Artists that inspire you

[MimiCaro]

Is it a piece of music? Perhaps a lyric in a song? Maybe even a painting that the world enjoys or a well known book. Tell me about your favorite piece and why you are drawn to it. Even if it is just for the day.

[RedRosa]

I’m a David Bowie fan. I have always been a fan. I don’t idolize him, but I share his distinct taste within our world. I often feel like I can’t articulate my feelings about things or even people, but through Bowie’s music and, interestingly enough, his interviews. Whenever he recommended a record, an artist, or a work, I usually sought it out.

In most cases, I find the art he liked worthwhile. What I hear in his music is a life that is very much like mine -- at least on an emotional level. The Beatles started a culture for me, but Bowie defined the world that I lived in, and he could articulate all the pain, glory, and sensuality of that landscape. When he passed away, it was like an entire cultural era died as well. Not total death, but I felt something chip away inside my heart.

[RedRosa]

I don't necessarily fully agree, but I find Magritte's statement here rather fascinating: "Written poetry is imperceptible, unlike painted poetry which has observable forms of expression."

[Kaylee]

So many!!

Frida Khalo (painter), Dale Chihuly (glass artist), Michelangelo (painter/sculptor/inventor), Kara Walker (installation artist), Turner (painter), Jeanne-Claude and Christo (installation artists), Mary Ellen Mark (photographer), Alexander Konda (painter), Kehinde Wiley (painter), and Yo-Yo Ma (cellist)to name a few.

[Saturn11]

Anne Stokes

I really love the work of Anne Stokes, and as I also love to draw she has been a great inspiration to me for a long time! I am constantly in awe of everything that she does and love to collect anything from by her.

[MarieGreen]

I love the work by Guerrilla Girls highlighting misogyny in art. It's a loose collective and many artworks are anonymous but also bloody brilliant.

https://www.guerrillagirls.com/