Who's your favorite contemporary artist?

[BikeWriter]

Mine is science fiction/fantasy artist, Boris Vallejo.
http://vallejo.ural.net/

[Heidi]

1. Cy Twombly.

His paintings are immense, mysterious and sensous in a gestural way.


The Italians, 1961
Cy Twombly
Oil, pencil, and crayon on canvas
6'6 5/8" x 8'6 1/4" (199.5 x 259.6 cm)

[BikeWriter]

5. Wow, that's adventurous!

[swag]

29. I love "The Italians"

I saw that in Philadelphia some years ago. Couldn't leave the Twombly room for the joy of it all. The haters coming in and going out of the room, muttering.

On edit: wasn't that part of "50 Days at Ilium?"

[Heidi]

36. Have you been to the Cy Twombly gallery

at the Menil in Texas?

The Kunsthaus in Zurich also has some nice Twomblys, and its on my agenda this summer.

Here, I bet you'd love this book. (It was my Christmas gift from my wonderful Swiss mother-in-law last year.)

http://www.daros.ch/EXH/FLASH/hom_pub6_e_f.html

[swag]

45. No, I haven't been there, but it sounds great.

Thanks for the book tip, Heidi.

[Rabrrrrrr]

62. He's a fuckin' genius!

And the most expensive living artist.

[cleofus1]

2. many of my old pals in santa fe new mexico are great

liz abeyta, navajo sculptor kicks ass

[BikeWriter]

8. Very cool, I love it!

[cleofus1]

3. here's another by elizabeth

[BikeWriter]

10. That's exotic and beautiful, thank you.

[cleofus1]

35. here's Liz standing 2nd from the right

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Probably Dustin Amery Hostetler

http://www.upso.org

[BikeWriter]

11. I love what he did to *!

[ghostsofgiants]

15. You might enjoy this as well

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20010655/

[BikeWriter]

18. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

[ghostsofgiants]

19. Not to brag, but...

I made that, haah.

[BikeWriter]

23. It's superb. You captured him completely. ;-)

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Haha, thanks

:)

[enigmatic]

6. Heidi

And I'm not kidding; she's a very talented painter..

[BikeWriter]

14. I'm sure she is good. I don't recall seeing them yet. :-)

[Heidi]

38. Two.

From the Wild, 2004
80 x 80 cm
Mixed media on gallery-wrap canvas
Private collection, Ticino


Letter from Terlingua, Texas, 2002
18 x 25 cm, mixed media on prepared paper
Private collection, Argentina


Letter from Terlingua, Texas, Detail

[BikeWriter]

47. Both are very imaginative! :-)

[Heidi]

37. Thank you, enigmatic.

:hug: You can be president of my international fan club, if there ever is one. ;)

Enjoy this:


Banana Republic II, 2000
25 x 38 cm, mixed media on prepared paper
Private collection, Colorado

[enigmatic]

70. Wow

That's beautiful, Heidi; I'm proud to be the President of your international fan club:)

[WCGreen]

55. Me too dude..

She has an eye for constructing a vivid scene without being obvious about it.....

[Heidi]

66. .

Bear in mind that you've only seen the "hits" and not the misses. ;) (Thank you, WC. :hug: )

[bridgit]

61. Heidi is the bomb diggity highly talented imo...

:hi: Heidi

[Heidi]

65. .

Thank you, bridgit. :hug: I think you're the bomb, too, gf.

[liberalitch]

7. My sister karen....

She's not on line or anything..... just on my wall.... and locally many others

Whole name.... karen "mystupidsluttysister" Rouse.

[cleofus1]

9. mateo romero cochiti pueblo artist

[cleofus1]

31. here's what mateo looks like...

[BikeWriter]

34. Expressive!

[Heidi]

39. Beautiful!

Absolutely excellent brushwork. Thank you for sharing that, cleofus! :hug:

[cleofus1]

12. nathan begaye traditional hopi potter

does not use a wheel or a kiln...for a couple thousand dollars you can own this one

[BikeWriter]

17. Whoa! That's very nice.

[cleofus1]

13. here's another by nate

[cleofus1]

16. Tony Abeyta Liz's little brother is very popular too

prints and oils is what his does...a navajo...who went to art school in paris and chicago...and santa fe...

[cleofus1]

30. here's a pic of my old pal tony

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

50. I've met him. His work is wonderful!

[cleofus1]

53. it's been close to 13 years since i've seen him...

we used to hang out at IAIA. with diego romero and nathan begaye and dave draper, bob gress and all the rest of those knuckleheads...
all from artist families....

[bicentennial_baby]

20. Mark Ryden

[cleofus1]

21. sweet....

very sweet....

