Who is your favorite oil or acrylic artist?

Question

I need to replicate an oil or acylic art piece for a class assignment (i know not too creative). Im kinda stumped with any ideas. I would be deeply grateful for any suggestions.

If you have a favorite oil or acrylic artist, and even better a specific work, please let me know about it so I can check it out.

thanks

Answer 1

It is not about creativity, it is about exploring ways to paint.

I always tell my students to reproduce a painting they like. When asked I tell them to do a painting by Magritte:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=magritte&sp=1&fr2=sp-top&ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-wave&ei=UTF-8&SpellState=n-3116403932_q-PkEHTXcFb68B1y39XY1ufQAAAA@@
His paintings are very clear and allow you to copy it almost perfectly, even from a small photograph.

Specially this one is a fav because of its title:
"No copying"
http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc382/magritte-notrepro.jpg
It is pretty easy to reproduce (no kidding) and will astound everybody. Use transfere paper and a lifesize xerox to get it on a canvas.

Usually they enjoy it more than a Tintoretto, Mondriaan or Keith Haring.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9gnMiWOEUJHRUIA4xGJzbkF?p=Tintoretto+painting&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv8-wave&x=wrt&js=1&ni=21
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9gnMiSYEUJHtw8BOTmJzbkF?p=mondriaan+painting&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv8-wave&x=wrt&js=1&ni=21
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9gnMiLNEUJH_gkBDxyJzbkF?p=keith+haring+painting&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv8-wave&x=wrt&js=1&ni=21

Answer 2

Dead artists - Monet, Renoir, Norman Lindsay, Arthur Streeton, Tom Roberts.

Living artists - Warwick Fuller, Kasey Sealy, Ken Howard, Trevor Chamberlain, David Curtis

Answer 3

Check out the work of any of these fine living painters.

Gerard Priault
Marc Nerbonne
Louise Dandurand
Catherine Perdreau
Andre Philibert
Carol Currie
Tiffany Hastie
Michael Pape