Artist Friends
Thank you to the artists listed below for sharing in this journey of being an American artist-entrepreneur. Over the last 10 years, it’s been great developing an online friendship.
Ultimate Paper Mache – This is my mom. She’s a sculptor working in paper mache clay. Check out her wonderful art and tutorials
Carol Marine – Carol was one of the first artists to exchange links with me. It’s been fun watching her grow into an online powerhouse.
Robin Weiss – Robin is a great impressionist plein air painter working in the pacific northwest.
Lisa Daria Kennedy – is a daily painter with a beautiful colorful abstracted style that I just love.
Laurel Daniel – is a daily painter who shared links with me long ago. Thank you!
Kit Hevron Mahoney – is a daily painter who shared links with me long ago. Thank you!
Contemporary American Artists that I Admire
All images are by permission from the artist.
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I hope some of these artists are new to you, and bring you joy! They have been so inspiring to me.
* Ollie Le Brocq – his paintings are somehow both graphical and painterly, and beautiful.
URL: https://ollielebrocq.com
Subject matter: figures, still lifes, and more
Location: Suffolk Coastal, UK.
* Carolyn Anderson is a loose impressionist master painter. She is bold and minimalist in her brush strokes. Her paintings take very enjoyable work on the part of the viewer, as she leaves a lot un-described. (email and in person)
URL: http://www.carolynanderson.com
Subject matter: mostly figurative paintings
Location: Montana, USA
Richard Schmid (* family, email)
Lori Putnam – master at capturing light (* ig)
Anne Blair Brown (* ig)
Crista Pisano – wonderful small plein air paintings (* ig)
Charlie Hunter – tonalist painter who uses the squeegee for great texture and has a wonderful sense of humor (* ig)
Ann Larsen – landscape paintings with rich, vibrant colors (* ig)
Shari Blaukopf || AWS, CSPWC – vibrant, often narative watercolor paintings, and the book The Urban Sketching Handbook, Working with Color (* ig)
Mike Beeman – beautiful colorful pastel paintings, mainly of outdoor birds (*ig)
Added May 2025
https://www.davidgrossmann.com
James Richards – Portfolio of Works: Figurative
Added July 2025
Ann Gale – figurative artist with great lost images.
Thorgrimur Einarsson – stunning edge work!
Douglas Fryer is an amazing modern realist painter. His landscape paintings make heavy use of the pallet knife. He has a mesmerizing combination of photo realism and complete abstraction.
Style: Abstract Realism
Subject Matter: Landscapes, figurative
URL: http://douglasfryer.blogspot.com/
Location: Utah
Quang Ho is a modern realist painter, but works in other styles as well. His work is complex, strong and compelling. I have his painting DVD, and his genius is inspiring.
Style: Realism, but is willing to work in different styles
Subject Matter: Figurative, still life
URL: http://www.quangho.com/
Location: Colorado
Stan Miller is a great realist watercolor painter. I was able to take a workshop from him several years ago and loved it. He has a unique way of using composition and abstraction that is lovely.
Style: Realism
Subject Matter: Figurative, landscapes
URL: http://stanmiller.net/
Location: Washington State
Robin Weiss is a fantastic plein air painter. I love his use of value and color, and especially how he captures beautiful subtle temperature changes in his shadows.
Style: Modern Realist / Impressionist
Subject Matter: Landscapes, still life objects, animals and people.
URL: http://www.robinweissfineart.com/
Location: Washington State
Qiang Huang is an impressionist painter with a very painterly style. His main focus is light, and as a physicist he really understands how it works. He is also a delightful person.
Style: Modern Realist / Impressionist
Subject Matter: Still Lifes, landscapes and people.
URL: http://www.qh-art.com/
Location: Texas
Michael Workman
Style: contemporary traditionalism
Tibor Nagy
I love everything about his work. He is succinct in his use of color and mark.
his influences are Richard Schmid, Joaquin Sorolla, Nikolai Fetchin, Anders Zorn, and I. J. Repin.
Ken Knight
Location: Austrailia
James Richards – wonderful painterly figurative work
Lisa Breslow has a wonderful use of color and a unique style that I really enjoy.
Aimee Erickson OPA, saw her talk on the OPA lunch talk and then at the plein air convention in North Carolina, and found her way of thinking about values thought provoking.
Zoey Frank, beautiful fruit tree in indirect light
Zufar Bikboy, beautiful subtle colors
Charles Movalli, great compositions and colors
Kim English, plein air figurative busy environments
wyllis heaton, oils that look like guache
Jill Tascherbasham, gorgeous landscapes
Josh Elliot has beautiful romantic landscape paintings
Tina Garrette makes thought provoking, conceptual and realistic portraits
Daniel Keys is a great young painter that painted with Richard Schmidt and the other Putney Painters. His floral paintings are breathtaking.
https://www.josephzbukvic.com/paintings/ – wonderful watercolor paintings
Gerhard Richter: abstract artist with wonderful squeegee texture. Also painted realistic portraits.
Great Artists from the Past
1840-1926, Claude Monet – first artist to really move me
1856-1925, John Singer Sargent – one of the greatest portrait painters
1903-1970, Mark Rothko: abstract artist with large-scale combinations of soft-edged, solidly colored rectangular areas that create a shimmering and resonant effect. His approach focused on using color as the primary means of expression, achieving quiet, subtle, and almost meditative effects through large areas of flat color and thin, diaphanous paint.
1915-1991, Robert Motherwell: abstract artist with simple, massive forms in black paint to evoke a sense of solemn movement.
* Artists who have given me permission specifically to share their work with my students. Thank you, Artists!