My Favorite Artists It's hard to narrow it down to just a set list of artists as I have been influenced by so many artists over the I also fall in and out of love with particular artists, but a certain few always remain close to Brett Whiteley - Brett was my doorway into He showed me that painting can be more than what is simply in front of His drug habit ruined much of his art and life before he died, but he is still at the top of my Vincent van Gogh - Vinnie will always be near the top of my favorite painters Both his passion for art and his paintings have given me endless Pablo Picasso - The little Spaniard lived a very full life but he still found plenty of time to draw, paint, and Whenever I'm not working as much as I should be, I think of how many works Pablo pumped out each Egon Schiele - I have always had a love of drawing, so Schiele has to be on the His paintings are very average, but his drawings are to die Andy Warhol - To be honest, I don't really like the work of Andy W But he made artists feel a little less guilty for taking money from art He helped me see that it's OK to make a living from Alberto Giacometti - Alberto's paintings and drawings are just He sacrificed color to devote himself to Anselm Kiefer - I have never seen a whole exhibition by the artist, but the few works I have seen were pretty His works are massive chunks of paint and There are so many more great artists that I just I know that the seven artists above will still be in my top 20 in twenty years time though