This article is part of a twelve part series that includes Film Artists, Visual Artists, Music Artists, Interactive Artists, Comedians, Industrial Designers, Photographers, Culinary Artists, Performance Artists, Authors and Digital Designers. It consists of creatives whose work I universally love, respect and celebrate, with whom I'd be honoured to collaborate, and whose work I could easily discuss and analyse at length.
As time goes on, though one may continue to be open to experiencing the work of newly discovered artists, invariably one begins to notice (particularly as one enters their thirties) that certain pantheons begin to take form: those artists across multiple mediums who stalwartly retain their position as being the best in their respective art forms. As art is subjective, pantheons vary wonderfully from person to person.
These are my most kindred (favourite) Visual Artists, in no particular order.
I previously gave a shorter, less detailed version of this article. This is the extended, full-featured version.
Kilian Eng
Sweeping, epic, incredibly detailed - Kilian Eng is my favourite contemporary visual artist.
Eyvind Earle
Unique, colourful, detail
Vania Zouravliov
Christopher Shy
Arik Roper
Dan Mumford
Dan McPharlin
Jean Giraud
James Gurney
Denis Forkas
Raymond Swanland
Crash McCreery
Paul Dainton
Karl Kopinski
Akihiko Yoshida
Yoji Shinkawa
Tetsuya Nomura
Frank Frazetta
Roger Dean
Zbigniew M. Bielak
Yoshitaka Amano
Mike Mignola
Marald Van Haasteren
Maarten Donders
Alex Grey
Alan Brown
John Dyer Baizley
James Gleeson
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
De Chirico
De Goya
Waterhouse
Grimshaw
Albrecht Durer
Gerard Trignac
Gustav Doré
Richey Beckett
Paul Romano
Warren Davis
Jeff Jordan
Mona Robles
Alan Lee
Brian Froud
R.J. Palmer
Lauren Marx
Wayne Barlow
Yoann Lossell
Timofey Stepanov
Nick Keller
Allen Williams
Agostino Arrivabene
John Howe
Ellen Jewett
Mario Duplantier
Caitlin Hackett
ASCENDANT
Nan Lawson