To ask - who is your favourite artist and why?

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Just that really. Do you have a favourite artist? Or style? And why does it sing to you?
Only got in to art a couple of years ago and feel like a whole new world has been opened up - so would love to know who else I should be learning about.

I'm slightly obsessed with William Hogarth - I have bought several prints after seeing the exhibition last October.

Forgot to say why! For me, its a real glimpse into what life was like and the problems society had. He truly captures 'a thousand words' in his drawings

Andy Scott. He is a Scottish “big structure” sculptor. He made The Kelpies and Aria overlooking our major motorways and my city has the most amazing representation of our city animal in Poised

I love some of Kerry Darlingtons work. I just find her pieces stunning, some so intricate and colourful. Some soothing and magical. Beautiful.

Gwen John. Her portraits of women, and her self-portraits, are astonishing and uncomfortable, but I especially love her late, scratchy still lives made with layers of very dry paint on slightly wonky home-stretched canvases. And her life was so interesting.

I love robin wight. His fairy wire sculptures are amazing and are on display at trentham gardens.

Bridget Riley. Because she is a genius.

I love Angela Harding's prints, I was bought one of her bird prints as a special gift. She did the illustrations for the book "The Salt Path" and I'm saving up for the print of the cover!

Caravaggio. Went to an exhibition a few years ago, just stunning.

Salvador Dali. I just love his work 🤷🏼‍♀️. Swans Reflecting Elephants is my favourite.

I like banksy. Clever and interesting.

I love N C Wyeth. He often did illustrations, but the colouring and composition are beautiful and they stay with you, a bit like dreams...

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Kerry Darlington. Lucky enough to have two.

Photography is my favourite medium I love Martin Parr

I also love lowrys church sketches.

Velasquez - went to the Prado in Madrid years ago and was blown away. Been many times since. Man was a genius, I could stare at his works for hours

Another vote for Caravaggio. The depth and richness of his painting, and the absolute raw humanity, really does move me to tears.
And I love the fairies at Trentham too - I am nothing if not eclectic!

Sam Cannon. Her work takes my breath away.

Salvador Dali here too. My parents took me to Dali Theatre-Museum when I was about 8 and I've been fascinated ever since.

Konstantin Somov - i'm always instantly transported by his work; and his use of light is just poetic.

John Singer Sargent - the way he captures light in his portraits is truly stunning

Ooh love a bit of Martin parr I met him onece when he did a talk at my uni, so excited!

Think mine is probably Elizabeth Price.

I am fond of Dali’s work too.

Heron and Lanyon

Living artist - Banksy. I love Lowry's paintings, but don't think I'd want one on my wall. I've always loved Monet and Turner's work and Toulouse-Lautrec's posters.

Amanda Clark
Nicholas Hely Hutchinson

For classics, I guess Van Gogh, Maxfield Parrish and the Pethers, I gather there’s confusion over who did what. John Atkinson Grimshaw.

What a lovey thread.