[BikeWriter]

22. Here's the pottery site of my closest online Friend.

Kizzy

http://www.angelfire.com/bc/potter/GALLERY1.html

[cleofus1]

25. very nice...

good stuff!

[BikeWriter]

26. Thank you, she's a natural born artist.

[Heidi]

40. I love raku . . .

Your friend is very good. Does she have her own raku oven? My mother-in-law is a sculptor, and we just finished building her a woodburning raku oven from a 55-gallon (I think) barrel. :pals:

[BikeWriter]

46. I think there's a potter's guild in her town...

She uses their kiln. She does some fantastic stuff. I love the glazes she uses.

[cleofus1]

27. here's another one by tony abeyta

[XemaSab]

68. that's a COOL picture!

grant wood + marc + Native influences = XemaSab likes it!

[swag]

28. Today it's Tim Hawkinson, tomorrow it's probably somebody else.

http://www.whitney.org/exhibition/feat_hawk.shtml

[El Fuego]

32. Mark Ryden

www.markryden.com

[cleofus1]

48. i cannot begin to say

how much i love his work...i find it both disturbing and erotic...:dilemma:

[El Fuego]

51. I know!

There's just something about it! Disturbing/erotic, comforting/terrifying...

[Celeborn Skywalker]

69. He's one of my favorites too. (nt)

[swag]

33. Oh, and Louise Bourgeois. Just amazing.

There was a huge show ("Memory and Architecture") at the Reina Sofia in Madrid that was a mind-blower.

http://www.artbook.com/8790029801.html

http://store1.yimg.com/I/artbook_1854_107659975

[cleofus1]

41. Rabbit Hunter

by tony abeyta

[kwassa]

42. Anselm Kiefer

A great German expressionist. The canvases are huge, and need to be experienced first-hand. Very thick surfaces.

[cleofus1]

43. one more by mateo romero

oil and mixed media

[cleofus1]

44. oh yeah...me

[BikeWriter]

54. Dayum, seems like you should be named our art tour guide...

for the SouthWest.

[Shell Beau]

49. Yanni!

Just teasing. I don't really listen to contemporary!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

52. Fernando Botero (love his Abu Graib stuff)

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,462352,00.jpg

other Botero:





http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/section.php?xSec=1002

[GumboYaYa]

56. I love Botero.

My city just installed one of his sculptures (Man on Horse) down the street from my house. It cheers me up every time I see it.


I also like Lucian Freud: http://homepages.pavilion.co.uk/lincreasey/freud.htm

His stuff is just twisted. It is almost too real.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

57. I was getting ready to post your pic on a milk carton!

Hadn't seen you post lately! :hi:

great site, btw

[GumboYaYa]

58. LOL, thanks but not necessary......

I've been around less just b/c life is busy. Soon I'll have something interesting to share...we're making a documentary movie about one of my recent campaigns. It is a larger story about entrenched power and political nepotism that carries a universal message.

Freud is a freak, but in a good way. Generally, I tend towards more abstract art, but his ultra-realism strikes a chord with me.

[GOPisEvil]

59. Rabrrrrrr!

:7

Seriously, I have one of his originals in my house and I like it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

63. YAY! Thanks for the props!

Now I don't have to pop a cap in your ass.

:P

I'm glad you are still enjoying it!

[bridgit]

60. hubby, but i'm partial = i got me a bias...

omega string moon

sorry bout the glare, but he snapped it quick just a few hours ago, i get to witness 'the process' which is interesting to me, he is a trip to go to a museum with i'll say that, he can be like 'sister wendy' with a three day beard

though as far as what we've referred to above; i like this guy: http://frazettaartgallery.com/ff/hp/main_2.html i like allot of stuff so there's that

[Heidi]

67. ! ! ! !

I _love_ these colors and the texture, Mr. Bridgit! Please, please, please: what is the support? Is this oil or acrylic? Lovely!

[bridgit]

71. he's crashed out, Heidi, but i am able to confirm...

acrylic on birch panels, he'll go in-studio & mix colors for a couple days from base; i find the process fascinating to watch; i know that he loves your work & he'll be tickled when i mention what you've said, he really liked your 'banana republic' as did i

:pals:

[Heidi]

72. Thank you for the info, bridgit . . .

The caramel/burnt siena background of that painting is just gorgeous!

[AVulgarianHue]

64. Earl Cacho

http://www.earlcacho.com/

[Lilith Velkor]

73. Yoshitaka Amano

http://www.amanosworld.com/

[6000eliot]

74. He appears to really like ladies' heinies.

[BikeWriter]

76. That's fine wth me, I like ladies' heinies. too. :-)

[Merrick]

75. Alex Grey

got this one on my wall

[NV Whino]

77. Wolf Kahn