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A prolific American artist born in Philadelphia in 1962. Working in oil and pastel as of recently. Going through multiple schools, she claims her real education didn’t begin till she started painting for herself.

Influenced by Renoir, Giorgione, Giovanni Bellini, and The Venetian School influenced for their use of light, colour, and atmosphere.

A couple quotes that resonated with me were: “Art is a bit of a séance.”
and Describing the way she puts her talent to ‘poor use’:
“Like a nun with a foul mouth”

Much of her early work is inspired by soft core porn such as penthouse magazine back in the 1970s. Remarking one of her intentions was to combine Rembrandt and penthouse in Screwing her pussy on straight.

An iconic British Pop Artist born in 1937, still working today. What separates him from other pop artist of his time is his obsession with cubism.

Painting imagery from life, Hockney’s depicts domestic scenes from his personal life (such as the dog days series).

His use of colour has been called effeminate, but as a gay rights advocate, his colours advocate sexual freedom.

I’m a huge fan of his work, I adore his use of colour and subject matter. His composition is stunning, but above all, his dog days series is my favourite.

An American artist born in the early 20th century only to die at the age of fifty. A leading figure in the Colour Field painting movement and even though his life was short, he was extremely prolific and painting upon gigantic canvases.

Thinning his acrylics to stain the canvas and folding and bending it to manipulate the paint, Louis was a revolutionary in his time.

Rejecting the abstract action painting style of Polluck or Kline, Louis wanted to focus on the quality of colour.

Dalet Kaf is an example of his later Veil paintings where in he would staple his canvases to the wall (due to his small studio) allowing the paint to cascade down.

While I do prefer his more colourful work, I appreciate the darker and gloomier ones as well.

Maurice Denis was a French writer, decorative artist, and painter. Defining many significant stylistic advances with the “Les Nabis”, a group he founded alongside Paul Sérusier, Pierre Bonnard, etc.

Denis was known as the “Nabi of the Beautiful Icons” due to the spiritual intensity of his work.

What stood out to me was his use of colour and light. The flat images are incredibly powerful and emotion scenes.

Another Cezanne fan, Denis hailed him as the prophet of a new Classicism.

His self portrait is by far my favourite of his work. The beautiful rich colours and simple background are absolutely stunning.

A French, Fauvist artist born 1877, June 3rd. He attended Les Fauves and is known for his colourful decorative style. Dropping out of school at 14 to work, picking up school again at the age of 18 taking night classes at a municipal art school.

Inspired by Cezanne and Matisse he flattened and deconstructed leisurely scenes.

African mask and Ukiyo-e influences are prominent in this piece and it happens to be one of my favourite of his. I’m especially fond of his more detailed figures as the loose simplicity of his work makes him stand out among his peers.

The beautiful decoration of the scene depicted contrasts the contorted plain figure. His work is stunning and ahead of his time inspiring great artists such as Carlos Nadal.

A key pillar in the Symbolist movement using imagery from his imagination and dreams. I prefer his early black and white work, or as he called them: Noirs, to his later colour paintings as the disturbing imagery speaks more to me than his floral paintings.

The floating heads and eyes feel ahead of their time resonating more with the surrealist movement.

The Smiling Spider (1887) is by far my favorite of his pieces for the unsettling nature of the composition and the poorly lit grin. The ten legs add an extra layer of bizarre and stand out among his work.

While I prefer his Noirs, his use of colour is not lost on me. Particularly: the bright orange in Reflection is absolutely stunning against the azure blue landscape.

Overall his compositions are striking and many of his pieces live in my gallery of inspiration.

https://www.getdailyart.com/20443/odilon-redon/reflection

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/redon-odilon/