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[StewCat]

I'm applying for art school this year and I thought id make a thread highlighting my favourite artists who have influenced me:


Edward Hopper: I just love his use of tone!


William J Scott:Might not look like much but I think his simplistic still lifes are amusing (this one is called ‘pot and pan’) Not everyones cup of tea


Egon Schiele: My favourite artist of all time ever. His line drawings are so powerful! He could make masterpieces from white paper, pencil and watercolours – like this one ^ shame he died so young


Pablo Picasso: I just admire any artist who can renew himself so many times – some of his stuff I’m not too keen on – the work he did before he went crazy was incredible!


Patrick Caulfield: Not too fond of the pop art thing but his work interest me – Caulfield puts bold line round everything and makes something as uninteresting as a glass of water a piece of art

others i dont have time to mention: Olle Skagerfor,Degas, Rembrant, Francisco Goya, Alexandra Gardner, Titian, Francis Bacon.....blah blah!

I'm asking the people of aberdeen-Music - who are your favourite artists? please share !

[lazy pixie]

When I went to the art allery in aberdeen i liked Kenny Hunter, but that's more like sculpture than painting. I love H.R. Giger. He did the album cover for Danzig 'how the gods kill'. He's really cool The other artist I kind of like is Egon Schiele - his paintings are really interesting.

[PrincessHolly]

James Kochalka
Jim Mahfood
Craig Thompson (Has made me so happy)
Marc Ellerby
Simone Lia
Bryan Lee O'Malley

Is it wrong that this thread has excited me more than anything in the last week?

[lindeh]

i'm quite into photography at the moment and some of sam taylor wood's pieces are amazing!
as for painters, rothko, picasso, boucher, manet, velazquez... i have lots of favourites!

[StewCat]

Originally Posted by PrincessHolly

Is it wrong that this thread has excited me more than anything in the last week?

not at all - making it was the second most exciting thing ive done this year next to sending away my UCAS form...i really wanna get into art school!!!!!!!!


*thinks of other exciting things ive done this year...sex....sleep....nope thats it*

Does/Has anyone here study/studied at an art school?

[leftboy]

Ya gotta mention Jackson Pollock. He the man. I'd post some pics but I don't seem to be allowed to, for some reason... I also like Andy Warhol. He had a self-portrait where he had a pair of hands around his neck, in black and pink - real powerful. Not to mention Jasper Johns - his "Flag" is such a deconstruction of nationalism.

[PrincessHolly]

Where did you apply?

Some good friends of mine go to the Kent Institute of Art and Design and it's a fucking marvelous uni.

[StewCat]

I applied for Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee *crosses fingers*

[PrincessHolly]

Get out of this country and apply for KIAD, seriously it's the best, and so close to london!

[Skittles]

wheres your francis bacon?

1. his stuff reminds you of the first time you took crack/acid/whatever
2. its the only name i can think of. I only took art for a few months, coincidentally in stewcats class












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