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I often wonder how much another artists work inspires you and who? .
One of my “specials”has to be Kyffin Williams . Possibly because his paintings are so evocative of my wonderful Wales. Atmosphere, colour , brushstrokes . All describing where he lived and loved.
I also had the joy of meeting him and had some correspondence with him many years ago. I treasure his hand written letters .
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Well I've gone for a living artist - one who demonstrates tremendous technical ability, and who can also 
capture light in its simplest form, as in his version of Grande Canal, Venice. His large studio paintings with his models strategically positioned to make the best use of the light falling on them are amongst my favourites. The great artist Ken Howard is my choice.
capture light in its simplest form, as in his version of Grande Canal, Venice. His large studio paintings with his models strategically positioned to make the best use of the light falling on them are amongst my favourites. The great artist Ken Howard is my choice.Edited
by alanbickley
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Yes Sylvia, you have misread me. I wasn't referring to your KW pic, which isn't a straight representation anyway, it's his interpretation. I admire artists who can do realistic 'straight representations' of what's in front of them, but I prefer work that's more imaginative. In the Baizley pic, he's drawn things accurately but the image isn't one you'll find in nature, he's used his imagination. It's hard to pin this down, but that's my clumsy attempt. When I say this, it doesn't mean I can't appreciate other art. I really like the Venice painting posted by Alan (no name, I don't know the artist). But I'm more likely to be prompted to do something by work like Baizley's (I haven't said 'inspired', that's a bit heavy). We're all different, when some are out in the fresh air painting landscapes, I'm happiest sat at home drawing Ali Baba or something.
Lew.
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Yes, Haidee-Jo, the late Bernard Dunstan is another contender. Gosh, there are so many wonderful artists, many sadly no longer with us. I wasn't able to find some of my favourite's of Ken's studio series on Google, there are some good one's in his book though. That's a splendid one that you have picked out so that's sorted.
Now I am going out sketching eventually - back later...
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by alanbickley
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I'm not at all sure I could claim to have been inspired by anyone - when I started painting, I knew of very few painters, and the ones I did know were represented in rather off-key prints in public buildings: mostly rather brown Constables. It wasn't until I saw his paintings for myself that I realized how much colour and texture had been lost in those prints.
And anyway, it's far too long ago to remember any specific influences - I certainly admire Kyffin Williams, and many others, Bernard Dunstan, Norman Battershill, Laura Knight, Corot - and for those still with us, Hockney, Howard, Fred Cuming, and a clutch of others who have yet to achieve the fame they deserve.
It'd be a lot easier to list the ones I don't like, or might actually have put me off rather than inspired me - the ones who provoked the 'Gorlumme, I could do better than that meself' reaction... But that would be niggardly and unfair, so I won't. Unless tempted.
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I see Sylvia has used the word 'admire' in the headline, and 'inspire' in the text below - and I'd got the 'inspire' bit stuck in my head.
What she asked was, whom do you admire and why ..... Well, I've listed a very few of the ones I admire, but why ..... got to be texture, which Kyffin Williams mastered, light - over to Ken Howard - and form: and any decent artist can convey form, but will do it in different ways. I like the calligraphic, too, the sharp marks on a pen, brush or bit of stick on a much lighter backdrop - so Japanese and Chinese painting has to be in there (some westerners attempt it: few succeed: and I certainly haven't); so does John Piper, and - damn', I've just forgotten his name: American born, prolific illustrator and painter in watercolour, born in around 1905 .... it'll come to me in an hour or two...
Rowland Hilder - only took me ten minutes.... worrying, isn't it, when you can't remember the er.... the wotsit .... the thingummy ... the oojamaflick ... that you want?
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by RobertJones
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J.M.W.Turner, Sir William Russel Flint, John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet and Herules Brabazon, Brabazon ( yes, twice) are all artists I could wander amongst their picutures endlessly and be inspired. There are many more, like Winslow Homer, and a whole host of female painters I can never remember. Mission impossible to select one or even a few.
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