.

Dan Petrov http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/dan-petrov.html
Larry Preston http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/larry-preston.html
Mia Tavonatti http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/mia-tavonatti.html
Tom Thordarson http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/tom-thordarson.html
Marnie Bourque http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/marnie-bourque.html
Michael David Sorenson http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/michael-david-sorensen.html
Chris Fletcher http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/chris-fletcher.html
Mike Savad http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/mike-savad.html
Jani Freimann http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/jani-freimann.html
etc, etc...

Oh, did you want just one?

Ana Maria Edulescu, Brian Kesinger, Nikki Marie Smith...

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/phyllis-beiser.html
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/erika-pochybovajohnson.html
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sheena-pike.html

Evgeni Dinev and Jorge Maia are two of my favorite photographers I've encountered on FAA.

Leonid Afremov and Ana Maria Edulescu!

Elizabeth Carmel

So far it's Vic Lee:

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-vic-lee.html

So far it's Vic Lee:

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-vic-lee.html

wow thanks, RF. you just made me blink.

so many on here who are so very talented but i'm going to name Ed Meredith and Joaquin Abella Ojeda. both painters. you know i love your work too Robert Frank Gabriel for its pure honesty.

Well, I have to say my favorite artist here is my brother, a painter!

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/dan-strand.html

Oh, it's a long list but right off the top of my head ...

Patrick Pierson - http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/patrick-pierson.html

Steve Mouche, Mario Carta and Roger Sweezy.. a few more great sculptors..:-)
Andrew Penman, Panda Gunda and Josef Putsche...superb digital artists.
Viv Anderson, Brooks G Hauschild and David Zimmerman.. just a few of my favourite painters although there are lots more!
Stuart Harrison, Kathleen K Parker and JC Findley..all superb tog's
Dawn Senior Trask, Sora Neva...superb all rounders.
Dave Farrow, Piggy and Jason Christopher...good eggs that help make it fun.
and..Mike Savad..a great tog who tells it like it is and has turned the commercialization of art into an art in itself :-)

There are of course many more that didn't get a mention... maybe I'll come back!

There are so many whose work I admire, so many greatly talented people on FAA, to mention one of them: Marlene Burns

I discovered some new artists that I didn't know of from this thread. Very impressive. I might have to buy some of their stuff.

--Roz Barron Abellera

I admire Cristina Mihailescu - Fine Artist because her work is classical and modern expressionism.


























































Cristina Mihailescu

I'm a new fan of Sarah Kiser's work. She has her own unique style. Good call Maria.


--Roz Barron Abellera

I am a fan of Alfred Ng's work - http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/alfred-ng.html

There are many talented artists on this site, so it was hard to choose.

If I had to narrow it down to just two:

http://jessica-jenney.artistwebsites.com/ - Jessica Jenney


http://carol-cavalaris.artistwebsites.com/ - Carol Cavalaris

I really like the work of Carol Cavalaris. I actually purchased this image of hers.

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sacha-circulism.html?tab=artwork
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/jose-gomespereira.html
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/maria-jose-aguilar-gutierrez.html
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/yulonda-rios.html
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/chikako-takizawa.html
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/dan-earle.html
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/martel-chapman.html

I discovered Sheryl Bergman in one of my contests among others.

http://sheryl-bergman.artistwebsites.com/featured/baltimore-rainbow-sheryl-bergman.html

I'm feeling so unloved....

I would have to say Leah Saulnier http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/leah-saulnier.html
Darlene Foster http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/darlene+foster/all (we're contemporaries, many times photographing the same things, but she has a unique style of composing)

I am going to create an alter ego on FAA, sign in to that account, and then admire myself in this thread .... lol ... j/k ...

Thanks for the great list of artists to check out! I went through a lot of awesome galleries! :)

HG

My favorite artist is Heather Gessell. I have always loved pastels:

Aw! Thanks! Saved me the trouble of making an alter ego! ... lol .... I just went through your galleries too Cathy, found a lot of great stuff there! Thanks so much btw, made my day :)

Thank you Margit and David....my vote is for Dale Witherow and Cliff Spohn ( a tie)

One of the artists I mentioned in my earlier comments, Davina Nicholas. So many wonderful works in her gallery.

Wow, tough one....
I've recently come across Krasimir Tolev & I particularly like his wonderful simplicity.
Odd Jeppeson does texture & mood exceptionally well.
Barry Lamont is a splendid sculptor & funny as a fart.
I'm also particularly enjoying work from Krystina Spink, Jennifer Alvarez, Stacy C. Bottoms & J.L. Meadows.

lol..Thanks Piggy!

I think Heather and Cathy are the same person... cheat! I call for a stewards inquiry!

:-)

Heather went through my galleries..oh no poor girl ..she is probably resting now. LOL

Adrian Evans

Adrian Evans

Parker Cunningham :)

John Dziobko has some excellent color photographs of trains and railroads from the 1950s and 50s that he shot --

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/john-dziobko.html

Robert Lyndall also has some great steam train shots. His come from when the railroads would run steam excursions in the 80s and 90s. I missed tis time chasing girls and not trains and thought I would never see two of the best looking steam engines run except in shots by Mr. Lyndall and others.



And then Norfolk Southern announced it was taking the above locomotive out of storage and returning her to service after a rebuild program, but I digress.

Tim Wilson has some great photography around one of my favorite cities, Richmond, Va., both rail and non-rail

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/tim-wilson.html

Mark Van Dyke has some wonderful images from Upper Carolina.

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/mark-vandyke.html

Douglas Berry also has some spectacular Carolina images.

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-douglas-berry.html

Just one of my favorites is
Veikko Suikkanen

One of my favorites is Carol Wisniewski.

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/carol-wisniewski.html

You are right [x2] re Adrian Evan's work, Jack! I am also an admirer of his.

I forgot to mention this guy.. Brian Scott. It's simply mind boggling how good he is with coloured pencils.. amazing portfolio.(i actually forgot to mention lots of people;-)

You're right Barry. Brian Scott is an absolute beast with those coloured pencils. Fantastic artist.


--Roz Barron Abellera

Hanne Lore Koehler

Everything in her gallery is simply stunning!

Alfred Ng